14,506 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.6% since 2020)
761 square miles of land · 19 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.
10 active community water systems list Craig County in the area they serve, reporting 18,083 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| VINITA UTILITIES AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1021611 | 6,472 served |
| CRAIG CO RWD #2 buys surface water · local government · OK3001802 | 4,250 served |
| KETCHUM PWA surface water · local government · OK1021612 | 4,025 served |
| CRAIG CO RWS & SWMD #3 groundwater · local government · OK2001807 | 1,100 served |
| WELCH PWA groundwater · local government · OK2001801 | 800 served |
| IRONSIDE WATER DISTRICT INC buys surface water · local government · OK3001804 | 392 served |
| CRAIG CO RWD #1 buys surface water · local government · OK3001801 | 315 served |
| BIG CABIN PWA buys surface water · local government · OK3001805 | 293 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 63 people were held in Craig County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 703 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 78.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Craig County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $16.5 million — $16.1 million to run schools, about $12,207 per student, plus $378,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $9.3 million — $8.3 million to run schools, about $14,613 per student, plus $862,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.1 million.
Spent $4.8 million — $4.5 million to run schools, about $15,689 per student, plus $252,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $2.9 million state, $782,000 federal. Long-term debt: $860,000.
Spent $2.5 million — $2.4 million to run schools, about $12,059 per student, plus $21,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $810,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $452,000 federal. Long-term debt: $520,000.
Spent $747,000 — $727,000 to run schools, about $14,255 per student, plus $20,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $417,000 local (mostly property tax), $145,000 state, $182,000 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 Craig County about $12.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
180 bridges in Craig County: 65 in good condition, 85 fair, and 30 poor (16.7%). “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 WILL ROGERS TP I-44 UND · built 1956 | 4,350 vehicles a day |
| 1820C over BULL CREEK · built 1940 | 1,030 vehicles a day |
| 1862C over LITTLE CABIN CREEK · built 1982 | 500 vehicles a day |
| N4440 over CREEK · built 1932 | 100 vehicles a day |
| N4330 over CREEK · built 1935 | 100 vehicles a day |
| E0185 over JONES CREEK · built 1935 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.3 million of work in Craig County in fiscal 2025, about $235 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 Craig 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 Craig County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Ottawa County (23 mi) · Nowata County (23 mi) · Labette County, KS (30 mi) · Mayes County (32 mi) · Delaware County (34 mi) · Cherokee County, KS (34 mi).