23,325 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
756 square miles of land · 31 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.
13 active community water systems list Saline County in the area they serve, reporting 29,479 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MARSHALL PWS groundwater · local government · MO2010502 | 12,934 served |
| LAF JO SALINE COUNTY CONS PWSD 2 buys surface water · local government · MO1024326 | 7,180 served |
| SALINE COUNTY PWSD 3 buys groundwater · local government · MO2024557 | 3,000 served |
| SLATER PWS groundwater · local government · MO2010745 | 1,835 served |
| SWEET SPRINGS PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010780 | 1,309 served |
| PETTIS/JOHNSON/SALINE PWSD 1 buys surface water · local government · MO3021332 | 1,000 served |
| SALINE COUNTY PWSD 2 buys groundwater · local government · MO2024556 | 883 served |
| SALINE COUNTY PWSD 1 buys groundwater · local government · MO2024555 | 480 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 58 people were held in Saline County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 387 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 59.
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.
8 school districts have their office in Saline County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $31 million — $28.3 million to run schools, about $11,711 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.7 million local (mostly property tax), $16.2 million state, $5.5 million federal.
Spent $6.3 million — $5.2 million to run schools, about $13,007 per student, plus $852,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $922,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.6 million.
Spent $5 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $12,918 per student, plus $444,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2 million state, $947,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $1.4 million — $1.3 million to run schools, about $18,097 per student, plus $29,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $678,000 local (mostly property tax), $554,000 state, $83,000 federal.
Spent $2.1 million — $2.1 million to run schools, about $29,314 per student. Money in: $836,000 local (mostly property tax), $684,000 state, $302,000 federal.
Spent $1.3 million — $1.1 million to run schools, about $15,928 per student, plus $33,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $702,000 local (mostly property tax), $410,000 state, $90,000 federal.
Spent $997,000 — $815,000 to run schools, about $11,985 per student, plus $103,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $658,000 local (mostly property tax), $670,000 state, $201,000 federal.
Spent $741,000 — $647,000 to run schools, about $19,029 per student, plus $37,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $260,000 local (mostly property tax), $420,000 state, $128,000 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 Saline County about $15.5 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.
229 bridges in Saline County: 74 in good condition, 119 fair, and 36 poor (15.7%). “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 65 S over BLACKWATER RVR · built 1985 | 3,618 vehicles a day |
| US 65 N over BLACKWATER RVR OVR · built 1961 | 3,585 vehicles a day |
| MO 240 E over ROCK CR · built 1924 | 2,932 vehicles a day |
| MO 127 S over IS 70 · built 1961 | 1,921 vehicles a day |
| MO 41 S over SALT BR CR · built 1929 | 1,316 vehicles a day |
| RT H E over BRUSHY CR · built 1930 | 608 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.1 million of work in Saline County in fiscal 2025, about $477 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 Saline 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 Saline County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Carroll County (26 mi) · Howard County (27 mi) · Pettis County (29 mi) · Cooper County (29 mi) · Chariton County (29 mi) · Lafayette County (32 mi).