61,519 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.8% since 2020)
625 square miles of land · 98 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.
15 active community water systems list Newton County in the area they serve, reporting 19,320 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NEOSHO PWS surface water · local government · MO5010560 | 12,157 served |
| SENECA PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010733 | 2,390 served |
| GRANBY PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010321 | 2,034 served |
| DIAMOND PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010217 | 926 served |
| NEWTON CO PWSD 1 groundwater · local government · MO5024423 | 450 served |
| FAIRVIEW PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010267 | 380 served |
| REDINGS MILL PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010678 | 163 served |
| STELLA PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010760 | 158 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 78 people were held in Newton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 214 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 96.
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 Newton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $69.5 million — $51.1 million to run schools, about $10,445 per student, plus $16.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.7 million local (mostly property tax), $33.4 million state, $13 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.8 million.
Spent $18.8 million — $15.9 million to run schools, about $10,369 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.2 million local (mostly property tax), $10.1 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.4 million.
Spent $15.8 million — $14.2 million to run schools, about $9,806 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $9.9 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $12.5 million — $10 million to run schools, about $13,062 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $4.3 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $1.9 million — $1.6 million to run schools, about $14,743 per student, plus $25,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $507,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $505,000 federal.
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 Newton County about $35.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
303 bridges in Newton County: 120 in good condition, 164 fair, and 19 poor (6.3%). “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.
| IS 44 W over MO 43 MO 86 · built 1956 | 25,403 vehicles a day |
| US 60 E over CST PINEVILLE RD KCS RR · built 1959 | 9,720 vehicles a day |
| MO 86 E over BR OF SHOAL CR · built 1939 | 8,337 vehicles a day |
| MO 86 E over DRY BR · built 1931 | 8,145 vehicles a day |
| MO 86 E over DRY BR · built 1931 | 8,145 vehicles a day |
| COYOTE DR over SHOAL CR · built 1967 | 5,000 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $15.6 million of work in Newton County in fiscal 2025, about $267 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 Missouri 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 Newton 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 Newton County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: McDonald County (19 mi) · Jasper County (20 mi) · Ottawa County, OK (26 mi) · Lawrence County (31 mi) · Barry County (31 mi) · Cherokee County, KS (33 mi).