49,854 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.4% since 2020)
1,589 square miles of land · 31 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.
20 active community water systems list Le Flore County in the area they serve, reporting 46,614 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LEFLORE CO. RWD #14 buys surface water · local government · OK3004001 | 9,077 served |
| POTEAU PWA buys surface water · local government · OK3004015 | 7,939 served |
| LEFLORE CO. RWD #2 buys surface water · local government · OK3004007 | 4,700 served |
| LEFLORE CO. RWD #18 buys surface water · local government · OK3004009 | 3,870 served |
| HEAVENER UTILITY AUTH - PSG buys surface water · local government · OK1020101 | 3,000 served |
| SPIRO surface water · local government · OK1020106 | 2,200 served |
| ARKOMA buys surface water · local government · OK3004013 | 2,180 served |
| SPIRO EAST WATER ASSOCIATION buys surface water · local government · OK3004005 | 1,817 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 128 people were held in Le Flore County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 416 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 168.
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.
17 school districts have their office in Le Flore County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $27.5 million — $23.7 million to run schools, about $10,854 per student, plus $3.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $14.8 million state, $6.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
Spent $14.2 million — $10.9 million to run schools, about $10,289 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 million.
Spent $12 million — $11.4 million to run schools, about $12,903 per student, plus $210,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $2 million federal.
Spent $8.3 million — $7.4 million to run schools, about $9,906 per student, plus $714,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $9.5 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $11,881 per student, plus $528,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $10.4 million — $8.9 million to run schools, about $12,862 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $515,000.
Spent $7.8 million — $7.6 million to run schools, about $14,949 per student, plus $141,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $787,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $2.7 million federal.
Spent $5.6 million — $5.1 million to run schools, about $10,247 per student, plus $283,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $962,000 federal. Long-term debt: $180,000.
And 9 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 Le Flore County about $32 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
474 bridges in Le Flore County: 210 in good condition, 214 fair, and 50 poor (10.5%). “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.
| U.S. 271 over FOURCHE MALINE CREEK · built 1948 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| 4034C over CREEK · built 1938 | 525 vehicles a day |
| 4088C over CREEK · built 1936 | 500 vehicles a day |
| 4036C over CREEK · built 1938 | 400 vehicles a day |
| 4036C over CREEK · built 1938 | 400 vehicles a day |
| 4034C over CREEK · built 1936 | 375 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $39.2 million of work in Le Flore County in fiscal 2025, about $815 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 Le Flore 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 Le Flore County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sebastian County, AR (32 mi) · Latimer County (33 mi) · Haskell County (33 mi) · Scott County, AR (36 mi) · Polk County, AR (38 mi) · Sequoyah County (42 mi).