402,279 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.9% since 2020)
637 square miles of land · 632 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.
45 active community water systems list Genesee County in the area they serve, reporting 271,711 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| FLINT, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · MI0002310 | 81,252 served |
| GENESEE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · MI0002615 | 73,726 served |
| BURTON, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · MI0001010 | 21,000 served |
| CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GRAND BLANC buys surface water · local government · MI0002745 | 21,000 served |
| FENTON, CITY OF groundwater · local government · MI0002270 | 11,746 served |
| BEECHER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT groundwater · local government · MI0000540 | 9,400 served |
| GENESEE TOWNSHIP buys surface water · local government · MI0002617 | 8,473 served |
| FLUSHING, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · MI0002340 | 8,311 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 546 people were held in Genesee County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 217 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 668.
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.
21 school districts have their office in Genesee County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $140.5 million — $100.8 million to run schools, about $12,923 per student, plus $33.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $36 million local (mostly property tax), $83.4 million state, $6.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $124.5 million.
Spent $102.3 million — $74.3 million to run schools, about $13,316 per student, plus $23.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.2 million local (mostly property tax), $64.6 million state, $5.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $53.9 million.
Spent $57.9 million — $53.8 million to run schools, about $13,201 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10 million local (mostly property tax), $46.7 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.6 million.
Spent $64.6 million — $57.1 million to run schools, about $14,860 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.6 million local (mostly property tax), $41.4 million state, $28.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $14.6 million.
Spent $59.3 million — $48.4 million to run schools, about $13,796 per student, plus $8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.2 million local (mostly property tax), $36.1 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $48.8 million.
Spent $47.8 million — $43.7 million to run schools, about $14,140 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.3 million local (mostly property tax), $31.3 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.6 million.
Spent $47.3 million — $38.8 million to run schools, about $13,665 per student, plus $5.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.3 million local (mostly property tax), $33.3 million state, $7.2 million federal.
Spent $74.7 million — $65.5 million to run schools, about $23,067 per student, plus $5.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.3 million local (mostly property tax), $29.9 million state, $45 million federal. Long-term debt: $47.5 million.
And 13 more.
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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Genesee County about $113.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
369 bridges in Genesee County: 89 in good condition, 227 fair, and 53 poor (14.4%). “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.
| I-475 over CHAVEZ DR · built 1976 | 63,400 vehicles a day |
| I-475 over DAVISON - BROADWAY AVES · built 1976 | 63,400 vehicles a day |
| I-475 over CSX RR & NB SERV RD(ABN) · built 1971 | 59,000 vehicles a day |
| I-75 RAMP H & M over SWARTZ CREEK · built 1969 | 33,600 vehicles a day |
| M-54 over THREAD CREEK · built 1976 | 20,772 vehicles a day |
| I-69 EB over LINDEN RD · built 1968 | 19,829 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $173.3 million of work in Genesee County in fiscal 2025, about $427 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 Michigan 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 Genesee 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 Genesee County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Shiawassee County (23 mi) · Lapeer County (25 mi) · Saginaw County (28 mi) · Oakland County (30 mi) · Livingston County (31 mi) · Tuscola County (35 mi).