67,503 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.6% since 2020)
452 square miles of land · 149 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.
21 active community water systems list St. Francois County in the area they serve, reporting 51,156 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| FARMINGTON PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010270 | 18,217 served |
| PARK HILLS PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010279 | 8,587 served |
| DESLOGE PWS groundwater · local government · MO4011441 | 5,034 served |
| BONNE TERRE PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010087 | 3,537 served |
| BONNE TERRE PRISON groundwater · state · MO4061410 | 3,500 served |
| FARMINGTON CORRECTIONAL CENTER groundwater · state · MO4069041 | 3,500 served |
| TERRE DU LAC groundwater · private · MO4036059 | 3,200 served |
| BISMARCK PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010073 | 1,475 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 164 people were held in St. Francois County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 367 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 234.
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 St. Francois County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $45.2 million — $42.1 million to run schools, about $10,723 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.9 million local (mostly property tax), $21.7 million state, $8.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $39.2 million.
Spent $37.6 million — $29.9 million to run schools, about $10,857 per student, plus $5.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.9 million local (mostly property tax), $18 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.4 million.
Spent $25.4 million — $23.2 million to run schools, about $11,391 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.7 million local (mostly property tax), $14.8 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.9 million.
Spent $12.3 million — $11 million to run schools, about $11,495 per student, plus $816,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $6 million to run schools, about $11,815 per student, plus $192,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 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 St. Francois County about $36 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
165 bridges in St. Francois County: 56 in good condition, 90 fair, and 19 poor (11.5%). “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 67 N over MO 8 · built 1959 | 17,758 vehicles a day |
| US 67 N over FLAT RVR · built 1957 | 17,758 vehicles a day |
| RT K E over BIG RIVER · built 1964 | 6,206 vehicles a day |
| ST JOE DR over FLAT RIVER CR · built 1924 | 3,500 vehicles a day |
| MO 47 S over THREE HILL CR · built 1933 | 3,312 vehicles a day |
| MO 221 S over BREWERS CR · built 1936 | 3,292 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14.6 million of work in St. Francois County in fiscal 2025, about $219 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 St. Francois 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 St. Francois County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Iron County (18 mi) · Ste. Genevieve County (18 mi) · Madison County (24 mi) · Washington County (25 mi) · Jefferson County (31 mi) · Monroe County, IL (36 mi).