112,255 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.9% since 2020)
5,036 square miles of land · 22 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.
37 active community water systems list Douglas County in the area they serve, reporting 84,708 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ROSEBURG, CITY OF surface water · local government · OR4100720 | 28,800 served |
| UMPQUA BASIN WATER ASSOC surface water · private · OR4100719 | 9,499 served |
| WINSTON-DILLARD WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · OR4100957 | 8,300 served |
| SUTHERLIN, CITY OF surface water · local government · OR4100847 | 8,060 served |
| GREEN AREA WATER & SANITARY AUTHORITY surface water · local government · OR4100717 | 7,000 served |
| REEDSPORT, CITY OF surface water · local government · OR4100699 | 4,836 served |
| MYRTLE CREEK, CITY OF surface water · local government · OR4100550 | 3,501 served |
| TRI-CITY JW&SA surface water · local government · OR4100549 | 3,500 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 146 people were held in Douglas County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 226 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 220.
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 Douglas County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $89.2 million — $81.2 million to run schools, about $14,109 per student, plus $6.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.2 million local (mostly property tax), $57.7 million state, $12.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $52.5 million.
Spent $27.1 million — $20.8 million to run schools, about $14,093 per student, plus $5.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.2 million local (mostly property tax), $15.5 million state, $6.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.6 million.
Spent $27 million — $20.9 million to run schools, about $15,145 per student, plus $4.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $14.3 million state, $5.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.9 million.
Spent $22.2 million — $20.3 million to run schools, about $14,926 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $15.2 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.2 million.
Spent $12.5 million — $11.3 million to run schools, about $16,418 per student, plus $886,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $5.8 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.3 million.
Spent $9.6 million — $9 million to run schools, about $14,366 per student, plus $523,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.4 million local (mostly property tax), $7.1 million state, $1.2 million federal.
Spent $13.5 million — $12.8 million to run schools, about $21,162 per student, plus $383,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.9 million.
Spent $6.9 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $19,110 per student, plus $307,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $5.6 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $655,000.
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 Douglas County about $94 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.
703 bridges in Douglas County: 246 in good condition, 440 fair, and 17 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.
| STEWART PARK ROAD over SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER · built 1946 | 4,541 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 12 over COW CREEK AT GLENDALE · built 1974 | 2,574 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 47 over LOOKINGGLASS CREEK · built 1958 | 2,002 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 31 over SUTHERLIN CREEK · built 1962 | 857 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 20A over COW CREEK · built 1956 | 857 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 5 over ARCHAMBEAU CREEK · built 1974 | 724 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $72.7 million of work in Douglas County in fiscal 2025, about $654 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 Oregon 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lane County (46 mi) · Coos County (48 mi) · Jackson County (65 mi) · Josephine County (65 mi) · Curry County (78 mi) · Benton County (84 mi).