34,972 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.4% since 2020)
952 square miles of land · 37 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 Lincoln County in the area they serve, reporting 16,365 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CHANDLER surface water · local government · OK1020702 | 3,142 served |
| STROUD UTILITIES AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1020705 | 2,811 served |
| LINCOLN CO RW & SEWER DIST 4 buys surface water · local government · OK2004105 | 2,525 served |
| PRAGUE groundwater · local government · OK2004101 | 2,395 served |
| MEEKER PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · OK3004108 | 1,044 served |
| DAVENPORT UTILITY AUTH buys surface water · local government · OK3004104 | 881 served |
| WELLSTON surface water · local government · OK1020724 | 825 served |
| CARNEY groundwater · local government · OK2004104 | 649 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 67 people were held in Lincoln County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 317 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 91.
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.
9 school districts have their office in Lincoln County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $12.5 million — $11.1 million to run schools, about $9,888 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 million.
Spent $12.2 million — $11.3 million to run schools, about $10,544 per student, plus $861,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.8 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 million.
Spent $19.7 million — $12.8 million to run schools, about $15,404 per student, plus $6.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $7.8 million — $7.8 million to run schools, about $10,881 per student, plus $76,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $850,000.
Spent $6 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $10,992 per student, plus $327,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $5 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $12,581 per student, plus $246,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $715,000 federal. Long-term debt: $540,000.
Spent $4.3 million — $4.1 million to run schools, about $12,569 per student, plus $124,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $2.2 million state, $947,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
Spent $2.8 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $12,523 per student, plus $58,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $718,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $560,000.
And 1 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 Lincoln County about $19.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
446 bridges in Lincoln County: 144 in good condition, 232 fair, and 70 poor (15.7%). “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.
| S.H. 66 over SLWC R.R. UNDER · built 1926 | 7,800 vehicles a day |
| S.H. 66 over SALT CREEK · built 1960 | 2,100 vehicles a day |
| 0850 over SALT CREEK · built 1950 | 550 vehicles a day |
| 4118C over DOISE CREEK · built 1950 | 500 vehicles a day |
| 4142C over CREEK · built 1986 | 485 vehicles a day |
| 4116C over CREEK · built 1935 | 475 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $21.2 million of work in Lincoln County in fiscal 2025, about $634 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Payne County (26 mi) · Oklahoma County (31 mi) · Creek County (31 mi) · Pottawatomie County (34 mi) · Okfuskee County (35 mi) · Logan County (35 mi).