62,007 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.1% since 2020)
1,059 square miles of land · 59 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.
21 active community water systems list Garfield County in the area they serve, reporting 62,240 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ENID surface water · local government · OK2002412 | 49,347 served |
| VANCE AFB buys groundwater · federal · OK3002402 | 3,231 served |
| GARFIELD CO RWD #5 groundwater · local government · OK2002444 | 1,980 served |
| WAUKOMIS PWA groundwater · local government · OK2002410 | 1,366 served |
| GARFIELD CO RWD #6 groundwater · local government · OK2002415 | 1,225 served |
| GARBER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY buys groundwater · local government · OK2002416 | 725 served |
| HIGHPOINT MHP groundwater · private · OK2002401 | 600 served |
| LAHOMA PWA groundwater · local government · OK2002417 | 577 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 239 people were held in Garfield County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 621 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2017 it was about 266.
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.
9 school districts have their office in Garfield County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $89.6 million — $76.8 million to run schools, about $9,918 per student, plus $11.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.8 million local (mostly property tax), $46.9 million state, $14.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.1 million.
Spent $13.2 million — $11.6 million to run schools, about $10,351 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.1 million local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.6 million.
Spent $8 million — $7.7 million to run schools, about $16,616 per student, plus $176,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.5 million.
Spent $6.2 million — $5 million to run schools, about $11,872 per student, plus $990,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.2 million.
Spent $5.2 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $12,138 per student, plus $469,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $669,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.5 million.
Spent $4.6 million — $4.3 million to run schools, about $11,224 per student, plus $32,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.2 million state, $642,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $4.3 million — $3.4 million to run schools, about $11,837 per student, plus $871,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $245,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $8.5 million — $5 million to run schools, about $20,137 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $993,000 state, $258,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
And 1 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 Garfield County about $43.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
505 bridges in Garfield County: 137 in good condition, 311 fair, and 57 poor (11.3%). “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.
| E0420 (CHESTNUT ST over CREEK · built 1984 | 4,800 vehicles a day |
| E0400 over CREEK · built 1959 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| E0520 over CREEK · built 1946 | 500 vehicles a day |
| E0520 over CREEK · built 1946 | 500 vehicles a day |
| E0520 over OTTER CREEK · built 1957 | 500 vehicles a day |
| N2930 over SKELETON CREEK TRIB. · built 1965 | 400 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.5 million of work in Garfield County in fiscal 2025, about $166 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 Garfield 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 Garfield County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Grant County (28 mi) · Kingfisher County (31 mi) · Noble County (31 mi) · Logan County (37 mi) · Alfalfa County (38 mi) · Major County (42 mi).