42,028 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.4% since 2020)
405 square miles of land · 104 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.
9 active community water systems list Fulton County in the area they serve, reporting 25,128 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WAUSEON CITY PWS surface water · local government · OH2600111 | 7,568 served |
| ARCHBOLD VILLAGE surface water · local government · OH2600011 | 5,586 served |
| SWANTON VILLAGE surface water · local government · OH2601011 | 3,855 served |
| DELTA VILLAGE surface water · local government · OH2600311 | 3,518 served |
| FAYETTE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH2600412 | 1,340 served |
| SWANCREEK WATER DISTRICT PWS buys surface water · local government · OH2601512 | 1,269 served |
| NORTHEAST WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · OH2637812 | 1,250 served |
| LYONS VILLAGE buys surface water · local government · OH2600603 | 562 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 158 people were held in Fulton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 612 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 183.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Fulton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $23.4 million — $21.9 million to run schools, about $12,594 per student, plus $539,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.4 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.7 million.
Spent $16.8 million — $15.7 million to run schools, about $13,609 per student, plus $763,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.7 million local (mostly property tax), $5.7 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $965,000.
Spent $19 million — $17.2 million to run schools, about $15,080 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.8 million local (mostly property tax), $6.4 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $18.4 million — $17.4 million to run schools, about $15,373 per student, plus $627,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13 million local (mostly property tax), $6.2 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
Spent $18.4 million — $17.3 million to run schools, about $15,487 per student, plus $480,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.9 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.6 million.
Spent $8.2 million — $7.6 million to run schools, about $15,246 per student, plus $214,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $4.4 million state, $711,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 million.
Spent $7.5 million — $6.9 million to run schools, about $19,244 per student, plus $389,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $870,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.5 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 Fulton County about $12.4 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.
196 bridges in Fulton County: 91 in good condition, 102 fair, and 3 poor (1.5%). “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.
| RUEGER SHELTER RD over I80 OHIO TPK · built 1954 | 22,000 vehicles a day |
| SPIES HANDY RD over I80 OHIO TPK · built 1954 | 22,000 vehicles a day |
| GARNSEY AVENUE over TEN MILE CREEK · built 1910 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9.6 million of work in Fulton County in fiscal 2025, about $225 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Henry County (19 mi) · Lenawee County, MI (21 mi) · Williams County (24 mi) · Defiance County (27 mi) · Wood County (31 mi) · Lucas County (34 mi).