58,168 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.6% since 2020)
492 square miles of land · 118 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.
14 active community water systems list Huron County in the area they serve, reporting 65,608 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NORTHERN OHIO RURAL WATER buys surface water · local government · OH3902403 | 18,224 served |
| NORWALK CITY PWS surface water · private · OH3901111 | 17,466 served |
| BELLEVUE CITY surface water · local government · OH3900011 | 8,236 served |
| WILLARD CITY surface water · local government · OH3901511 | 7,099 served |
| NORTHERN OHIO RURAL WATER-SOUTH DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · OH3946712 | 5,226 served |
| NEW LONDON VILLAGE PWS surface water · local government · OH3902611 | 3,226 served |
| GREENWICH VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH3900312 | 1,476 served |
| MONROEVILLE VILLAGE surface water · local government · OH3900811 | 1,400 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 90 people were held in Huron County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 249 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 107.
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 Huron County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $38 million — $34.7 million to run schools, about $13,649 per student, plus $589,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15 million local (mostly property tax), $17.3 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $28.6 million — $25.2 million to run schools, about $13,850 per student, plus $944,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15 million local (mostly property tax), $10.8 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.8 million.
Spent $22.8 million — $19.6 million to run schools, about $15,715 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.7 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.2 million.
Spent $15.8 million — $14.8 million to run schools, about $14,802 per student, plus $606,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.7 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $466,000.
Spent $15.8 million — $13.7 million to run schools, about $15,803 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.4 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $64,000.
Spent $11.8 million — $11.1 million to run schools, about $14,925 per student, plus $413,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $7.1 million state, $1.5 million federal.
Spent $12.6 million — $11.8 million to run schools, about $18,392 per student, plus $460,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $140,000.
Spent $10.1 million — $8.8 million to run schools, about $15,378 per student, plus $476,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $4.3 million state, $716,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Huron County about $16.6 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.
311 bridges in Huron County: 186 in good condition, 104 fair, and 21 poor (6.8%). “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 61 over OVER W&L.E. RR · built 1906 | 6,311 vehicles a day |
| BASELINE RD CR 11 over BASELINE / ASHLAND RAIL · built 1950 | 2,803 vehicles a day |
| SECTION LINE 30 over SEC LN 30 / SLATE RUN · built 1960 | 1,804 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 228 over CO RD 228/E BR HRN RVR · built 1925 | 1,158 vehicles a day |
| BOUGHTONVILLE 105 over BOUGHTNVL/W BR HURON RVR · built 1956 | 493 vehicles a day |
| COOK 185 over COOK / VERMILION RVR · built 1940 | 422 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $15.3 million of work in Huron County in fiscal 2025, about $260 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 Huron 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 Huron County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Erie County (17 mi) · Richland County (26 mi) · Crawford County (27 mi) · Ashland County (27 mi) · Seneca County (28 mi) · Lorain County (30 mi).