196,976 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.5% since 2020)
565 square miles of land · 348 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.
47 active community water systems list Livingston County in the area they serve, reporting 70,560 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MHOG SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · MI0004098 | 17,046 served |
| BRIGHTON, CITY OF groundwater · local government · MI0000860 | 10,210 served |
| HOWELL, CITY OF groundwater · local government · MI0003250 | 9,914 served |
| LIVINGSTON COMMUNITY WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · private · MI0003929 | 4,152 served |
| HARTLAND TOWNSHIP groundwater · local government · MI0003075 | 3,022 served |
| FOWLERVILLE, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · MI0002400 | 2,951 served |
| PINCKNEY, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · MI0005322 | 2,353 served |
| OAK POINTE groundwater · local government · MI0001002 | 2,000 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 238 people were held in Livingston County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2020), or 188 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2015 it was about 261.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Livingston County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $103.1 million — $90.8 million to run schools, about $13,222 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $44.6 million local (mostly property tax), $65.6 million state, $8.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $83.6 million.
Spent $142.6 million — $108.4 million to run schools, about $18,674 per student, plus $21.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $46.2 million local (mostly property tax), $90.6 million state, $7 million federal. Long-term debt: $131.8 million.
Spent $84.6 million — $62.3 million to run schools, about $12,075 per student, plus $11.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $32.2 million local (mostly property tax), $54.6 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $139.8 million.
Spent $45.4 million — $34.5 million to run schools, about $13,302 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.5 million local (mostly property tax), $28.3 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.6 million.
Spent $51.1 million — $26.9 million to run schools, about $12,636 per student, plus $16.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.6 million local (mostly property tax), $20.4 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $129.2 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 Livingston County about $55.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
165 bridges in Livingston County: 47 in good condition, 95 fair, and 23 poor (13.9%). “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.
| US-23 over M-36 · built 1960 | 64,800 vehicles a day |
| I-96 EB over GRAND RIVER AVE · built 1962 | 44,600 vehicles a day |
| I-96 WB over GRAND RIVER AVE · built 1962 | 44,600 vehicles a day |
| DEXTER-PINCKNEY RD over HONEY CREEK · built 1985 | 8,901 vehicles a day |
| FAUSSETT ROAD over BOGUE CREEK · built 1925 | 8,772 vehicles a day |
| MICHIGAN AVE over MDOT RR CORRIDOR · built 1980 | 6,900 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $71 million of work in Livingston County in fiscal 2025, about $366 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 Livingston 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 Livingston County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Ingham County (23 mi) · Washtenaw County (24 mi) · Shiawassee County (27 mi) · Oakland County (27 mi) · Genesee County (31 mi) · Jackson County (36 mi).