59,839 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.1% since 2020)
831 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.
21 active community water systems list Washington County in the area they serve, reporting 31,127 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HUDSON FALLS VILLAGE (QUEENSBURY) buys surface water · local government · NY5700123 | 7,000 served |
| KINGSBURY WD (QUEENSBURY) buys surface water · local government · NY5722361 | 4,500 served |
| FORT EDWARD VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY5700119 | 3,300 served |
| CAMBRIDGE WATER WORKS groundwater · private · NY5700117 | 3,000 served |
| WHITEHALL VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY5700124 | 2,800 served |
| GRANVILLE VILLAGE groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY5700120 | 2,418 served |
| GREENWICH VILLAGE groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY5700122 | 1,665 served |
| WASHINGTON CORRECTIONAL surface water · state · NY5704191 | 1,500 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 69 people were held in Washington County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 58.
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.
11 school districts have their office in Washington County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $58.9 million — $49 million to run schools, about $22,151 per student, plus $9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.4 million local (mostly property tax), $36.4 million state, $4.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.7 million.
Spent $30.3 million — $25.9 million to run schools, about $24,912 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.3 million local (mostly property tax), $21.1 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.4 million.
Spent $27.2 million — $22 million to run schools, about $23,781 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12 million local (mostly property tax), $12.3 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.9 million.
Spent $24.5 million — $21.9 million to run schools, about $26,767 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $14.9 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $32 million.
Spent $19 million — $17.9 million to run schools, about $25,829 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.2 million.
Spent $17.2 million — $14.7 million to run schools, about $26,090 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $10.3 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.1 million.
Spent $14.3 million — $13.8 million to run schools, about $27,351 per student, plus $298,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.3 million.
Spent $13.1 million — $12.5 million to run schools, about $26,298 per student, plus $325,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $735,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.7 million.
And 3 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 Washington County about $19.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
189 bridges in Washington County: 70 in good condition, 98 fair, and 21 poor (11.1%). “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 22 over INDIAN RIVER · built 1961 | 4,620 vehicles a day |
| BATTEN-DUGAN ROAD over BATTEN KILL · built 1916 | 1,262 vehicles a day |
| MARTINDALE AVENUE over GLENS FALLS FEEDER CANAL · built 1931 | 1,256 vehicles a day |
| NILES ROAD over LITTLE WHITE CRK · built 1942 | 756 vehicles a day |
| WHITE CREEK ROAD over CENTER WHITE CREEK · built 1987 | 741 vehicles a day |
| CR 113 over MCAULEY BROOK · built 1929 | 667 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11 million of work in Washington County in fiscal 2025, about $180 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 Washington 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 Washington County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Bennington County, VT (25 mi) · Saratoga County (25 mi) · Warren County (26 mi) · Rutland County, VT (28 mi) · Rensselaer County (42 mi) · Windham County, VT (42 mi).