106,329 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.7% since 2020)
374 square miles of land · 284 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
26 active community water systems list Wicomico County in the area they serve, reporting 47,357 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF SALISBURY groundwater · local government · MD0220004 | 30,343 served |
| CITY OF FRUITLAND groundwater · local government · MD0220008 | 5,907 served |
| TOWN OF DELMAR groundwater · local government · MD0220001 | 4,500 served |
| TOWN OF PITTSVILLE groundwater · local government · MD0220009 | 1,500 served |
| TOWN OF HEBRON groundwater · local government · MD0220002 | 1,022 served |
| TOWN OF WILLARDS groundwater · local government · MD0220007 | 1,021 served |
| TOWN OF SHARPTOWN groundwater · local government · MD0220005 | 625 served |
| STEEPLECHASE WATERWORKS groundwater · private · MD0220010 | 395 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 253 people were held in Wicomico County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 376 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 315.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Wicomico County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $354.4 million — $275.4 million to run schools, about $18,486 per student, plus $75.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $61.9 million local (mostly property tax), $231.9 million state, $60.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $105.4 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Wicomico County about $24.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
98 bridges in Wicomico County: 26 in good condition, 67 fair, and 5 poor (5.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| NAYLOR MILL ROAD over NAYLORS POND STREAM · built 1963 | 15,353 vehicles a day |
| MILL STREET over WICOMICO RIVER EAST BRAN · built 1958 | 12,237 vehicles a day |
| THREE BRIDGES ROAD over BURNT MILL BRANCH · built 1967 | 897 vehicles a day |
| WASTE GATE ROAD over NASSAWANGO CREEK · built 1986 | 272 vehicles a day |
| TWILLEYS BRIDGE RD over NASSAWANGO CREEK · built 1951 | 59 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $57.9 million of work in Wicomico County in fiscal 2025, about $559 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Maryland are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Wicomico County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Wicomico County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Worcester County (20 mi) · Dorchester County (23 mi) · Somerset County (23 mi) · Sussex County, DE (26 mi) · Caroline County (36 mi) · Talbot County (40 mi).