26,149 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.9% since 2020)
802 square miles of land · 33 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 Garvin County in the area they serve, reporting 23,570 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PAULS VALLEY surface water · local government · OK1010808 | 6,256 served |
| LINDSAY PWA groundwater · local government · OK2002501 | 2,850 served |
| WYNNEWOOD WATER & LIGHT surface water · local government · OK1010812 | 2,307 served |
| GARVIN CO RWD # 6 (WELLS) groundwater · local government · OK2002511 | 1,680 served |
| STRATFORD groundwater · local government · OK2002503 | 1,575 served |
| GARVIN CO RWD #2 groundwater · local government · OK2002514 | 1,570 served |
| GARVIN CO RWD #1 groundwater · local government · OK2002516 | 1,445 served |
| GARVIN CO RWD #4 buys surface water · local government · OK3002503 | 1,340 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 71 people were held in Garvin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 445 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 70.
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 Garvin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $20.6 million — $16 million to run schools, about $11,455 per student, plus $4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.2 million local (mostly property tax), $10.1 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.6 million.
Spent $16.3 million — $12.5 million to run schools, about $10,707 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.9 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.2 million.
Spent $11.5 million — $10.4 million to run schools, about $14,854 per student, plus $933,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.8 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.7 million.
Spent $8.2 million — $7.6 million to run schools, about $12,024 per student, plus $373,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $6.6 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $12,274 per student, plus $309,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $899,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $3.1 million — $3.1 million to run schools, about $9,309 per student, plus $6,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $998,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $949,000 federal. Long-term debt: $150,000.
Spent $3.9 million — $3.3 million to run schools, about $10,074 per student, plus $582,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $2 million state, $727,000 federal. Long-term debt: $861,000.
Spent $2.8 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $16,788 per student, plus $19,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $712,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $514,000 federal. Long-term debt: $241,000.
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 Garvin County about $19.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
330 bridges in Garvin County: 127 in good condition, 165 fair, and 38 poor (11.5%). “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.
| N3248 (WALNUT ST.) over RUSH CREEK (WALNUT ST.) · built 1920 | 4,200 vehicles a day |
| FAS2531C over EAST PEAVINE CREEK · built 1983 | 250 vehicles a day |
| E1638 (KEAN ST.) over CREEK · built 1996 | 200 vehicles a day |
| 2510C over CREEK · built 1973 | 125 vehicles a day |
| 2578C over CREEK · built 1930 | 100 vehicles a day |
| E1550 over CREEK · built 1937 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $25.4 million of work in Garvin County in fiscal 2025, about $990 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 Garvin 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 Garvin County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Murray County (21 mi) · McClain County (23 mi) · Carter County (32 mi) · Cleveland County (34 mi) · Stephens County (35 mi) · Pontotoc County (35 mi).