52,073 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.0% since 2020)
495 square miles of land · 105 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.
25 active community water systems list Fulton County in the area they serve, reporting 32,901 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GLOVERSVILLE (C) WATER WORKS surface water · local government · NY1700018 | 17,991 served |
| JOHNSTOWN (C) WATER WORKS surface water · local government · NY1700019 | 8,154 served |
| BROADALBIN (V) groundwater · local government · NY1700017 | 1,500 served |
| NORTHVILLE (V) WATER WKS. groundwater · local government · NY1700023 | 1,180 served |
| NORTHAMPTON (T) WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · NY1700022 | 1,000 served |
| MAYFIELD (V) WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · NY1704499 | 850 served |
| HALE CREEK ASACTA CENTER buys surface water · state · NY1722718 | 610 served |
| PARADISE PINES MHP groundwater · private · NY1721824 | 350 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 99 people were held in Fulton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 76.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Fulton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $88.7 million — $65.9 million to run schools, about $25,083 per student, plus $18.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19 million local (mostly property tax), $51.7 million state, $7.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $41.8 million.
Spent $42.2 million — $37.3 million to run schools, about $21,633 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.9 million local (mostly property tax), $22.8 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $34.6 million.
Spent $40.8 million — $35.7 million to run schools, about $22,763 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.1 million local (mostly property tax), $26.2 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.6 million.
Spent $23.7 million — $19.2 million to run schools, about $22,172 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.6 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.9 million.
Spent $14.2 million — $12.4 million to run schools, about $27,852 per student, plus $932,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.8 million local (mostly property tax), $5.4 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.5 million.
Spent $4.6 million — $4 million to run schools, about $34,297 per student, plus $404,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $323,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 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 Fulton County about $16.5 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.
98 bridges in Fulton County: 34 in good condition, 49 fair, and 15 poor (15.3%). “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 29 over CAYADUTTA CREEK · built 1935 | 4,514 vehicles a day |
| RTE 29 over CAROGA CREEK · built 1933 | 2,238 vehicles a day |
| BLEECKER STREET over CAYADUTTA CREEK · built 1914 | 583 vehicles a day |
| NORTH ROAD over ZIMMERMAN CREEK · built 1964 | 270 vehicles a day |
| CALDERWOOD ROAD over N CHUCTANUNDA CRK · built 1979 | 175 vehicles a day |
| PISECO ROAD over EAST CANADA CREEK · built 1952 | 148 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $6.7 million of work in Fulton County in fiscal 2025, about $126 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Montgomery County (15 mi) · Schenectady County (28 mi) · Saratoga County (29 mi) · Schoharie County (36 mi) · Hamilton County (38 mi) · Herkimer County (38 mi).