148,389 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.8% since 2020)
782 square miles of land · 190 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.
33 active community water systems list Randolph County in the area they serve, reporting 56,599 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ASHEBORO, CITY OF surface water · local government · NC0276010 | 27,819 served |
| ARCHDALE, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · NC0276030 | 12,700 served |
| RANDLEMAN, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · NC0276015 | 4,631 served |
| LIBERTY, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0276025 | 2,655 served |
| SEAGROVE-ULAH METRO WATER DIST buys surface water · local government · NC0276040 | 2,413 served |
| RAMSEUR, TOWN OF surface water · local government · NC0276020 | 1,790 served |
| FRANKLINVILLE, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0276035 | 1,400 served |
| RICHLAND VILLAGE MHP groundwater · private · NC0276201 | 389 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 307 people were held in Randolph County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 328 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 283.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Randolph County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $186 million — $176.3 million to run schools, about $11,460 per student, plus $5.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $33 million local (mostly property tax), $118.4 million state, $35.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $93.6 million.
Spent $60.9 million — $57 million to run schools, about $13,004 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.8 million local (mostly property tax), $35.9 million state, $10.7 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 Randolph County about $39.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
401 bridges in Randolph County: 185 in good condition, 209 fair, and 7 poor (1.7%). “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.
| SR1558 over H.PT. THOMASVILLE DEN.RR · built 1966 | 4,800 vehicles a day |
| SR2269 RAMP over I73 I74 US220 · built 1962 | 2,400 vehicles a day |
| SR1004 over CARAWAY CREEK · built 1976 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SR2613 over MILL CREEK · built 1976 | 380 vehicles a day |
| SR1002 over BRANCH OF LITTLE CREEK · built 1971 | 360 vehicles a day |
| SR2464 over ROCKY RIVER · built 1991 | 250 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $41.8 million of work in Randolph County in fiscal 2025, about $290 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: Davidson County (23 mi) · Guilford County (25 mi) · Montgomery County (27 mi) · Chatham County (31 mi) · Alamance County (32 mi) · Moore County (33 mi).