50,305 people (2024 Census estimate, +8.6% since 2020)
904 square miles of land · 56 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.
13 active community water systems list Bryan County in the area they serve, reporting 39,612 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| DURANT UTILITIES AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1010601 | 15,545 served |
| BRYAN COUNTY RURAL WATER DISTRICT #5 buys surface water · local government · OK3000704 | 8,325 served |
| BRYAN CO. RWS & SWMD #2 surface water · local government · OK1010604 | 6,270 served |
| CALERA PWA groundwater · local government · OK2000702 | 2,815 served |
| COLBERT PUA groundwater · local government · OK2000716 | 2,312 served |
| BRYAN CO. RWD #6 groundwater · local government · OK3000725 | 990 served |
| CADDO groundwater · local government · OK2000703 | 944 served |
| BRYAN CO. RWD #9 groundwater · local government · OK2000713 | 820 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 104 people were held in Bryan County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 336 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 155.
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 Bryan County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $41.7 million — $38.8 million to run schools, about $10,063 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.5 million local (mostly property tax), $22.8 million state, $8.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.7 million.
Spent $13.4 million — $12.2 million to run schools, about $10,551 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6.8 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $9.8 million — $9.5 million to run schools, about $11,272 per student, plus $255,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 million.
Spent $9.7 million — $9.1 million to run schools, about $11,279 per student, plus $497,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.6 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $344,000.
Spent $7.1 million — $6.8 million to run schools, about $13,498 per student, plus $240,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $290,000.
Spent $6.4 million — $6.3 million to run schools, about $12,522 per student, plus $167,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $1.9 million federal.
Spent $5.7 million — $4.3 million to run schools, about $13,961 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $859,000 federal. Long-term debt: $480,000.
Spent $4.1 million — $4 million to run schools, about $13,517 per student, plus $134,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $941,000 federal.
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 Bryan County about $24 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
286 bridges in Bryan County: 118 in good condition, 139 fair, and 29 poor (10.1%). “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.
| U.S. 69 SB over W ARKANSAS ST & K R.R. · built 1969 | 11,400 vehicles a day |
| FAU 3610(RODEO RD. over UP R.R. UNDER · built 1907 | 750 vehicles a day |
| D3730 over CREEK · built 1950 | 200 vehicles a day |
| 0730C over CHUCKWA CREEK · built 1970 | 200 vehicles a day |
| 0734C over SANDY CREEK · built 1965 | 150 vehicles a day |
| 0744C over CREEK · built 1920 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $232.3 million of work in Bryan County in fiscal 2025, about $5,043 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 Oklahoma 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 Bryan 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 Bryan County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Fannin County, TX (27 mi) · Marshall County (29 mi) · Atoka County (32 mi) · Johnston County (33 mi) · Grayson County, TX (33 mi) · Choctaw County (41 mi).