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Copiah County, Mississippi: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Copiah 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 Copiah County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

27,536 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.6% since 2020)
777 square miles of land · 35 people per square mile

How Copiah County compares — against the other counties in Mississippi

27,536 — people: 32nd highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
$11,496 — spending per student in its school districts: 64th highest of 81 Mississippi counties.
70.7 years — life expectancy: 48th highest of 81 Mississippi counties.
12.9% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 65th highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
30.8% — child poverty: 29th highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
76.9% — households with broadband internet: 44th highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
$47,870 — median household income: 48th highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
5.6% — share of bridges rated poor: 34th highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
$252 — federal grant dollars per resident: 52nd highest of 82 Mississippi counties.
$14.5 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 32nd 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 Copiah County

11 active community water systems list Copiah County in the area they serve, reporting 25,924 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

CRYSTAL SPRINGS WATER SERVICE groundwater · local government · MS0150003	5,961 served
COPIAH-NEW ZION WATER ASSN,INC groundwater · public/private · MS0150009	3,791 served
TOWN OF HAZLEHURST groundwater · local government · MS0150007	3,600 served
NORTHEAST COPIAH WATER ASSN groundwater · public/private · MS0150010	3,020 served
COPIAH W/A - HAZLEHURST groundwater · public/private · MS0150002	2,574 served
TOWN OF WESSON groundwater · local government · MS0150011	1,891 served
COPIAH W/A - GALLMAN groundwater · public/private · MS0150004	1,566 served
HARMONY RIDGE WATER ASSN groundwater · public/private · MS0150006	1,380 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 60 people were held in Copiah County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 332 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2012 it was about 47.

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 Copiah County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

COPIAH CO SCH DIST2,205 students

Spent $26 million — $23.8 million to run schools, about $10,780 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $14.5 million state, $7.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 million.

HAZLEHURST MUN SEP SCHOOL DIST1,368 students

Spent $20.6 million — $17.3 million to run schools, about $12,649 per student, plus $2.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $7.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.7 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 — Copiah County beside Mississippi

Life expectancy70.7 years · Mississippi 71.9 years

Adults under 65 without health insurance12.9% · Mississippi 13.1%

Children in poverty30.8% · Mississippi 24.3%

Households without enough food (food insecurity)17.7% · Mississippi 18.8%

Households with broadband internet76.9% · Mississippi 81.9%

Households with severe housing problems12.8% · Mississippi 14.3%

Drug overdose deaths per 100,00017.9 · Mississippi 24.1

Residents per primary care doctor3,999 · Mississippi 1,875

Residents per mental health provider1,456 · Mississippi 436

Unemployment3.5% · Mississippi 3.2%

Median household income$47,870 · 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 Copiah County about $14.5 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

Tornado$4.5 million a year · Relatively Moderate

River and inland flooding$3.9 million a year · Relatively Low

Heat wave$1.1 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Landslide$983,036 a year · Relatively High

Hurricane$970,535 a year · Relatively Low

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

267 bridges in Copiah County: 61 in good condition, 191 fair, and 15 poor (5.6%). “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.

Busiest bridges rated poor

I 55 over CLEAR CREEK ROAD · built 1963	13,000 vehicles a day
I 55 over CLEAR CREEK ROAD · built 1963	13,000 vehicles a day
SR 28 over CNIC RR · built 1975	8,400 vehicles a day
PAT HARRISON DRIVE over I 55 · built 1960	4,400 vehicles a day
US 51 over UNNAMED STREAM · built 1934	4,300 vehicles a day
S PAT HARRISON DR over ICGRR · built 2005	4,100 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 $7.2 million of work in Copiah County in fiscal 2025, about $252 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 Copiah 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 Copiah County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Lincoln County (23 mi) · Hinds County (28 mi) · Claiborne County (28 mi) · Lawrence County (30 mi) · Simpson County (31 mi) · Jefferson County (36 mi).