133,077 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.6% since 2020)
617 square miles of land · 216 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.
20 active community water systems list Wood County in the area they serve, reporting 109,106 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BOWLING GREEN CITY surface water · local government · OH8700311 | 31,578 served |
| PERRYSBURG CITY PWS buys surface water · local government · OH8701803 | 27,000 served |
| NORTHWESTERN W AND SD - TOLEDO SVC AREA buys surface water · local government · OH8752812 | 19,332 served |
| NORTHWESTERN W AND SD - OREGON WTLN 200 buys surface water · local government · OH8704203 | 9,629 served |
| NORTHWESTERN W AND SD - PORTAGE buys surface water · local government · OH8704103 | 4,776 served |
| NORTHWESTERN W AND SD - WESTON buys surface water · local government · OH8703211 | 3,648 served |
| NORTHWESTERN W AND SD - MIDDLETON TWP buys surface water · local government · OH8752212 | 3,615 served |
| NORTH BALTIMORE VILLAGE surface water · private · OH8701611 | 3,432 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 121 people were held in Wood County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 137 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 157.
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 Wood County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $80.6 million — $74.4 million to run schools, about $13,438 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $66.4 million local (mostly property tax), $16.5 million state, $4.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $65.3 million.
Spent $42 million — $37.9 million to run schools, about $14,664 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $28.9 million local (mostly property tax), $9.5 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.8 million.
Spent $28.8 million — $25.7 million to run schools, about $13,824 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10 million local (mostly property tax), $14.7 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.6 million.
Spent $21.5 million — $20.1 million to run schools, about $12,004 per student, plus $829,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.7 million.
Spent $46.8 million — $27.9 million to run schools, about $16,815 per student, plus $14.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $27.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.2 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $91.3 million.
Spent $27.3 million — $22.6 million to run schools, about $14,269 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $46 million.
Spent $41.7 million — $37.1 million to run schools, about $25,030 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.1 million local (mostly property tax), $22.3 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.8 million.
Spent $24.8 million — $22.3 million to run schools, about $15,304 per student, plus $660,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.7 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.8 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 Wood County about $43.3 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.
508 bridges in Wood County: 312 in good condition, 173 fair, and 23 poor (4.5%). “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.
| DROUILLARD ROAD over DRY CREEK DROUILLARD RD · built 1931 | 3,873 vehicles a day |
| EAGLEVILLE ROAD over RKY.FRD.CRK.EAGLEVILLE R · built 1928 | 2,297 vehicles a day |
| KELLOGG ROAD over DITCH 2426 KELLOGG ROAD · built 1980 | 1,917 vehicles a day |
| WEGMAN ROAD over DITCH 2251 WEGMAN ROAD · built 1967 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
| HUFFMAN ROAD over BULL CREEK HUFFMAN RD · built 1937 | 952 vehicles a day |
| POE ROAD over DITCH 2315 POE RD · built 1910 | 874 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $27.6 million of work in Wood County in fiscal 2025, about $208 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 Wood 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 Wood County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Henry County (23 mi) · Lucas County (24 mi) · Sandusky County (25 mi) · Hancock County (25 mi) · Seneca County (31 mi) · Fulton County (31 mi).