601,158 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.7% since 2020)
327 square miles of land · 1,841 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.
13 active community water systems list Douglas County in the area they serve, reporting 668,241 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT surface water · local government · NE3105507 | 660,000 served |
| VALLEY, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3105518 | 3,294 served |
| WATERLOO, VILLAGE OF buys surface water · local government · NE3105517 | 962 served |
| MAPLEWOOD ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK buys surface water · local government · NE3120928 | 805 served |
| MEADOWBROOK ESTATES WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · private · NE3121363 | 675 served |
| DOUGLAS CO SID 284 -TRAILRIDGE RANCHES groundwater · private · NE3105522 | 450 served |
| DOUGLAS CO SID 277 - THE FARM groundwater · local government · NE3130005 | 450 served |
| DOUGLAS CO SID 303 - SKYLINE WOODS groundwater · private · NE3150241 | 450 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 1,151 people were held in Douglas County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 302 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 1,365.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Douglas County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $957.1 million — $858.4 million to run schools, about $16,585 per student, plus $59.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $395 million local (mostly property tax), $363.1 million state, $173.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $905.7 million.
Spent $318.8 million — $273.7 million to run schools, about $11,579 per student, plus $40.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $197.4 million local (mostly property tax), $103.9 million state, $25.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $250.6 million.
Spent $147.8 million — $129.5 million to run schools, about $11,437 per student, plus $7.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $134.9 million local (mostly property tax), $32.3 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $317.6 million.
Spent $103.5 million — $96.3 million to run schools, about $15,352 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $69.8 million local (mostly property tax), $32.5 million state, $7.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $75.5 million.
Spent $68.5 million — $47.1 million to run schools, about $11,340 per student, plus $15.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $35 million local (mostly property tax), $24.4 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $175.2 million.
Spent $75.3 million — $44.3 million to run schools, about $13,228 per student, plus $28.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $35.9 million local (mostly property tax), $15.5 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $54.2 million.
Spent $29.7 million — $16.7 million to run schools, about $15,835 per student, plus $11.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.8 million local (mostly property tax), $2.8 million state, $751,000 federal. Long-term debt: $17 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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Douglas County about $233.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
511 bridges in Douglas County: 250 in good condition, 245 fair, and 16 poor (3.1%). “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.
| US75 over J ST · built 1970 | 85,640 vehicles a day |
| 72ND ST/FAU 5037 over UPRR 816-828-J · built 1966 | 56,260 vehicles a day |
| 42ND ST/FAU 5057 over UPRR 191-593-U · built 1960 | 38,000 vehicles a day |
| 42ND ST/FAU 5057 over UPRR 816-825-N · built 1960 | 38,000 vehicles a day |
| US275/N92 over BNSF RR 074-715-B · built 1939 | 26,985 vehicles a day |
| US6 over SADDLE CREEK RD · built 1934 | 26,220 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $277.8 million of work in Douglas County in fiscal 2025, about $475 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.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Nebraska are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Douglas 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 Douglas County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sarpy County (13 mi) · Washington County (17 mi) · Saunders County (26 mi) · Cass County (27 mi) · Pottawattamie County, IA (32 mi) · Harrison County, IA (32 mi).