426,291 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.1% since 2020)
340 square miles of land · 1,255 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 Lucas County in the area they serve, reporting 427,981 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TOLEDO CITY OF surface water · local government · OH4801411 | 360,000 served |
| SYLVANIA CITY buys surface water · local government · OH4801303 | 21,618 served |
| OREGON CITY surface water · local government · OH4800911 | 19,950 served |
| MAUMEE CITY buys surface water · local government · OH4800603 | 14,286 served |
| WATERVILLE CITY buys surface water · local government · OH4801503 | 6,500 served |
| WHITEHOUSE VILLAGE buys surface water · local government · OH4801612 | 5,200 served |
| ARROWHEAD LAKE MHP groundwater · private · OH4800112 | 327 served |
| WHISPERING WINDS MHC groundwater · private · OH4801012 | 100 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 351 people were held in Lucas County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 130 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 428.
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 Lucas County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $490.2 million — $446.7 million to run schools, about $20,477 per student, plus $15.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $139.4 million local (mostly property tax), $214.5 million state, $125.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $160.1 million.
Spent $109.3 million — $102.6 million to run schools, about $13,390 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $82.7 million local (mostly property tax), $28 million state, $8.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $63.6 million.
Spent $115.4 million — $98.2 million to run schools, about $14,277 per student, plus $12.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $56.3 million local (mostly property tax), $44.6 million state, $15.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $56.7 million.
Spent $59.1 million — $54.1 million to run schools, about $12,803 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $43.7 million local (mostly property tax), $11.7 million state, $4.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $50.5 million.
Spent $53.4 million — $48.6 million to run schools, about $14,597 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $35.8 million local (mostly property tax), $10.4 million state, $6.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.8 million.
Spent $59.3 million — $52.7 million to run schools, about $16,095 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $33.7 million local (mostly property tax), $20.3 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.1 million.
Spent $40.8 million — $36.9 million to run schools, about $17,084 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.1 million local (mostly property tax), $9.7 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.5 million.
Spent $27.4 million — $19.7 million to run schools, about $18,287 per student, plus $6.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.7 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Lucas County about $111.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
417 bridges in Lucas County: 294 in good condition, 114 fair, and 9 poor (2.2%). “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.
| I80 OH TPK over CAIRL DITCH · built 1954 | 24,423 vehicles a day |
| COREY RD. over IR 475 · built 1969 | 14,673 vehicles a day |
| BERDAN AVENUE over OTTAWA RIVER · built 1972 | 10,885 vehicles a day |
| CORDUROY ROAD over OTTER CREEK 1361 · built 1976 | 5,326 vehicles a day |
| KING ROAD over DRENNAN DITCH 2231 · built 1931 | 2,711 vehicles a day |
| E. CENTRAL AVENUE over BUCKEYE ST AND TTRR · built 1958 | 2,613 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $264.2 million of work in Lucas County in fiscal 2025, about $613 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 Lucas 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 Lucas County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Monroe County, MI (16 mi) · Wood County (24 mi) · Ottawa County (25 mi) · Sandusky County (28 mi) · Fulton County (34 mi) · Lenawee County, MI (35 mi).