Mississippi · county 28017

Chickasaw County, Mississippi: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Chickasaw County — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Chickasaw County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

16,774 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.8% since 2020)
502 square miles of land · 33 people per square mile

How Chickasaw County compares — against the other counties in Mississippi

16,774 — people: 53rd highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
$11,960 — spending per student in its school districts: 56th highest of 81 Mississippi counties.
71.0 years — life expectancy: 39th highest of 81 Mississippi counties.
14.5% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 23rd highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
26.0% — child poverty: 50th highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
73.0% — households with broadband internet: 61st highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
$44,599 — median household income: 61st highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
7.3% — share of bridges rated poor: 23rd highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
$-1 — federal grant dollars per resident: 77th highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
$9.6 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 50th highest of 82 Mississippi counties.

“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.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Chickasaw County

11 active community water systems list Chickasaw County in the area they serve, reporting 19,793 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

CITY OF HOUSTON groundwater · local government · MS0090005	3,772 served
CITY OF OKOLONA groundwater · local government · MS0090007	2,800 served
SPARTA WATER ASSOCIATION #1 groundwater · public/private · MS0090010	2,532 served
SOUTHEAST CHICKASAW W/A #1 groundwater · public/private · MS0090008	1,969 served
THORN WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · public/private · MS0090024	1,756 served
HOULKA-HOUSTON W/A groundwater · public/private · MS0090004	1,668 served
TOWN OF NEW HOULKA groundwater · local government · MS0090003	1,515 served
EAST CHICKASAW W/A #1 groundwater · public/private · MS0090002	1,463 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.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 344 people were held in Chickasaw County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 3,363 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 341.

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.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

2 school districts have their office in Chickasaw County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

CHICKASAW COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT2,214 students

Spent $26.1 million — $24.8 million to run schools, about $11,195 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $15.7 million state, $5.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $766,000.

OKOLONA MUN SEP SCH DIST511 students

Spent $9.2 million — $7.8 million to run schools, about $15,278 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 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.

Health, money and internet at home — Chickasaw County beside Mississippi

Life expectancy71.0 years · Mississippi 71.9 years

Adults under 65 without health insurance14.5% · Mississippi 13.1%

Children in poverty26.0% · Mississippi 24.3%

Households without enough food (food insecurity)20.5% · Mississippi 18.8%

Households with broadband internet73.0% · Mississippi 81.9%

Households with severe housing problems15.1% · Mississippi 14.3%

Residents per primary care doctor1,701 · Mississippi 1,875

Residents per mental health provider3,373 · Mississippi 436

Unemployment4.2% · Mississippi 3.2%

Median household income$44,599 · Mississippi $54,386

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.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Chickasaw County about $9.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.

The costliest hazards here

River and inland flooding$2.1 million a year · Very Low

Tornado$1.9 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Earthquake$1.3 million a year · Relatively Low

Cold wave$1.2 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Strong wind$1.2 million a year · Relatively High

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

247 bridges in Chickasaw County: 135 in good condition, 94 fair, and 18 poor (7.3%). “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.

Busiest bridges rated poor

SR 245 over MATUBBY CREEK · built 1934	1,700 vehicles a day
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK over STREAM · built 1962	1,300 vehicles a day
SR 245 over TALLABINNELA CREEK TRIB · built 1934	1,100 vehicles a day
SR 245 over TALLABINNELA CREEK · built 1934	1,100 vehicles a day
SR 245 over TALLABINNELA RELIEF · built 1934	1,100 vehicles a day
PITTSBORO/H.THORN over CHICO CREEK · built 1972	980 vehicles a day

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $-24,637 of work in Chickasaw County in fiscal 2025, about $-1 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.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026 Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062	closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699	closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661	closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064	closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC) Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026	closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778	closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222	closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708	closes 2026-10-29

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.

Voting

Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Mississippi are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Pontotoc County (21 mi) · Clay County (21 mi) · Calhoun County (22 mi) · Monroe County (27 mi) · Lee County (29 mi) · Webster County (29 mi).