184,898 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.4% since 2020)
682 square miles of land · 271 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.
22 active community water systems list Licking County in the area they serve, reporting 112,681 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NEWARK CITY PWS surface water · local government · OH4502314 | 49,934 served |
| LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT groundwater · private · OH4505412 | 17,818 served |
| CITY OF HEATH PWS groundwater · local government · OH4500912 | 10,310 served |
| PATASKALA CITY groundwater · local government · OH4502512 | 9,900 served |
| GRANVILLE, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · OH4500612 | 5,946 served |
| JOHNSTOWN CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH4501512 | 5,200 served |
| LICKING COUNTY HARBOR HILLS PWS buys groundwater · private · OH4500812 | 3,415 served |
| BUCKEYE LAKE, VILLAGE OF PWS buys groundwater · local government · OH4564712 | 2,746 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 247 people were held in Licking County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 212 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 331.
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 Licking County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $105 million — $86.5 million to run schools, about $14,646 per student, plus $14.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $45.5 million local (mostly property tax), $43.4 million state, $19.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $34.8 million.
Spent $66.7 million — $56.1 million to run schools, about $11,062 per student, plus $4.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $51 million local (mostly property tax), $26.6 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $87.9 million.
Spent $72.4 million — $56.3 million to run schools, about $11,739 per student, plus $11.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $43.6 million local (mostly property tax), $27.7 million state, $5.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $103.2 million.
Spent $39.5 million — $35.7 million to run schools, about $13,764 per student, plus $2.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $34.9 million local (mostly property tax), $8.8 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.2 million.
Spent $26.2 million — $23.5 million to run schools, about $11,375 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $31.1 million — $26.2 million to run schools, about $15,767 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.4 million.
Spent $25.2 million — $22.2 million to run schools, about $13,403 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.7 million local (mostly property tax), $9.5 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.4 million.
Spent $26.8 million — $22.8 million to run schools, about $13,813 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.2 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 Licking County about $47.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
432 bridges in Licking County: 256 in good condition, 146 fair, and 30 poor (6.9%). “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 37 over 37 OVER BRANCH RAMP CREE · built 1994 | 9,982 vehicles a day |
| SR 37 over SR37 OVER RAMP CREEK · built 1950 | 9,982 vehicles a day |
| Horns Hill Rd over Trib of North Fork River · built 1941 | 5,757 vehicles a day |
| Licking Valley Rd over Rocky Fork Creek · built 1951 | 4,171 vehicles a day |
| MINK STREET over MUDDY FORK · built 1960 | 3,470 vehicles a day |
| Northridge Rd over Lobdell Creek · built 1991 | 2,109 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $41.8 million of work in Licking County in fiscal 2025, about $234 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 Licking 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 Licking County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Knox County (22 mi) · Fairfield County (25 mi) · Perry County (27 mi) · Franklin County (29 mi) · Muskingum County (30 mi) · Delaware County (31 mi).