10,839 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.6% since 2020)
1,003 square miles of land · 11 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 Washita County in the area they serve, reporting 8,920 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NEW CORDELL UTILITY AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · OK2007502 | 2,903 served |
| BURNS FLAT PWS groundwater · local government · OK2007505 | 2,057 served |
| WASHITA CO RWD #2 groundwater · local government · OK2007511 | 1,032 served |
| SENTINEL PWS buys groundwater · local government · OK3007505 | 859 served |
| DILL CITY groundwater · local government · OK2007507 | 526 served |
| CANUTE groundwater · local government · OK2007503 | 524 served |
| CORN PWA groundwater · local government · OK2007501 | 500 served |
| ROCKY buys groundwater · local government · OK3007501 | 202 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 45 people were held in Washita County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 698 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 14.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Washita County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $8.1 million — $7.1 million to run schools, about $11,778 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.7 million.
Spent $7.9 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $13,387 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $4.7 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $11,073 per student, plus $272,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $2.6 million state, $659,000 federal. Long-term debt: $971,000.
Spent $4.7 million — $4.3 million to run schools, about $14,645 per student, plus $330,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $728,000 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Washita County about $6.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
361 bridges in Washita County: 233 in good condition, 117 fair, and 11 poor (3.0%). “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.
| N2246 over CREEK · built 1940 | 200 vehicles a day |
| FAS 7502 over CREEK · built 1927 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 7550C over BOGGY CREEK · built 1976 | 75 vehicles a day |
| FAS 7510 over CREEK · built 1976 | 75 vehicles a day |
| N2240 over CREEK · built 1930 | 50 vehicles a day |
| E1210 over S. FORK OF CALVARY CREEK · built 1923 | 25 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.8 million of work in Washita County in fiscal 2025, about $986 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 Washita 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 Washita County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Custer County (25 mi) · Kiowa County (25 mi) · Caddo County (35 mi) · Beckham County (39 mi) · Greer County (40 mi) · Dewey County (47 mi).