46,903 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.8% since 2020)
647 square miles of land · 72 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.
36 active community water systems list Greene County in the area they serve, reporting 27,972 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CATSKILL VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY1900026 | 8,000 served |
| COXSACKIE VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY1900027 | 4,010 served |
| COXSACKIE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY surface water · state · NY1902012 | 2,000 served |
| SLEEPY HOLLOW LAKE WATER CO. surface water · private · NY1915264 | 2,000 served |
| ATHENS VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY1900024 | 1,700 served |
| CAIRO WATER DISTRICT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY1900025 | 1,400 served |
| GREENVILLE WATER DISTRICT NO 1 groundwater · local government · NY1900028 | 1,100 served |
| HUNTER VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY1900030 | 1,030 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 29 people were held in Greene County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 12.
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 Greene County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $52.2 million — $42.1 million to run schools, about $31,929 per student, plus $5.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.7 million local (mostly property tax), $21 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $36.8 million.
Spent $37.4 million — $33.2 million to run schools, about $27,907 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.2 million local (mostly property tax), $13.9 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.4 million.
Spent $38 million — $32.3 million to run schools, about $29,667 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.3 million local (mostly property tax), $15.7 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $14 million.
Spent $40.6 million — $32.3 million to run schools, about $30,648 per student, plus $5.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $18.1 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $23.2 million.
Spent $18.8 million — $13.5 million to run schools, about $39,882 per student, plus $4.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.4 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 million.
Spent $13.6 million — $11.8 million to run schools, about $38,210 per student, plus $509,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $622,000 federal. Long-term debt: $11.2 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 Greene County about $25.3 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.
228 bridges in Greene County: 83 in good condition, 119 fair, and 26 poor (11.4%). “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 I87 over CAUTERSKILL ROAD KAATER · built 1955 | 33,622 vehicles a day |
| RTE 23 over CSX TRANS/AMTRAK HUDSON · built 1935 | 18,162 vehicles a day |
| RTE 23 over CSX TRANSPRTATION · built 1992 | 12,018 vehicles a day |
| RTE 23 over RTE 9W · built 1968 | 6,863 vehicles a day |
| RTE 23 over 87IX RTE I87 · built 1968 | 5,855 vehicles a day |
| RTE 23A over 87IX RTE I87 · built 1955 | 5,588 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.8 million of work in Greene County in fiscal 2025, about $80 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 Greene 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 Greene County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Albany County (23 mi) · Ulster County (24 mi) · Schoharie County (26 mi) · Columbia County (27 mi) · Schenectady County (37 mi) · Delaware County (42 mi).