74,446 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.6% since 2020)
788 square miles of land · 94 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.
15 active community water systems list Pottawatomie County in the area they serve, reporting 48,685 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SHAWNEE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1020504 | 29,990 served |
| TECUMSEH UTILITY AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1020506 | 6,098 served |
| TRI-COUNTY RWD #2 groundwater · local government · OK2006362 | 5,172 served |
| MCLOUD groundwater · local government · OK2006301 | 2,939 served |
| POTTAWATOMIE CO DEVELOPMENT AUTH buys surface water · local government · OK3006303 | 1,200 served |
| MAUD groundwater · local government · OK2006302 | 1,136 served |
| POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY RWD #3 surface water · tribal · OK1020807 | 560 served |
| WANETTE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · OK3006310 | 402 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 317 people were held in Pottawatomie County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 668 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 300.
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.
14 school districts have their office in Pottawatomie County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $50.4 million — $42.9 million to run schools, about $12,876 per student, plus $7.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.8 million local (mostly property tax), $22 million state, $10.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.1 million.
Spent $22.6 million — $21.5 million to run schools, about $10,915 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.1 million local (mostly property tax), $13.7 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $2 million.
Spent $18.4 million — $16 million to run schools, about $9,622 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7 million local (mostly property tax), $10.8 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $15.5 million — $13.1 million to run schools, about $10,832 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $14 million — $12.4 million to run schools, about $10,233 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $8.2 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.8 million.
Spent $7.7 million — $7.5 million to run schools, about $9,820 per student, plus $150,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $753,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $11,287 per student, plus $112,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $465,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $3.6 million — $3.3 million to run schools, about $7,689 per student, plus $305,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $588,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1 million.
And 6 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 Pottawatomie County about $36.7 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.
408 bridges in Pottawatomie County: 87 in good condition, 296 fair, and 25 poor (6.1%). “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.
| I-40 over U.S. 177 UNDER · built 1961 | 16,750 vehicles a day |
| U.S. 270 RAMP S-W over I-40 /U.S. 177 UNDER · built 1961 | 16,100 vehicles a day |
| 6316C over CREEK · built 1941 | 5,000 vehicles a day |
| E1180 over SQUIRREL CREEK · built 1984 | 1,750 vehicles a day |
| 6385C over N. CANADIAN RIVER · built 1987 | 1,090 vehicles a day |
| 6304C over STOMP DANCE CREEK · built 1975 | 1,030 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $101.2 million of work in Pottawatomie County in fiscal 2025, about $1,396 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.
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Nearby counties: Seminole County (20 mi) · Cleveland County (21 mi) · McClain County (31 mi) · Lincoln County (34 mi) · Oklahoma County (35 mi) · Pontotoc County (37 mi).