56,744 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.2% since 2020)
632 square miles of land · 90 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.
54 active community water systems list Taney County in the area they serve, reporting 57,780 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BRANSON PWS surface water · local government · MO5010096 | 12,640 served |
| MO AMERICAN TRI STATE groundwater · private · MO5024601 | 8,680 served |
| TANEY COUNTY PWSD 3 groundwater · local government · MO5024602 | 6,000 served |
| TANEY COUNTY PWSD 2 groundwater · local government · MO5024600 | 5,500 served |
| HOLLISTER PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010374 | 4,426 served |
| FORSYTH PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010285 | 2,730 served |
| HOLIDAY HILLS RESORT groundwater · private · MO5190947 | 2,065 served |
| TANEY COUNTY PWSD 1 groundwater · local government · MO5024599 | 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 176 people were held in Taney County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 514 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 37.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Taney County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $63.3 million — $51.4 million to run schools, about $11,279 per student, plus $8.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $36.1 million local (mostly property tax), $23.2 million state, $10 million federal. Long-term debt: $54.3 million.
Spent $21.1 million — $18.5 million to run schools, about $13,706 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.4 million.
Spent $17.8 million — $16 million to run schools, about $12,238 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $8.8 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.1 million.
Spent $3.2 million — $3 million to run schools, about $13,232 per student, plus $130,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $488,000 federal.
Spent $5.1 million — $4 million to run schools, about $18,123 per student, plus $431,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $576,000 federal. Long-term debt: $675,000.
Spent $3.3 million — $2.5 million to run schools, about $18,162 per student, plus $307,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $992,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.8 million state, $698,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $1.3 million — $806,000 to run schools, about $13,433 per student, plus $411,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $493,000 local (mostly property tax), $560,000 state, $268,000 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Taney County about $41.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
151 bridges in Taney County: 47 in good condition, 91 fair, and 13 poor (8.6%). “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 N EMORY CR · built 1963 | 18,558 vehicles a day |
| BU 65 S over CST DOWNING ST CST OL · built 1937 | 9,427 vehicles a day |
| MO 76 W over MNA RR ROARK CR · built 2001 | 6,400 vehicles a day |
| MO 76 E over MNA RR ROARK CR · built 2003 | 6,108 vehicles a day |
| US 160 E over SWAN CR · built 1951 | 5,178 vehicles a day |
| US 160 E over BEAVER CR · built 1953 | 2,334 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.1 million of work in Taney County in fiscal 2025, about $90 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 Taney 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 Taney County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Christian County (23 mi) · Stone County (24 mi) · Boone County, AR (24 mi) · Ozark County (32 mi) · Marion County, AR (33 mi) · Carroll County, AR (35 mi).