30,780 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.9% since 2020)
836 square miles of land · 37 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.
20 active community water systems list Huron County in the area they serve, reporting 16,191 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BAD AXE buys surface water · local government · MI0000340 | 3,129 served |
| CASEVILLE TOWNSHIP buys surface water · local government · MI0001195 | 2,005 served |
| SEBEWAING LIGHT & WATER groundwater · local government · MI0005990 | 1,721 served |
| HARBOR BEACH, CITY OF surface water · local government · MI0003000 | 1,604 served |
| PIGEON, VILLAGE OF buys surface water · local government · MI0005320 | 1,208 served |
| PORT HOPE-GORE-RUBICON U. A. buys surface water · local government · MI0005475 | 1,058 served |
| PORT AUSTIN AREA SEWER & WATER buys surface water · local government · MI0005460 | 1,004 served |
| UBLY, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · MI0006710 | 858 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 38 people were held in Huron County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2020), or 209 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2015 it was about 58.
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.
13 school districts have their office in Huron County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $17.3 million — $14.7 million to run schools, about $15,683 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.5 million local (mostly property tax), $8 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $18 million.
Spent $14.3 million — $13 million to run schools, about $14,614 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $9 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.3 million.
Spent $10.7 million — $9.2 million to run schools, about $13,479 per student, plus $824,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $6.8 million state, $961,000 federal. Long-term debt: $9 million.
Spent $10.3 million — $9.7 million to run schools, about $15,583 per student, plus $293,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $834,000 federal. Long-term debt: $9 million.
Spent $7.7 million — $7.3 million to run schools, about $14,941 per student, plus $109,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $951,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.5 million.
Spent $7.1 million — $6.3 million to run schools, about $19,689 per student, plus $238,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.6 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.6 million.
Spent $4.3 million — $3.8 million to run schools, about $17,041 per student, plus $266,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $903,000 state, $277,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.4 million.
Spent $2.7 million — $2.5 million to run schools, about $16,331 per student, plus $53,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $787,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $485,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.4 million.
And 5 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Huron County about $18.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
192 bridges in Huron County: 62 in good condition, 116 fair, and 14 poor (7.3%). “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.
| CASEVILLE ROAD over PIGEON RIVER · built 1995 | 2,035 vehicles a day |
| KINDE ROAD over PIGEON RIVER · built 1964 | 1,900 vehicles a day |
| SPRING STREET over BIRD CREEK · built 1975 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| M-25 over WILLOW CREEK · built 1970 | 816 vehicles a day |
| BERNE ROAD over PIGEON RIVER · built 1910 | 465 vehicles a day |
| SCHOCK ROAD over SUCKER CREEK · built 1985 | 400 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9.2 million of work in Huron County in fiscal 2025, about $291 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 Huron 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 Huron County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sanilac County (33 mi) · Tuscola County (41 mi) · Iosco County (42 mi) · Arenac County (45 mi) · Alcona County (56 mi) · Bay County (58 mi).