45,922 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.2% since 2020)
401 square miles of land · 114 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.
8 active community water systems list Auglaize County in the area they serve, reporting 30,647 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WAPAKONETA CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH0600712 | 11,000 served |
| ST MARYS CITY groundwater · local government · OH0600612 | 9,356 served |
| NEW BREMEN VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH0600512 | 3,034 served |
| MINSTER VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH0600412 | 3,025 served |
| CRIDERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH0600212 | 2,410 served |
| NEW KNOXVILLE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH0601012 | 946 served |
| WAYNESFIELD VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH0600912 | 831 served |
| LAKESIDE ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · OH0600312 | 45 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 42 people were held in Auglaize County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 151 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 60.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Auglaize County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $40.7 million — $36.8 million to run schools, about $12,079 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.2 million local (mostly property tax), $19.2 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $20 million.
Spent $29.3 million — $26.2 million to run schools, about $13,426 per student, plus $608,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.7 million local (mostly property tax), $12.8 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.8 million.
Spent $13.2 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $13,850 per student, plus $330,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.8 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $773,000 federal. Long-term debt: $10 million.
Spent $12.3 million — $10.5 million to run schools, about $12,715 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.4 million local (mostly property tax), $4.4 million state, $771,000 federal. Long-term debt: $13.4 million.
Spent $9 million — $8.4 million to run schools, about $17,896 per student, plus $472,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.4 million state, $737,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 million.
Spent $6.8 million — $5.9 million to run schools, about $14,962 per student, plus $785,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $2.9 million state, $517,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1 million.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Auglaize County about $14.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
321 bridges in Auglaize County: 266 in good condition, 54 fair, and 1 poor (0.3%). “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.
| HAMILTON STREET over AUGLAIZE RIVER · built 1968 | 4,057 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.8 million of work in Auglaize County in fiscal 2025, about $82 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.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Auglaize 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 Auglaize County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Shelby County (16 mi) · Allen County (16 mi) · Mercer County (21 mi) · Logan County (27 mi) · Van Wert County (28 mi) · Hardin County (30 mi).