299,963 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.4% since 2020)
796 square miles of land · 377 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.
152 active community water systems list Dutchess County in the area they serve, reporting 199,807 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| POUGHKEEPSIE TOWNWIDE WD buys surface water · local government · NY1302812 | 43,000 served |
| POUGHKEEPSIE CITY buys surface water · local government · NY1330291 | 30,639 served |
| BEACON CITY surface water · local government · NY1302760 | 14,370 served |
| UNITED WAPPINGER WATER IMPROVEMENT DIST. groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY1330660 | 14,000 served |
| HYDE PARK REGIONAL surface water · local government · NY1302796 | 6,928 served |
| RHINEBECK VILLAGE WATER surface water · local government · NY1302776 | 6,000 served |
| WAPPINGERS FALLS VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY1302783 | 5,522 served |
| FISHKILL VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY1302765 | 4,101 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 230 people were held in Dutchess County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 194.
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.
13 school districts have their office in Dutchess County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $287.1 million — $266.8 million to run schools, about $25,463 per student, plus $8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $178.2 million local (mostly property tax), $99.6 million state, $18.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $58.7 million.
Spent $238.3 million — $228.3 million to run schools, about $29,087 per student, plus $5.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $155.6 million local (mostly property tax), $89.7 million state, $12 million federal. Long-term debt: $48.2 million.
Spent $141.5 million — $120.6 million to run schools, about $30,351 per student, plus $16.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $35.8 million local (mostly property tax), $86.1 million state, $18.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.4 million.
Spent $119.5 million — $105.2 million to run schools, about $29,705 per student, plus $11.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $65.7 million local (mostly property tax), $44.6 million state, $8.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.1 million.
Spent $92.1 million — $74.6 million to run schools, about $28,674 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $45.6 million local (mostly property tax), $33 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.9 million.
Spent $60.5 million — $56.2 million to run schools, about $35,004 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $37.5 million local (mostly property tax), $19.1 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.9 million.
Spent $49.3 million — $46.9 million to run schools, about $30,022 per student, plus $875,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $38 million local (mostly property tax), $15.2 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.8 million.
Spent $40.1 million — $39 million to run schools, about $29,074 per student, plus $608,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.8 million local (mostly property tax), $17.7 million state, $4.4 million federal.
And 5 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 Dutchess County about $85.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
333 bridges in Dutchess County: 76 in good condition, 203 fair, and 54 poor (16.2%). “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 9 over RAILROAD PLAZA · built 1966 | 26,742 vehicles a day |
| RTE I84 over 987G 987G82031029 RTE 9 · built 1963 | 26,344 vehicles a day |
| RTE I84 over HOSNER MOUNTAIN ROAD · built 1968 | 26,344 vehicles a day |
| RTE I84 over FISHKILL CREEK · built 1963 | 26,265 vehicles a day |
| RTE I84 over FISHKILL CREEK · built 1963 | 25,349 vehicles a day |
| RTE I84 over 987G 987G82031029 RTE 9 · built 1963 | 25,124 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $55.6 million of work in Dutchess County in fiscal 2025, about $188 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 Dutchess 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 Dutchess County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Putnam County (23 mi) · Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT (28 mi) · Ulster County (30 mi) · Columbia County (35 mi) · Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT (36 mi) · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT (37 mi).