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Queens County, New York: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Queens County — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Queens County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

2,316,841 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.1% since 2020)
109 square miles of land · 21,309 people per square mile

How Queens County compares — against the other counties in New York

2,316,841 — people: 2nd highest of 62 New York counties.
81.2 years — life expectancy: 5th highest of 62 New York counties.
8.7% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 2nd highest of 62 New York counties.
17.6% — child poverty: 33rd highest of 62 New York counties.
90.7% — households with broadband internet: 9th highest of 62 New York counties.
$81,399 — median household income: 13th highest of 62 New York counties.
9.4% — share of bridges rated poor: 35th highest of 62 New York counties.
$262 — federal grant dollars per resident: 48th highest of 62 New York counties.
$377.1 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: the highest of 62 New York counties.

“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.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Queens County

1 active community water system list Queens County in the area they serve, reporting 8,271,000 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

NEW YORK CITY SYSTEM
surface water · local government · NY7003493

8,271,000 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.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 1,725 people were held in Queens County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 117 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 3,456.

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.

Health, money and internet at home — Queens County beside New York

Life expectancy81.2 years · New York 79.4 years

Adults under 65 without health insurance8.7% · New York 5.7%

Children in poverty17.6% · New York 18.6%

Households without enough food (food insecurity)12.5% · New York 13.4%

Households with broadband internet90.7% · New York 89.6%

Households with severe housing problems29.9% · New York 22.5%

Drug overdose deaths per 100,00020.1 · New York 29.2

Residents per primary care doctor1,697 · New York 1,245

Residents per mental health provider472 · New York 265

Unemployment4.6% · New York 4.2%

Median household income$81,399 · New York $82,052

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.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Queens County about $377.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.

The costliest hazards here

River and inland flooding$185.3 million a year · Very High

Heat wave$57.6 million a year · Very High

Cold wave$45.8 million a year · Very High

Earthquake$34.7 million a year · Relatively High

Hurricane$24.6 million a year · Relatively High

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

513 bridges in Queens County: 154 in good condition, 311 fair, and 48 poor (9.4%). “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.

Busiest bridges rated poor

RTE I678 over FLUSHING BAY PROMENADE · built 1963	183,587 vehicles a day
RTE 907M over 907A907AX5M22126 RTE 90 · built 1972	154,703 vehicles a day
RTE 907M over COMMONWEALTH BLVD · built 1971	154,703 vehicles a day
RTE 907M over RTE I295 RTE I295 RTE · built 1963	146,095 vehicles a day
RTE 907A over TOTTEN RD · built 1941	138,557 vehicles a day
RTE 907M over MIDLAND PARKWAY MIDLAND · built 1963	131,123 vehicles a day

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $630.6 million of work in Queens County in fiscal 2025, about $262 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.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026 Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062	closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699	closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661	closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064	closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC) Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026	closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778	closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222	closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708	closes 2026-10-29

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.

Voting

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.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Queens 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 Queens County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Kings County (6 mi) · New York County (11 mi) · Bronx County (13 mi) · Hudson County, NJ (14 mi) · Nassau County (14 mi) · Richmond County (17 mi).