43,359 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.6% since 2020)
875 square miles of land · 50 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.
21 active community water systems list Huntingdon County in the area they serve, reporting 31,692 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT surface water · local government · PA4310012 | 13,776 served |
| MT UNION MUNICIPAL AUTH surface water · local government · PA4310016 | 5,801 served |
| ST CORRECT INST HUNTINGDON buys surface water · state · PA4310028 | 2,200 served |
| WALKER TWP MUNI AUTH groundwater · local government · PA4310038 | 1,450 served |
| ORBISONIA ROCKHILL JT MUN AUTH groundwater · local government · PA4310025 | 1,200 served |
| MILL CREEK AREA MUN AUTH groundwater · local government · PA4310050 | 1,108 served |
| ALEXANDRIA BORO WATER AUTH surface water · local government · PA4310021 | 815 served |
| WOOD BROAD TOP WELLS JMUN AUTH surface water · local government · PA4310032 | 800 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 40 people were held in Huntingdon County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 146 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 43.
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 Huntingdon County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $35.8 million — $32.8 million to run schools, about $19,486 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.2 million local (mostly property tax), $17.1 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $33.2 million.
Spent $24.1 million — $21.9 million to run schools, about $18,652 per student, plus $171,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $16.1 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.2 million.
Spent $21.8 million — $17.4 million to run schools, about $16,444 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.2 million local (mostly property tax), $12.2 million state, $3 million federal.
Spent $13.7 million — $12.6 million to run schools, about $17,859 per student, plus $557,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.2 million local (mostly property tax), $8.9 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $7 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 Huntingdon County about $15.5 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.
239 bridges in Huntingdon County: 97 in good condition, 118 fair, and 24 poor (10.0%). “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.
| PA TPK (I-76)WB over T-300 & SERVICE RD · built 1969 | 21,197 vehicles a day |
| SR 2019 over LICKING CREEK · built 1930 | 334 vehicles a day |
| MAIN STREET over MILL CREEK · built 1920 | 284 vehicles a day |
| SR 2004 over LICK RUN · built 1937 | 194 vehicles a day |
| T520 GLOBE RUN RD over GLOBE RUN · built 1972 | 150 vehicles a day |
| T521 EBERLE ROAD over GLOBE RUN · built 1972 | 150 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8.9 million of work in Huntingdon County in fiscal 2025, about $201 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 Pennsylvania 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 Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Blair County (19 mi) · Mifflin County (21 mi) · Juniata County (31 mi) · Centre County (34 mi) · Fulton County (36 mi) · Franklin County (37 mi).