374,091 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
575 square miles of land · 650 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.
38 active community water systems list Stark County in the area they serve, reporting 287,904 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CANTON PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · OH7608112 | 107,113 served |
| AQUA OHIO - MASSILLON PWS groundwater · private · OH7604512 | 95,636 served |
| NORTH CANTON CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH7604312 | 24,747 served |
| ALLIANCE CITY PWS surface water · local government · OH7600011 | 22,232 served |
| LOUISVILLE CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH7603012 | 9,186 served |
| STARK COUNTY WATER DISTRICT buys groundwater · local government · OH7607303 | 6,690 served |
| CANAL FULTON CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH7600912 | 5,323 served |
| MINERVA VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH7603812 | 3,684 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 441 people were held in Stark County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 192 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 495.
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.
17 school districts have their office in Stark County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $180.8 million — $156 million to run schools, about $19,661 per student, plus $15.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $42.3 million local (mostly property tax), $97 million state, $43.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.4 million.
Spent $86.3 million — $72.6 million to run schools, about $12,140 per student, plus $6.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $42.7 million local (mostly property tax), $29 million state, $15.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $28.9 million.
Spent $77.6 million — $69.5 million to run schools, about $11,638 per student, plus $6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $60.1 million local (mostly property tax), $13.5 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $33.3 million.
Spent $106.6 million — $57.3 million to run schools, about $12,972 per student, plus $46.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $43 million local (mostly property tax), $20 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $56.7 million.
Spent $83.5 million — $56.7 million to run schools, about $13,035 per student, plus $21.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $34.4 million local (mostly property tax), $25.8 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $84.1 million.
Spent $65 million — $57.1 million to run schools, about $14,215 per student, plus $5.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.1 million local (mostly property tax), $37.4 million state, $12 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.5 million.
Spent $48 million — $42.6 million to run schools, about $12,640 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.9 million local (mostly property tax), $20.3 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $45.9 million.
Spent $53.5 million — $44.2 million to run schools, about $14,809 per student, plus $8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.1 million local (mostly property tax), $28 million state, $11.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
And 9 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Stark County about $76.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
416 bridges in Stark County: 208 in good condition, 188 fair, and 20 poor (4.8%). “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.
| PL1236 EASTON over MIDD BRANCH NIMISHILLEN · built 1949 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
| MA3113 STATE over MIDD BRANCH NIMISHILLEN · built 1948 | 5,700 vehicles a day |
| FIFTEENTH ST. S.W. over WEST-BR-NIMISHILLEN-CREE · built 1946 | 4,582 vehicles a day |
| BELDEN AVE N.E. over EAST BR NIMISHILLEN CREE · built 1984 | 3,655 vehicles a day |
| JA2348 ISLAND over LAKE CABLE · built 1975 | 1,949 vehicles a day |
| FOURTH ST. S.E. over EAST BR NIMISHILLEN CREE · built 1974 | 1,845 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $99.5 million of work in Stark County in fiscal 2025, about $265 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 Stark 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 Stark County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Carroll County (22 mi) · Summit County (23 mi) · Tuscarawas County (26 mi) · Portage County (26 mi) · Wayne County (27 mi) · Columbiana County (31 mi).