8,257 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.8% since 2020)
1,015 square miles of land · 8 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 Kiowa County in the area they serve, reporting 7,740 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HOBART buys surface water · local government · OK1011502 | 3,746 served |
| SNYDER PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1011503 | 1,509 served |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW PWA groundwater · local government · OK2003805 | 880 served |
| MOUNTAIN PARK PUBLIC WORKS AUTH buys surface water · local government · OK3003807 | 473 served |
| LONE WOLF buys groundwater · local government · OK2003806 | 440 served |
| ROOSEVELT PWA groundwater · local government · OK2003802 | 280 served |
| GOTEBO buys groundwater · local government · OK3003801 | 272 served |
| KIOWA RURAL WATER DISTRICT #1 buys groundwater · local government · OK3003804 | 135 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 28 people were held in Kiowa County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 568 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 37.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Kiowa County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $8.7 million — $7.5 million to run schools, about $10,304 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.6 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $6.1 million to run schools, about $13,674 per student, plus $189,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $3.6 million state, $1.1 million federal.
Spent $5.3 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $15,541 per student, plus $940,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $2 million state, $547,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.7 million.
Spent $1.5 million — $1.5 million to run schools, about $13,349 per student, plus $12,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $464,000 local (mostly property tax), $701,000 state, $423,000 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Kiowa County about $7.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
477 bridges in Kiowa County: 312 in good condition, 153 fair, and 12 poor (2.5%). “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.
| IRR E1550 over WEST OTTER CREEK · built 1916 | 100 vehicles a day |
| FAS 3803 over CREEK · built 1929 | 100 vehicles a day |
| FAS 3804 over CREEK · built 1930 | 100 vehicles a day |
| FAS 3803 over CREEK · built 1930 | 100 vehicles a day |
| E1495 over CREEK · built 1937 | 100 vehicles a day |
| FAS 3802 over CREEK · built 1949 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5 million of work in Kiowa County in fiscal 2025, about $583 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 Kiowa 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 Kiowa County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Washita County (25 mi) · Greer County (32 mi) · Jackson County (33 mi) · Comanche County (34 mi) · Caddo County (38 mi) · Tillman County (38 mi).