6,637 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.8% since 2020)
394 square miles of land · 17 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 Thurston County in EPA's records — not gathered, never hidden.
About 28 people were held in Thurston County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 694 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 20.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Thurston County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $23.6 million — $20.4 million to run schools, about $32,260 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $991,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $14.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.9 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $15.9 million to run schools, about $25,245 per student, plus $322,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $11.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $8.4 million — $7 million to run schools, about $15,713 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $897,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 million.
Spent $7.9 million — $7.3 million to run schools, about $25,858 per student, plus $11,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $3 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Thurston County about $6.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
152 bridges in Thurston County: 82 in good condition, 42 fair, and 28 poor (18.4%). “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.
| IRR/N94 over LOGAN CREEK · built 1955 | 750 vehicles a day |
| IRR/N94 over BIG SLOUGH CREEK · built 1958 | 750 vehicles a day |
| IRR/FAS 3560 over SOUTH OMAHA CREEK · built 1938 | 195 vehicles a day |
| IRR/COUNTY HIGHWAY over BIG SLOUGH CREEK · built 1965 | 90 vehicles a day |
| 29 ROAD over STREAM · built 1994 | 55 vehicles a day |
| IRR/COUNTY HIGHWAY over NORTH OMAHA CREEK · built 1935 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $71.2 million of work in Thurston County in fiscal 2025, about $10,517 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 Thurston 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 Thurston County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Dakota County (16 mi) · Cuming County (21 mi) · Burt County (23 mi) · Dixon County (28 mi) · Woodbury County, IA (30 mi) · Monona County, IA (30 mi).