38,310 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.6% since 2020)
720 square miles of land · 53 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.
10 active community water systems list Pontotoc County in the area they serve, reporting 36,804 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ADA groundwater · local government · OK2006201 | 22,600 served |
| PONTOTOC CO RWD # 7 buys groundwater · local government · OK3006215 | 4,863 served |
| PONTOTOC CO RWD # 8 groundwater · local government · OK2006215 | 4,250 served |
| PONTOTOC CO RWD # 9 buys groundwater · local government · OK3006218 | 1,162 served |
| ALLEN PWA groundwater · local government · OK2006202 | 937 served |
| PONTOTOC CO RWD # 6 (FITTSTOWN) buys groundwater · local government · OK3006222 | 896 served |
| ROFF groundwater · local government · OK2006206 | 800 served |
| STONEWALL PWA groundwater · local government · OK2006203 | 465 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 149 people were held in Pontotoc County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 628 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 152.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Pontotoc County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $31.8 million — $29.8 million to run schools, about $11,201 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.1 million local (mostly property tax), $17.5 million state, $6 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.4 million.
Spent $19.9 million — $19 million to run schools, about $10,625 per student, plus $868,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.3 million local (mostly property tax), $11.4 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $10.5 million — $9.2 million to run schools, about $10,371 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $4.9 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.1 million.
Spent $7.2 million — $6.7 million to run schools, about $11,629 per student, plus $461,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $729,000.
Spent $7 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $14,527 per student, plus $401,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $2.5 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $7.6 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $14,800 per student, plus $879,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $4.5 million — $4 million to run schools, about $14,588 per student, plus $452,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $899,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Pontotoc County about $21.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
241 bridges in Pontotoc County: 95 in good condition, 142 fair, and 4 poor (1.7%). “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.
| 6270C over BUCK CREEK · built 1925 | 255 vehicles a day |
| E1538 over SANDY CREEK · built 1925 | 100 vehicles a day |
| E1580 over CLEAR BOGGY CREEK · built 1938 | 100 vehicles a day |
| N3440 over WEST DRY CREEK · built 1991 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $79.7 million of work in Pontotoc County in fiscal 2025, about $2,093 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 Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Coal County (25 mi) · Murray County (27 mi) · Johnston County (28 mi) · Seminole County (31 mi) · Hughes County (34 mi) · Garvin County (35 mi).