181,760 people (2024 Census estimate, +16.9% since 2020)
897 square miles of land · 203 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 Canadian County in the area they serve, reporting 70,594 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| YUKON buys surface water · local government · OK2000910 | 22,498 served |
| MUSTANG, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · OK2000922 | 18,576 served |
| EL RENO buys surface water · local government · OK2000902 | 16,212 served |
| PIEDMONT MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · OK2000909 | 7,542 served |
| CANADIAN CO WATER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · OK3000903 | 1,700 served |
| CANADIAN CO RWD # 4 groundwater · local government · OK2000930 | 907 served |
| CANADIAN CO RWD # 1 groundwater · local government · OK2000908 | 750 served |
| UNION CITY buys groundwater · local government · OK3000909 | 618 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 1 people were held in Canadian County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 1 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 190.
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.
10 school districts have their office in Canadian County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $156.6 million — $132.5 million to run schools, about $9,820 per student, plus $22.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $65.2 million local (mostly property tax), $73.9 million state, $14.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $62.9 million.
Spent $93.8 million — $90 million to run schools, about $9,523 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $49.4 million local (mostly property tax), $51.8 million state, $9.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $49.2 million.
Spent $55 million — $43.7 million to run schools, about $8,635 per student, plus $10.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26.9 million local (mostly property tax), $25.6 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.7 million.
Spent $38.2 million — $32.6 million to run schools, about $11,202 per student, plus $5.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.5 million local (mostly property tax), $21.2 million state, $7.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.2 million.
Spent $4.5 million — $4 million to run schools, about $13,328 per student, plus $489,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $441,000 federal. Long-term debt: $675,000.
Spent $5 million — $3.6 million to run schools, about $12,334 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $377,000 state, $422,000 federal. Long-term debt: $900,000.
Spent $8.1 million — $5.5 million to run schools, about $19,989 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $952,000 state, $960,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.9 million.
Spent $3.5 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $14,336 per student, plus $28,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $958,000 state, $2.4 million federal.
And 2 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 Canadian County about $73.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
495 bridges in Canadian County: 244 in good condition, 233 fair, and 18 poor (3.6%). “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.
| 0922C over CREEK · built 1928 | 970 vehicles a day |
| CIMARRON RD. over CREEK · built 1980 | 500 vehicles a day |
| SW 44TH ST. over MUSTANG CREEK · built 2006 | 500 vehicles a day |
| FAU 3880 (FOREMAN over FOURMILE CREEK · built 1952 | 400 vehicles a day |
| E1030 (ELM ST) over CREEK · built 1917 | 200 vehicles a day |
| N2850 over CREEK · built 1932 | 200 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $37.4 million of work in Canadian County in fiscal 2025, about $242 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 Canadian 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 Canadian County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Kingfisher County (28 mi) · Oklahoma County (32 mi) · Blaine County (34 mi) · Caddo County (34 mi) · Grady County (36 mi) · Logan County (39 mi).