338,430 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.4% since 2020)
653 square miles of land · 519 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.
31 active community water systems list Cumberland County in the area they serve, reporting 355,347 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM surface water · local government · NC0326010 | 226,441 served |
| OLD NORTH UTILITIES SERVICES/FT BRAGG buys surface water · private · NC5026019 | 65,000 served |
| BROOKWOOD COMM WTR SYSTEM groundwater · private · NC0326127 | 15,380 served |
| CLIFFDALE WEST groundwater · private · NC0326332 | 15,220 served |
| SPRING LAKE, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0326020 | 11,725 served |
| EASTOVER SANITARY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · NC5026027 | 8,150 served |
| BROOKWOOD SOUTH/FAYETTEVILLE PWC buys surface water · private · NC5026018 | 2,357 served |
| LINDEN, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0326045 | 2,220 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 648 people were held in Cumberland County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 293 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 718.
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 Cumberland County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $660 million — $601.8 million to run schools, about $12,119 per student, plus $41.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $122.2 million local (mostly property tax), $366.3 million state, $170.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $21 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Cumberland County about $90.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
352 bridges in Cumberland County: 237 in good condition, 112 fair, and 3 poor (0.9%). “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.
| SR2046 over TURNBULL CREEK · built 1993 | 130 vehicles a day |
| FIREBREAK 1 over BONES CREEK · built 1960 | 1 vehicles a day |
| RANGE ROAD over TEXAS POND · built 1970 | 1 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $225.6 million of work in Cumberland County in fiscal 2025, about $674 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: Harnett County (22 mi) · Hoke County (23 mi) · Sampson County (26 mi) · Robeson County (32 mi) · Lee County (35 mi) · Bladen County (36 mi).