75,475 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.0% since 2020)
1,308 square miles of land · 58 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.
51 active community water systems list Cattaraugus County in the area they serve, reporting 45,769 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| OLEAN CITY surface water · local government · NY0400345 | 14,500 served |
| SALAMANCA CITY groundwater · local government · NY0400349 | 5,815 served |
| GOWANDA VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY0400340 | 2,800 served |
| ALLEGANY VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY0400330 | 2,000 served |
| ALLEGANY TOWN DISTRICT #8 (ST. BONAS) buys groundwater · local government · NY0430041 | 1,850 served |
| FRANKLINVILLE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY0400339 | 1,760 served |
| RANDOLPH TOWN WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · NY0400348 | 1,738 served |
| ELLICOTTVILLE TOWN WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · NY0412217 | 1,420 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 110 people were held in Cattaraugus County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 100.
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 Cattaraugus County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $77.9 million — $54.8 million to run schools, about $24,498 per student, plus $7.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15 million local (mostly property tax), $47.1 million state, $6 million federal. Long-term debt: $35.6 million.
Spent $64.4 million — $45 million to run schools, about $23,506 per student, plus $16.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.2 million local (mostly property tax), $33.4 million state, $6.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $16 million.
Spent $62.5 million — $46.2 million to run schools, about $33,745 per student, plus $11.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.9 million local (mostly property tax), $42.8 million state, $12.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.9 million.
Spent $45.7 million — $32.3 million to run schools, about $28,909 per student, plus $11.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.6 million local (mostly property tax), $26.1 million state, $5.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $27.2 million — $23.3 million to run schools, about $21,420 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.3 million local (mostly property tax), $20 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.7 million.
Spent $23.2 million — $19.7 million to run schools, about $20,274 per student, plus $970,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $17.2 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.4 million.
Spent $43.7 million — $24 million to run schools, about $27,475 per student, plus $8.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6 million local (mostly property tax), $22 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $23.3 million.
Spent $24.2 million — $21.2 million to run schools, about $24,454 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $14.6 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $5 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Cattaraugus County about $33.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
484 bridges in Cattaraugus County: 214 in good condition, 241 fair, and 29 poor (6.0%). “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 I86 over ISCHUA CREEK · built 1972 | 6,790 vehicles a day |
| RTE 16 over GATES CREEK · built 1934 | 5,437 vehicles a day |
| RTE 16 over SAUNDERS CREEK · built 1934 | 5,437 vehicles a day |
| RTE 16 over LIME LAKE OUTLET · built 1934 | 4,878 vehicles a day |
| RTE 305 over DEER CREEK · built 1945 | 2,597 vehicles a day |
| RTE 242 over GREAT VALLEY CREEK · built 1957 | 1,988 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $93.9 million of work in Cattaraugus County in fiscal 2025, about $1,218 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 Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: McKean County, PA (30 mi) · Allegany County (33 mi) · Erie County (36 mi) · Chautauqua County (38 mi) · Wyoming County (39 mi) · Warren County, PA (43 mi).