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Richmond County, New York: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Richmond 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 Richmond County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

498,212 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.6% since 2020)
58 square miles of land · 8,661 people per square mile

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

498,212 — people: 10th highest of 62 New York counties.
79.0 years — life expectancy: 15th highest of 62 New York counties.
5.0% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 35th highest of 62 New York counties.
17.5% — child poverty: 35th highest of 62 New York counties.
89.5% — households with broadband internet: 16th highest of 62 New York counties.
$93,337 — median household income: 10th highest of 62 New York counties.
1.2% — share of bridges rated poor: 61st highest of 62 New York counties.
$1,301 — federal grant dollars per resident: 8th highest of 62 New York counties.
$82.0 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 13th 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 Richmond County

1 active community water system list Richmond 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 373 people were held in Richmond County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 117 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 694.

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 — Richmond County beside New York

Life expectancy79.0 years · New York 79.4 years

Adults under 65 without health insurance5.0% · New York 5.7%

Children in poverty17.5% · New York 18.6%

Households without enough food (food insecurity)11.5% · New York 13.4%

Households with broadband internet89.5% · New York 89.6%

Households with severe housing problems22.9% · New York 22.5%

Drug overdose deaths per 100,00032.7 · New York 29.2

Residents per primary care doctor1,231 · New York 1,245

Residents per mental health provider376 · New York 265

Unemployment4.9% · New York 4.2%

Median household income$93,337 · 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Richmond County about $82 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.

The costliest hazards here

River and inland flooding$40.6 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Heat wave$13.4 million a year · Relatively High

Hurricane$6.7 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Earthquake$6.2 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Cold wave$5.6 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

162 bridges in Richmond County: 41 in good condition, 119 fair, and 2 poor (1.2%). “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.

Busiest bridges rated poor

ARTHUR KILL ROAD over ARTHUR KILL STRM · built 1945	12,799 vehicles a day
MORNINGSTAR ROAD over B&O RR- ABANDONED · built 1937	7,082 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 $645.1 million of work in Richmond County in fiscal 2025, about $1,301 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 Richmond 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 Richmond County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Kings County (11 mi) · Union County, NJ (11 mi) · Hudson County, NJ (12 mi) · Middlesex County, NJ (16 mi) · Essex County, NJ (17 mi) · Queens County (17 mi).