30,805 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
1,851 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.
13 active community water systems list McCurtain County in the area they serve, reporting 28,881 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| IDABEL PWA surface water · local government · OK1010203 | 6,952 served |
| MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #8 (MT. FORK WATER) surface water · local government · OK1010207 | 5,685 served |
| BROKEN BOW PWA surface water · local government · OK1010214 | 4,320 served |
| MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #1 buys surface water · local government · OK3004806 | 3,842 served |
| MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #7 buys surface water · local government · OK3004801 | 1,847 served |
| MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #5 (HOCHATOWN) buys surface water · local government · OK3004804 | 1,614 served |
| MCCURTAIN CO. RWD #9 buys surface water · local government · OK3004820 | 999 served |
| VALLIANT PWA buys surface water · local government · OK3004812 | 971 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 99 people were held in McCurtain County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 532 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 150.
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.
13 school districts have their office in McCurtain County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.5 million — $17.5 million to run schools, about $11,069 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.5 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.3 million.
Spent $19.3 million — $15.7 million to run schools, about $12,812 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $12.8 million — $10.9 million to run schools, about $11,723 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.2 million local (mostly property tax), $3.4 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $2 million.
Spent $7.8 million — $7.4 million to run schools, about $15,256 per student, plus $431,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $775,000.
Spent $6.3 million — $6.1 million to run schools, about $12,983 per student, plus $69,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $1.6 million federal.
Spent $4.1 million — $4 million to run schools, about $10,395 per student, plus $79,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $781,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.5 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $140,000.
Spent $5.2 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $10,656 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $611,000 federal. Long-term debt: $875,000.
Spent $4.8 million — $4.6 million to run schools, about $16,735 per student, plus $160,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $932,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.6 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $165,000.
And 5 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 McCurtain County about $18.4 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.
265 bridges in McCurtain County: 146 in good condition, 91 fair, and 28 poor (10.6%). “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 FAS 4533 over CREEK · built 1994 | 700 vehicles a day |
| 4588C over COURTHOUSE CREEK · built 1938 | 400 vehicles a day |
| VAN BUREN ST over MUD CREEK · built 1970 | 400 vehicles a day |
| IRR 4501C over CREEK · built 2004 | 300 vehicles a day |
| 4574C over CREEK · built 1941 | 250 vehicles a day |
| 4576C over CREEK · built 1993 | 250 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $53.1 million of work in McCurtain County in fiscal 2025, about $1,723 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 McCurtain 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 McCurtain County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sevier County, AR (31 mi) · Red River County, TX (38 mi) · Polk County, AR (40 mi) · Pushmataha County (41 mi) · Little River County, AR (42 mi) · Howard County, AR (44 mi).