34,482 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.0% since 2020)
2,202 square miles of land · 16 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.
43 active community water systems list Taos County in the area they serve, reporting 19,890 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TAOS MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NM3507529 | 5,528 served |
| QUESTA WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NM3506829 | 2,337 served |
| EL PRADO WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT groundwater · local government · NM3515029 | 1,076 served |
| VILLAGE OF TAOS SKI VALLEY groundwater · local government · NM3533329 | 1,025 served |
| LLANO QUEMADO MDWCA groundwater · local government · NM3506329 | 800 served |
| RANCHOS DE TAOS MDWCA groundwater · local government · NM3507029 | 750 served |
| TALPA MDWCA groundwater · local government · NM3507429 | 700 served |
| RED RIVER WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NM3507129 | 679 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 56 people were held in Taos County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 288 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 60.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Taos County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $46.4 million — $40.6 million to run schools, about $17,919 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $29.6 million state, $9.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.8 million.
Spent $7.7 million — $7.3 million to run schools, about $22,301 per student, plus $333,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $5.3 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 million.
Spent $7.9 million — $7.4 million to run schools, about $26,106 per student, plus $471,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $880,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.6 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Taos County about $21.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
93 bridges in Taos County: 31 in good condition, 51 fair, and 11 poor (11.8%). “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.
| US-64 over Arroyo Aquaje de Pateca · built 1994 | 4,012 vehicles a day |
| NM-414 over RIO VALLECITOS · built 1954 | 712 vehicles a day |
| NM-567 over RIO GRANDE · built 1957 | 437 vehicles a day |
| 55-B057 over COSTILLA CREEK · built 1940 | 250 vehicles a day |
| 55-B005 over RIO HONDO · built 1973 | 250 vehicles a day |
| 55-Z023 over RIO SANTA BARBARA · built 1974 | 250 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $77.3 million of work in Taos County in fiscal 2025, about $2,243 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 New Mexico 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 Taos 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 Taos County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Costilla County, CO (50 mi) · Conejos County, CO (53 mi) · Colfax County (55 mi) · Mora County (57 mi) · Rio Arriba County (59 mi) · Los Alamos County (61 mi).