376 people (2024 Census estimate, −5.1% since 2020)
859 square miles of land · 0 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.
No active community water system lists McPherson County in EPA's records — not gathered, never hidden.
No county jail figure in the national data for McPherson County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
1 school district has its office in McPherson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $2.5 million — $2.2 million to run schools, about $41,788 per student, plus $229,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $364,000 state, $35,000 federal. Long-term debt: $139,000.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost McPherson County about $525,781 a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
Federal grants paid for $-56,949 of work in McPherson County in fiscal 2025, about $-143 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 McPherson 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 McPherson County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Nebraska: the state government and every county in Nebraska.
Nearby counties: Hooker County (19 mi) · Arthur County (30 mi) · Thomas County (34 mi) · Logan County (36 mi) · Grant County (38 mi) · Keith County (41 mi).