47,086 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.3% since 2020)
1,629 square miles of land · 29 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.
14 active community water systems list Franklin County in the area they serve, reporting 29,430 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MALONE V groundwater · local government · NY1600008 | 13,232 served |
| TUPPER LAKE V surface water · local government · NY1600012 | 5,500 served |
| SARANAC LAKE V groundwater · local government · NY1600011 | 5,345 served |
| CHATEAUGAY V groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY1600006 | 1,100 served |
| PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE groundwater · private · NY1612265 | 1,100 served |
| ST REGIS FALLS WD groundwater · local government · NY1600009 | 980 served |
| FORT COVINGTON WD groundwater · local government · NY1600007 | 900 served |
| BANGOR WD groundwater · local government · NY1600001 | 375 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 74 people were held in Franklin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 48.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Franklin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $91.5 million — $61.4 million to run schools, about $27,420 per student, plus $21.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.6 million local (mostly property tax), $44.7 million state, $7.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.3 million.
Spent $61 million — $47.4 million to run schools, about $34,200 per student, plus $11.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.9 million local (mostly property tax), $48.1 million state, $6.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $19 million.
Spent $36.1 million — $33.5 million to run schools, about $31,181 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.7 million local (mostly property tax), $10.4 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $8 million.
Spent $22.9 million — $21 million to run schools, about $26,641 per student, plus $502,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $17.4 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.6 million.
Spent $21.8 million — $20.6 million to run schools, about $27,029 per student, plus $471,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.8 million state, $849,000 federal. Long-term debt: $9.4 million.
Spent $18.6 million — $15 million to run schools, about $27,447 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $10.2 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.7 million.
Spent $12.3 million — $9 million to run schools, about $39,139 per student, plus $199,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $681,000 federal. Long-term debt: $7 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 Franklin County about $14.3 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.
188 bridges in Franklin County: 103 in good condition, 63 fair, and 22 poor (11.7%). “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 11 over FARRINGTON BROOK · built 1928 | 4,309 vehicles a day |
| RTE 11 over LITTLE SALMON RIVER · built 1928 | 4,309 vehicles a day |
| RTE 11 over LAWRENCE BROOK · built 1928 | 2,283 vehicles a day |
| RTE 458 over DEXTER LAKE OUTLT · built 1927 | 793 vehicles a day |
| BUNKER HILL ROAD over CHATEAUGAY RIVER · built 1955 | 704 vehicles a day |
| MCCABE ROAD over E BR DEER CREEK · built 1970 | 562 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $46.1 million of work in Franklin County in fiscal 2025, about $969 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of New York: the state government and every county in New York.
Nearby counties: Clinton County (32 mi) · St. Lawrence County (38 mi) · Essex County (42 mi) · Grand Isle County, VT (52 mi) · Chittenden County, VT (62 mi) · Hamilton County (65 mi).