96,906 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.6% since 2020)
702 square miles of land · 138 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.
11 active community water systems list Ashtabula County in the area they serve, reporting 79,991 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| AQUA OHIO - ASHTABULA surface water · private · OH0400711 | 32,342 served |
| ASHTABULA COUNTY WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · OH0400803 | 14,757 served |
| CONNEAUT surface water · local government · OH0400411 | 12,538 served |
| ANDOVER-CAMPLANDS WATER groundwater · local government · OH0400212 | 6,009 served |
| GENEVA CITY PWS buys surface water · local government · OH0401712 | 5,924 served |
| AQUA OHIO - VILLAGE OF JEFFERSON buys surface water · private · OH0401812 | 3,226 served |
| ROAMING SHORES VILLAGE PWS buys surface water · local government · OH0400611 | 1,764 served |
| ORWELL VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH0401012 | 1,660 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 122 people were held in Ashtabula County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 204 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 166.
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.
8 school districts have their office in Ashtabula County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $57 million — $50.2 million to run schools, about $16,489 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.5 million local (mostly property tax), $28.6 million state, $11.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.8 million.
Spent $28.3 million — $27.3 million to run schools, about $13,083 per student, plus $247,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16 million local (mostly property tax), $13.7 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.8 million.
Spent $21.7 million — $20.2 million to run schools, about $11,883 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.5 million local (mostly property tax), $11.5 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $97,000.
Spent $22.6 million — $18.7 million to run schools, about $11,206 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.7 million local (mostly property tax), $13.5 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.7 million.
Spent $23.3 million — $22.7 million to run schools, about $14,448 per student, plus $276,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.4 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
Spent $23.9 million — $16.6 million to run schools, about $14,799 per student, plus $6.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $10.1 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $14.6 million — $13.7 million to run schools, about $15,553 per student, plus $616,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.6 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $14.9 million to run schools, about $25,759 per student, plus $926,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.6 million local (mostly property tax), $7.3 million state, $1.3 million federal.
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 Ashtabula County about $19.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
304 bridges in Ashtabula County: 212 in good condition, 82 fair, and 10 poor (3.3%). “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.
| SR 193 over BR PYMATUNING CREEK · built 1961 | 995 vehicles a day |
| SR 84 over ASHTABULA CREEK · built 1955 | 789 vehicles a day |
| OLD MAIN ROAD over CONNEAUT CREEK · built 1909 | 600 vehicles a day |
| WINDSOR ROAD over ROCK CREEK · built 1950 | 517 vehicles a day |
| SOUTH RIDGE ROAD over CONNEAUT CREEK · built 1983 | 403 vehicles a day |
| WINDSOR MECH. ROAD over TRUMBULL CREEK · built 1950 | 315 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $34 million of work in Ashtabula County in fiscal 2025, about $348 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 Ohio are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
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Nearby counties: Lake County (25 mi) · Geauga County (36 mi) · Crawford County, PA (36 mi) · Erie County, PA (36 mi) · Trumbull County (41 mi) · Mercer County, PA (49 mi).