66,752 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.8% since 2020)
811 square miles of land · 82 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.
18 active community water systems list Muskogee County in the area they serve, reporting 67,893 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MUSKOGEE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1021607 | 38,310 served |
| PORUM PWA surface water · local government · OK1020302 | 5,000 served |
| FORT GIBSON surface water · local government · OK1021622 | 4,700 served |
| MUSKOGEE CO. RWD #5 buys surface water · local government · OK3005107 | 4,135 served |
| MUSKOGEE CO. RWD #6 buys surface water · local government · OK3005105 | 2,550 served |
| MUSKOGEE CO. RWD #1 (OKTAHA) buys surface water · local government · OK3005106 | 2,280 served |
| WARNER surface water · local government · OK1020409 | 2,020 served |
| HASKELL PWA-WELLS groundwater · local government · OK2005111 | 1,765 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 262 people were held in Muskogee County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 625 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 270.
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.
11 school districts have their office in Muskogee County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $67.8 million — $57.1 million to run schools, about $11,846 per student, plus $10.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.9 million local (mostly property tax), $25.1 million state, $19.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.4 million.
Spent $23.9 million — $18.1 million to run schools, about $8,892 per student, plus $5.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $12.6 million state, $4.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $22.5 million — $18.9 million to run schools, about $10,539 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $8.3 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $9.1 million — $8.6 million to run schools, about $10,529 per student, plus $478,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $5.6 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 million.
Spent $9.3 million — $7.9 million to run schools, about $11,145 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $9.5 million — $9.2 million to run schools, about $13,071 per student, plus $228,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $5.4 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 million.
Spent $5.2 million — $5 million to run schools, about $11,720 per student, plus $246,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $967,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $260,000.
Spent $3.9 million — $3.8 million to run schools, about $12,397 per student, plus $109,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.8 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $958,000 federal. Long-term debt: $530,000.
And 3 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 Muskogee County about $34 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
400 bridges in Muskogee County: 155 in good condition, 202 fair, and 43 poor (10.8%). “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.
| FAU 6784 CALLAHAN over UP R.R. UNDER · built 1905 | 7,560 vehicles a day |
| FAU 6741 (GULICK S over COODY CREEK · built 1948 | 2,200 vehicles a day |
| FAU6741-GULICK ST. over CORTA CREEK · built 1950 | 2,001 vehicles a day |
| CHEROKEE DRIVE over CREEK · built 1940 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| FAS 5110/ N4320 over COODY CREEK · built 1960 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| FAU 6741 (GULICK S over CREEK · built 1950 | 800 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.6 million of work in Muskogee County in fiscal 2025, about $310 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 Muskogee 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 Muskogee County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: McIntosh County (24 mi) · Wagoner County (25 mi) · Cherokee County (29 mi) · Haskell County (31 mi) · Okmulgee County (33 mi) · Sequoyah County (36 mi).