13,371 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.2% since 2020)
804 square miles of land · 17 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 Hughes County in the area they serve, reporting 12,529 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HOLDENVILLE surface water · local government · OK1020803 | 4,732 served |
| HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY) groundwater · local government · OK2003224 | 2,180 served |
| WETUMKA surface water · local government · OK1020508 | 1,451 served |
| HUGHES CO. RWD #1 groundwater · local government · OK3003201 | 1,225 served |
| HUGHES CO. RWD #2 groundwater · local government · OK1010414 | 1,145 served |
| HUGHES CO. RWD #5 buys surface water · local government · OK3003204 | 800 served |
| DUSTIN PWA buys groundwater · local government · OK1020511 | 496 served |
| CALVIN groundwater · local government · OK2003201 | 300 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 26 people were held in Hughes County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 305 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 46.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Hughes County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13.9 million — $13.3 million to run schools, about $13,549 per student, plus $625,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 million.
Spent $6.1 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $14,300 per student, plus $302,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $853,000.
Spent $4.1 million — $4.1 million to run schools, about $15,844 per student, plus $30,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $713,000 federal. Long-term debt: $995,000.
Spent $5.1 million — $3.9 million to run schools, about $18,922 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.2 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $4.9 million — $3 million to run schools, about $15,733 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $814,000 state, $882,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 million.
Spent $2 million — $2 million to run schools, about $13,909 per student, plus $1,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $643,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $521,000 federal. Long-term debt: $406,000.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Hughes County about $9.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
208 bridges in Hughes County: 86 in good condition, 104 fair, and 18 poor (8.7%). “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.
| 3220C over LITTLE SANDY CREEK · built 1947 | 555 vehicles a day |
| 3218C over LITTLE RIVER · built 1949 | 400 vehicles a day |
| 3236C over CREEK · built 1934 | 260 vehicles a day |
| 3236C over GABBLER CREEK · built 1934 | 260 vehicles a day |
| E1406 over JOINTER CREEK · built 1993 | 200 vehicles a day |
| E1270 over CREEK · built 1921 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9.2 million of work in Hughes County in fiscal 2025, about $690 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 Hughes 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 Hughes County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Seminole County (21 mi) · Okfuskee County (29 mi) · Pittsburg County (30 mi) · Coal County (33 mi) · Pontotoc County (34 mi) · McIntosh County (39 mi).