92,015 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.4% since 2020)
1,391 square miles of land · 66 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.
56 active community water systems list Steuben County in the area they serve, reporting 49,711 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CORNING CITY groundwater · local government · NY5001209 | 10,300 served |
| HORNELL CITY surface water · local government · NY5001215 | 8,100 served |
| BATH VILLAGE CONSOLIDATED SAMPLING AREA groundwater · local government · NY5001206 | 5,400 served |
| MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS WD / ERWIN (T) groundwater · local government · NY5001212 | 4,570 served |
| CANISTEO VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY5001207 | 2,100 served |
| ADDISON VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY5001203 | 1,850 served |
| PAINTED POST VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY5001222 | 1,750 served |
| WAYLAND VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY5001220 | 1,730 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 157 people were held in Steuben County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 153.
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.
12 school districts have their office in Steuben County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $144.8 million — $112.7 million to run schools, about $25,961 per student, plus $23.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $62 million local (mostly property tax), $64.2 million state, $8.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $72.3 million.
Spent $50.3 million — $37.9 million to run schools, about $26,078 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.5 million local (mostly property tax), $33.7 million state, $7.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.8 million.
Spent $42.3 million — $36.3 million to run schools, about $25,125 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.1 million local (mostly property tax), $28.9 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $29.7 million.
Spent $43.2 million — $32.4 million to run schools, about $24,275 per student, plus $9.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $26.4 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $23.5 million.
Spent $34.8 million — $30.9 million to run schools, about $28,488 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.2 million local (mostly property tax), $27.3 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.9 million.
Spent $26.7 million — $24.8 million to run schools, about $25,854 per student, plus $449,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $21.2 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.9 million.
Spent $38.6 million — $21.4 million to run schools, about $26,658 per student, plus $6.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $18.9 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.1 million.
Spent $14.5 million — $12 million to run schools, about $25,187 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $9.6 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.2 million.
And 4 more.
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 Steuben County about $32.9 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.
626 bridges in Steuben County: 274 in good condition, 329 fair, and 23 poor (3.7%). “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.
| COUNTY ROAD 115 over S B GLENDENING CK · built 1937 | 2,998 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 70A over BIG CREEK ROAD BIG CREE · built 1936 | 2,140 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 70A over BIG CREEK ROAD BIG CREE · built 1936 | 2,140 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 70A over BIG CREEK · built 1936 | 2,140 vehicles a day |
| CHURCH STREET over CANACADEA CREEK · built 1968 | 1,073 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 119 over CANISTEO RIVER · built 1978 | 1,064 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $47.9 million of work in Steuben County in fiscal 2025, about $512 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 Steuben 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 Steuben County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Schuyler County (25 mi) · Yates County (29 mi) · Allegany County (33 mi) · Chemung County (33 mi) · Tioga County, PA (35 mi) · Livingston County (38 mi).