204,828 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.1% since 2020)
238 square miles of land · 861 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 Sarpy County in the area they serve, reporting 49,917 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PAPILLION, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3115313 | 35,000 served |
| GRETNA, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3115303 | 8,661 served |
| SARPY CO SID 158 - TIBURON GOLF COURSE groundwater · private · NE3120787 | 1,992 served |
| SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3115301 | 1,529 served |
| SARPY CO SID 23 - WESTMONT SUBDIVISION groundwater · local government · NE3115312 | 980 served |
| BELLEVUE TERRACE MHC LLC buys surface water · local government · NE3121486 | 357 served |
| SARPY CO SID 79 - MEADOW OAKS groundwater · local government · NE3115302 | 300 served |
| SARPY CO SID 81 - FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS groundwater · local government · NE3115309 | 280 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 106 people were held in Sarpy County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 84 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 139.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Sarpy County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $172.3 million — $149.5 million to run schools, about $12,422 per student, plus $15.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $109 million local (mostly property tax), $51.4 million state, $9.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $231.6 million.
Spent $140.1 million — $132.8 million to run schools, about $13,985 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $55.5 million local (mostly property tax), $60.8 million state, $22.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $74.5 million.
Spent $164 million — $75.8 million to run schools, about $11,616 per student, plus $74 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $70.6 million local (mostly property tax), $28.8 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $322 million.
Spent $30.1 million — $19.3 million to run schools, about $16,081 per student, plus $9.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $866,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 million.
Spent $30.2 million — $27.1 million to run schools, about $210,132 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $5.9 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Sarpy County about $80.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
192 bridges in Sarpy County: 73 in good condition, 103 fair, and 16 poor (8.3%). “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 BETZ CREEK · built 1989 | 38,095 vehicles a day |
| N370 over PAPILLION CREEK TRIB · built 1995 | 30,705 vehicles a day |
| N50 over I80 · built 1958 | 26,190 vehicles a day |
| 36TH ST/FAS 5061 over PAPILLION CREEK · built 1984 | 9,470 vehicles a day |
| S.B. FT CROOK RD over UP/BNSF/PAPIO · built 1975 | 2,303 vehicles a day |
| N.B. FT CROOK RD over UP/BNSF/PAPIO 433-017-A · built 1956 | 2,303 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $28.8 million of work in Sarpy County in fiscal 2025, about $151 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 Sarpy 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 Sarpy County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Douglas County (13 mi) · Cass County (14 mi) · Mills County, IA (26 mi) · Saunders County (29 mi) · Washington County (30 mi) · Otoe County (33 mi).