13,754 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.9% since 2020)
416 square miles of land · 33 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.
7 active community water systems list Murray County in the area they serve, reporting 21,323 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| FALLS CREEK BAPTIST CONFERENCE CENTER surface water · private · OK1010840 | 7,000 served |
| SULPHUR groundwater · local government · OK2005001 | 4,929 served |
| MURRAY CO RWD # 1 groundwater · local government · OK2005012 | 4,800 served |
| DAVIS surface water · local government · OK1010822 | 2,610 served |
| BUCKHORN RWD #2 buys groundwater · local government · OK3005002 | 1,260 served |
| WEST DAVIS RWD buys surface water · local government · OK3005004 | 500 served |
| DOUGHERTY buys groundwater · local government · OK1010824 | 224 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 32 people were held in Murray County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 384 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 36.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Murray County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $15.3 million — $14.8 million to run schools, about $9,966 per student, plus $325,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4 million.
Spent $13.4 million — $10.1 million to run schools, about $11,591 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.4 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.4 million.
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 Murray County about $7.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
128 bridges in Murray County: 60 in good condition, 66 fair, and 2 poor (1.6%). “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.
| N3288 over LICK CREEK · built 1938 | 100 vehicles a day |
| N3369 over GUY SANDY CREEK · built 1984 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $33 million of work in Murray County in fiscal 2025, about $2,375 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 Murray 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 Murray County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Oklahoma: the state government and every county in Oklahoma.
Nearby counties: Carter County (20 mi) · Garvin County (21 mi) · Johnston County (27 mi) · Pontotoc County (27 mi) · Marshall County (36 mi) · Love County (38 mi).