47,299 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
1,030 square miles of land · 46 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.
23 active community water systems list Allegany County in the area they serve, reporting 28,439 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WELLSVILLE VILLAGE PUBLIC WATER surface water · local government · NY0200327 | 5,700 served |
| ALFRED STATE COLLEGE buys groundwater · state · NY0220581 | 3,600 served |
| ALFRED UNIVERSITY groundwater · private · NY0220582 | 2,800 served |
| HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT groundwater · public/private · NY0200320 | 2,000 served |
| CUBA VILLAGE PUBLIC WATER groundwater · local government · NY0200317 | 1,800 served |
| BOLIVAR-RICHBURG WATER SYSTEM groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY0200329 | 1,640 served |
| FRIENDSHIP TOWN WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · NY0200319 | 1,380 served |
| ALFRED VILLAGE WATER SUPPLY groundwater · local government · NY0200309 | 1,300 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 66 people were held in Allegany County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 66.
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.
12 school districts have their office in Allegany County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $32 million — $29.3 million to run schools, about $24,980 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.7 million local (mostly property tax), $24.6 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.1 million.
Spent $24.7 million — $22.6 million to run schools, about $29,337 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.6 million local (mostly property tax), $16.8 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.2 million.
Spent $22.3 million — $19 million to run schools, about $25,740 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $16.2 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $22.6 million — $15.5 million to run schools, about $22,932 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $15.5 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $13 million.
Spent $19.2 million — $15 million to run schools, about $26,694 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $10.6 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.9 million.
Spent $19.2 million — $16.7 million to run schools, about $30,612 per student, plus $278,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $14.8 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.7 million.
Spent $10.9 million — $10 million to run schools, about $30,218 per student, plus $889,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $8.9 million state, $507,000 federal. Long-term debt: $8.2 million.
Spent $10.8 million — $9.9 million to run schools, about $32,762 per student, plus $468,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.8 million.
And 4 more.
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 Allegany County about $26.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
403 bridges in Allegany County: 153 in good condition, 223 fair, and 27 poor (6.7%). “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.
| RTE 248 over CRYDER CREEK · built 1981 | 1,319 vehicles a day |
| CR 26 over GENESEE RIVER · built 1974 | 964 vehicles a day |
| NORTH MAIN STREET over EAST VALLEY CREEK · built 1931 | 946 vehicles a day |
| BULL STREET over GRIFFIN CREEK · built 1960 | 752 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 36 over COLD CREEK · built 1956 | 635 vehicles a day |
| COUNCIL HOUSE ROAD over GENESEE RIVER · built 1989 | 433 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.3 million of work in Allegany County in fiscal 2025, about $436 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 York 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 Allegany 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 Allegany County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Cattaraugus County (32 mi) · Steuben County (33 mi) · Wyoming County (33 mi) · Potter County, PA (35 mi) · Livingston County (36 mi) · McKean County, PA (41 mi).