44,075 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.9% since 2020)
870 square miles of land · 51 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.
6 active community water systems list Stephens County in the area they serve, reporting 38,245 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| DUNCAN PUBLIC UTILITIES AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1010809 | 23,000 served |
| STEPHENS CO RWD #5 buys surface water · local government · OK2006969 | 6,426 served |
| MARLOW MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · OK2006907 | 4,600 served |
| COMANCHE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OK1011101 | 1,649 served |
| STEPHENS CO RWD #3 (MERIDIAN) buys surface water · local government · OK2006905 | 1,610 served |
| STEPHENS CO RW&SD #1 groundwater · local government · OK2006906 | 960 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 171 people were held in Stephens County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 640 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 157.
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.
8 school districts have their office in Stephens County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $41.7 million — $36.5 million to run schools, about $10,866 per student, plus $5.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.9 million local (mostly property tax), $20.7 million state, $8.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $5 million.
Spent $14.8 million — $13.6 million to run schools, about $9,339 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.2 million.
Spent $10.9 million — $10.2 million to run schools, about $11,321 per student, plus $557,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.9 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2 million.
Spent $6.4 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $10,931 per student, plus $654,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $815,000 federal. Long-term debt: $825,000.
Spent $6 million — $5.4 million to run schools, about $11,675 per student, plus $556,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $665,000.
Spent $5.4 million — $4.5 million to run schools, about $10,800 per student, plus $817,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $2.8 million state, $663,000 federal. Long-term debt: $80,000.
Spent $5.7 million — $5.2 million to run schools, about $19,851 per student, plus $374,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $623,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $2.4 million — $2.4 million to run schools, about $25,323 per student. Money in: $338,000 local (mostly property tax), $802,000 state, $277,000 federal.
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 Stephens County about $22.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
382 bridges in Stephens County: 116 in good condition, 257 fair, and 9 poor (2.4%). “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.
| 6972C over CREEK · built 1927 | 1,407 vehicles a day |
| E1738 (MAGNOLIA AV over WILLOW CREEK · built 1940 | 983 vehicles a day |
| E1770 over CREEK · built 1925 | 500 vehicles a day |
| 6918C over LITTLE BEAVER CREEK · built 1940 | 210 vehicles a day |
| E1770 over WILLOW CREEK · built 1993 | 200 vehicles a day |
| E1732 (ASH AVE) over CREEK · built 1940 | 150 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $42.8 million of work in Stephens County in fiscal 2025, about $999 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 Stephens 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 Stephens County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Jefferson County (26 mi) · Cotton County (32 mi) · Garvin County (35 mi) · Carter County (36 mi) · Grady County (37 mi) · Comanche County (37 mi).