14,174 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.2% since 2020)
770 square miles of land · 18 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.
9 active community water systems list Choctaw County in the area they serve, reporting 11,217 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HUGO MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1010314 | 5,536 served |
| CHOCTAW CO. RWD #1 groundwater · local government · OK2001204 | 2,300 served |
| BOSWELL PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · OK2001205 | 932 served |
| CHOCTAW CO. RWSG & SWMD #6 buys surface water · local government · OK3001214 | 850 served |
| FORT TOWSON groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · OK2001207 | 611 served |
| CHOCTAW CO. RWD #2 buys surface water · local government · OK3001203 | 373 served |
| SOPER groundwater · local government · OK2001201 | 300 served |
| CHOCTAW CO. RWSG & SWMD #3 buys groundwater · local government · OK3001209 | 235 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 75 people were held in Choctaw County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 900 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 57.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Choctaw County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $14.7 million — $12.9 million to run schools, about $10,591 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.2 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.7 million.
Spent $4.2 million — $4.1 million to run schools, about $12,433 per student, plus $78,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $835,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $439,000.
Spent $4.1 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $11,423 per student, plus $564,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $868,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.5 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $280,000.
Spent $5.4 million — $5.1 million to run schools, about $16,888 per student, plus $221,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $195,000.
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 Choctaw County about $9.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
216 bridges in Choctaw County: 123 in good condition, 78 fair, and 15 poor (6.9%). “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.
| E2060 over HANUBBY CREEK · built 1937 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 1260C over CREEK · built 1937 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 1226C over WHITE GRASS CREEK OFLOW · built 1937 | 100 vehicles a day |
| FAS 1217 over TANYARD CREEK · built 1937 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 1248C over NORTH FORK CREEK · built 1937 | 100 vehicles a day |
| N4140 over CREEK · built 1938 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $37.5 million of work in Choctaw County in fiscal 2025, about $2,641 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 Choctaw 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 Choctaw County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lamar County, TX (25 mi) · Pushmataha County (26 mi) · Atoka County (37 mi) · Red River County, TX (40 mi) · Bryan County (41 mi) · Fannin County, TX (44 mi).