58,353 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.3% since 2020)
1,101 square miles of land · 53 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.
17 active community water systems list Grady County in the area they serve, reporting 33,172 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CHICKASHA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1010821 | 16,036 served |
| TUTTLE groundwater · local government · OK2002608 | 4,500 served |
| GRADY CO RWD #6 groundwater · local government · OK3002603 | 3,930 served |
| GRADY CO RWD #7 (NINNEKAH) groundwater · local government · OK2002633 | 2,425 served |
| MINCO groundwater · local government · OK2002610 | 1,632 served |
| RUSH SPRINGS groundwater · local government · OK2002609 | 1,278 served |
| NORGE WATER AND SEWER CO., INC buys surface water · private · OK3002601 | 890 served |
| VERDEN groundwater · local government · OK4002619 | 659 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 553 people were held in Grady County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 1,498 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 450.
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.
12 school districts have their office in Grady County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $34.5 million — $26.3 million to run schools, about $11,407 per student, plus $7.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.1 million local (mostly property tax), $16.5 million state, $5.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.4 million.
Spent $29.7 million — $19.8 million to run schools, about $10,014 per student, plus $9.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.4 million local (mostly property tax), $12.9 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.9 million.
Spent $18.9 million — $18.4 million to run schools, about $10,173 per student, plus $427,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7 million local (mostly property tax), $12.8 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $8.8 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $11,641 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.7 million local (mostly property tax), $3.4 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $7.8 million — $5.9 million to run schools, about $12,297 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $809,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 million.
Spent $7.5 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $13,575 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 million.
Spent $9.3 million — $6.8 million to run schools, about $16,277 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $2.9 million state, $758,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.8 million.
Spent $4.2 million — $3.6 million to run schools, about $9,321 per student, plus $595,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $778,000 federal. Long-term debt: $80,000.
And 4 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Grady County about $34 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.
447 bridges in Grady County: 114 in good condition, 302 fair, and 31 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.
| N2830 (16 ST) over LINE CREEK · built 1933 | 2,358 vehicles a day |
| 2636C over CREEK · built 1939 | 1,310 vehicles a day |
| 2678C over WINTER CREEK · built 1949 | 714 vehicles a day |
| N2838 (4TH ST) over TONY HOLLOW CREEK · built 1939 | 643 vehicles a day |
| 2608C over CREEK · built 1940 | 537 vehicles a day |
| N2860 over CREEK · built 1928 | 500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.4 million of work in Grady County in fiscal 2025, about $208 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 Grady 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 Grady County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: McClain County (25 mi) · Caddo County (30 mi) · Cleveland County (34 mi) · Canadian County (36 mi) · Stephens County (37 mi) · Garvin County (39 mi).