34,206 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.6% since 2020)
483 square miles of land · 71 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.
10 active community water systems list Putnam County in the area they serve, reporting 15,065 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| OTTAWA VILLAGE surface water · local government · OH6900711 | 4,393 served |
| LEIPSIC VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH6900612 | 2,348 served |
| COLUMBUS GROVE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH6900112 | 2,137 served |
| KALIDA VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH6900512 | 1,542 served |
| PANDORA VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH6900912 | 1,204 served |
| CONTINENTAL VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH6900212 | 1,153 served |
| GLANDORF VILLAGE buys surface water · local government · OH6901303 | 1,001 served |
| OTTOVILLE VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH6900812 | 976 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 25 people were held in Putnam County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 122 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 42.
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.
9 school districts have their office in Putnam County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $21.6 million — $18.9 million to run schools, about $12,436 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.5 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.8 million.
Spent $14.2 million — $11.6 million to run schools, about $15,384 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $995,000 federal. Long-term debt: $8 million.
Spent $8.9 million — $8.5 million to run schools, about $12,011 per student, plus $192,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.1 million local (mostly property tax), $5.9 million state, $953,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 million.
Spent $9.1 million — $7.8 million to run schools, about $12,978 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $686,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $7.5 million — $7.1 million to run schools, about $13,146 per student, plus $253,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $659,000 federal. Long-term debt: $120,000.
Spent $8.7 million — $8.1 million to run schools, about $15,610 per student, plus $444,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $552,000 federal. Long-term debt: $589,000.
Spent $7.2 million — $6.8 million to run schools, about $13,930 per student, plus $281,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.4 million state, $754,000 federal. Long-term debt: $150,000.
Spent $9.2 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $19,267 per student, plus $436,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $835,000 federal.
And 1 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Putnam County about $13.9 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.
212 bridges in Putnam County: 121 in good condition, 84 fair, and 7 poor (3.3%). “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.
| COUNTY ROAD R over PLUM CREEK · built 1900 | 477 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 11-J over PLUM CREEK · built 1967 | 385 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD S over FARM DITCH · built 1960 | 385 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD Y over YELLOW CREEK · built 1960 | 117 vehicles a day |
| TOWNSHIP ROAD A over NORTH POWELL CREEK · built 1975 | 110 vehicles a day |
| DRIVE TO WWTP over PLUM CREEK · built 1996 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.1 million of work in Putnam County in fiscal 2025, about $91 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 Putnam 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 Putnam County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Allen County (17 mi) · Henry County (21 mi) · Hancock County (24 mi) · Paulding County (24 mi) · Van Wert County (26 mi) · Defiance County (28 mi).