86,582 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.1% since 2020)
665 square miles of land · 130 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.
11 active community water systems list Muskingum County in the area they serve, reporting 69,664 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ZANESVILLE PWS groundwater · private · OH6002712 | 29,381 served |
| MUSKINGUM COUNTY WATER - SE groundwater · private · OH6000412 | 21,540 served |
| MAYSVILLE REGIONAL WATER buys groundwater · private · OH6001411 | 6,540 served |
| SOUTH ZANESVILLE PWS groundwater · private · OH6002212 | 2,800 served |
| NEW CONCORD PWS surface water · private · OH6001711 | 2,491 served |
| DRESDEN PWS groundwater · private · OH6000212 | 2,000 served |
| ROSEVILLE PWS buys groundwater · private · OH6002112 | 1,852 served |
| FRAZEYSBURG PWS groundwater · private · OH6000612 | 1,340 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 220 people were held in Muskingum County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 409 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 260.
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 Muskingum County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $57.2 million — $51.2 million to run schools, about $16,849 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.1 million local (mostly property tax), $30.1 million state, $12 million federal. Long-term debt: $14.4 million.
Spent $43 million — $35 million to run schools, about $12,015 per student, plus $7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.4 million local (mostly property tax), $19.9 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.1 million.
Spent $26.3 million — $24.1 million to run schools, about $11,636 per student, plus $988,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.9 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $392,000.
Spent $34.9 million — $28.1 million to run schools, about $15,150 per student, plus $6.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14.2 million state, $5.8 million federal.
Spent $27.9 million — $25.4 million to run schools, about $13,852 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.2 million local (mostly property tax), $16.9 million state, $5.3 million federal.
Spent $18.4 million — $16.2 million to run schools, about $10,479 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.2 million.
Spent $27.5 million — $21 million to run schools, about $20,778 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17 million local (mostly property tax), $11.8 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.8 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 Muskingum County about $29.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
364 bridges in Muskingum County: 214 in good condition, 117 fair, and 33 poor (9.1%). “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.
| KOPCHAK ROAD over TIMBER RUN · built 1900 | 1,695 vehicles a day |
| FIRST ST ROSEVILLE over MOXAHALA CREEK · built 1908 | 1,666 vehicles a day |
| SALLY ROAD over TIMBER RUN · built 2005 | 1,295 vehicles a day |
| SALT CREEK ROAD over BOGGS CREEK · built 2001 | 1,145 vehicles a day |
| CANNELVILLE ROAD over BRUSH CREEK · built 1980 | 928 vehicles a day |
| BURNT MILL ROAD over SALT CREEK · built 1951 | 905 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $85.8 million of work in Muskingum County in fiscal 2025, about $993 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 Muskingum 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 Muskingum County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Perry County (22 mi) · Coshocton County (23 mi) · Morgan County (24 mi) · Guernsey County (24 mi) · Noble County (29 mi) · Licking County (30 mi).