98,409 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.8% since 2020)
230 square miles of land · 427 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.
101 active community water systems list Putnam County in the area they serve, reporting 36,633 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CARMEL WD 2 surface water · local government · NY3903641 | 5,000 served |
| COLD SPRING VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY3903652 | 2,666 served |
| BREWSTER VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY3903639 | 2,162 served |
| CONTINENTAL VILLAGE WD buys surface water · local government · NY3903655 | 1,509 served |
| MOUNT EBO WS groundwater · private · NY3920885 | 1,500 served |
| CARMEL WD 3 groundwater · local government · NY3903642 | 1,350 served |
| BREWSTER HEIGHTS surface water · local government · NY3905680 | 1,350 served |
| WATCHTOWER BIBLE TRACT SOCIETY groundwater · private · NY3921721 | 1,251 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 38 people were held in Putnam County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 57.
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 Putnam County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $143.4 million — $125.3 million to run schools, about $32,627 per student, plus $14.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $92.8 million local (mostly property tax), $40.6 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.2 million.
Spent $139.9 million — $128.3 million to run schools, about $33,924 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $95.6 million local (mostly property tax), $41.6 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.1 million.
Spent $119 million — $100 million to run schools, about $33,712 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $80.2 million local (mostly property tax), $32.9 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $41.2 million.
Spent $57.5 million — $50.9 million to run schools, about $32,737 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39.5 million local (mostly property tax), $17.9 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 million.
Spent $27 million — $25 million to run schools, about $30,850 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.6 million state, $607,000 federal. Long-term debt: $6.3 million.
Spent $13.1 million — $8.5 million to run schools, about $36,844 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.6 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $469,000 federal. Long-term debt: $8.3 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Putnam County about $20.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
106 bridges in Putnam County: 18 in good condition, 74 fair, and 14 poor (13.2%). “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 I84 over MNRR BE LINE · built 1968 | 30,039 vehicles a day |
| RTE I684 over 6 6 84041136 RTE 6 M · built 1967 | 29,466 vehicles a day |
| RTE I84 over LUDINGTONVILLE RD · built 1969 | 27,488 vehicles a day |
| RTE I84 over Maybrook Trailway MNRR · built 1968 | 23,829 vehicles a day |
| RTE 312 over 84I 84I84031068 RTE I84 · built 1968 | 18,150 vehicles a day |
| RAMP G OF I84 over 684I684I84021034 RTE I6 · built 1967 | 16,369 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $21.7 million of work in Putnam County in fiscal 2025, about $222 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 Putnam 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 Putnam County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT (18 mi) · Westchester County (19 mi) · Dutchess County (23 mi) · Rockland County (24 mi) · Orange County (29 mi) · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT (32 mi).