22,432 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.8% since 2020)
531 square miles of land · 42 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.
8 active community water systems list Anson County in the area they serve, reporting 23,837 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ANSON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · NC0304010 | 13,880 served |
| WADESBORO, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0304020 | 5,608 served |
| ANSONVILLE WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · NC0304012 | 1,262 served |
| LILESVILLE WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · NC0304025 | 900 served |
| POLKTON WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · NC0304030 | 838 served |
| PEACHLAND WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · NC0304034 | 770 served |
| MORVEN WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · NC0304040 | 512 served |
| POLKTON - SOUTH buys surface water · local government · NC5004002 | 67 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 57 people were held in Anson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 411 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 55.
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.
1 school district has its office in Anson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $49.6 million — $47.6 million to run schools, about $16,070 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.9 million local (mostly property tax), $30 million state, $12.1 million 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 Anson County about $10.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
169 bridges in Anson County: 93 in good condition, 69 fair, and 7 poor (4.1%). “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.
| US52 over SOUTH FORK JONES CREEK · built 1954 | 4,500 vehicles a day |
| NC742 over LANES CREEK · built 1948 | 2,000 vehicles a day |
| NC742 over RICHARDSON CREEK · built 1953 | 1,400 vehicles a day |
| SR1240 over US74 · built 1969 | 750 vehicles a day |
| OLD LILESVILLE over MOSS BRANCH · built 1975 | 700 vehicles a day |
| SR1422 over S. C. L. R.R. · built 1970 | 360 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.9 million of work in Anson County in fiscal 2025, about $130 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-09. Early voting: 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-20. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: NC State Board of Elections: upcoming election · NC State Board of Elections: vote in person · NC State Board of Elections: voter ID
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Nearby counties: Richmond County (20 mi) · Chesterfield County, SC (23 mi) · Union County (24 mi) · Stanly County (25 mi) · Montgomery County (27 mi) · Marlboro County, SC (35 mi).