144,523 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.1% since 2020)
779 square miles of land · 186 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.
40 active community water systems list Schuylkill County in the area they serve, reporting 120,941 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SCHUYLKILL CO MUN AUTH surface water · local government · PA3540038 | 31,850 served |
| AQUA SHENANDOAH surface water · local government · PA3540044 | 9,500 served |
| TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA3540012 | 8,000 served |
| MINERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER AU surface water · local government · PA3540035 | 7,275 served |
| BLYTHE TWP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA3540017 | 7,100 served |
| KLINE TOWNSHIP MUN AUTHORITY groundwater · private · PA3540014 | 6,700 served |
| SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER surface water · local government · PA3540041 | 6,000 served |
| MAHANOY TWP AUTH surface water · local government · PA3540011 | 5,584 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 215 people were held in Schuylkill County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 239 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 247.
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.
11 school districts have their office in Schuylkill County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $53.3 million — $44.5 million to run schools, about $18,124 per student, plus $5.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $30 million local (mostly property tax), $18.7 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $45.6 million.
Spent $43.6 million — $39.3 million to run schools, about $16,321 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.9 million local (mostly property tax), $26.2 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.7 million.
Spent $38.6 million — $33.3 million to run schools, about $15,844 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.7 million local (mostly property tax), $16.7 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.8 million.
Spent $35.5 million — $31.9 million to run schools, about $15,218 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.1 million local (mostly property tax), $19.7 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.6 million.
Spent $26.3 million — $23.8 million to run schools, about $15,529 per student, plus $730,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.8 million local (mostly property tax), $13.9 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.4 million.
Spent $24.1 million — $19.1 million to run schools, about $15,778 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $15.7 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.9 million.
Spent $24.3 million — $20.5 million to run schools, about $17,851 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.3 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.8 million.
Spent $22.1 million — $19.5 million to run schools, about $18,014 per student, plus $120,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.8 million local (mostly property tax), $12.4 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.1 million.
And 3 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 Schuylkill County about $48.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
369 bridges in Schuylkill County: 78 in good condition, 193 fair, and 98 poor (26.6%). “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.
| LR417 PA183 over SCHUYLKILL RIVER · built 1951 | 14,475 vehicles a day |
| US 209(LR 162) over PANTHER CREEK · built 1902 | 6,528 vehicles a day |
| SR 2015(LR 140) over SCHUYLKILL RIVER · built 1925 | 5,835 vehicles a day |
| PA 125 over BLACK CREEK · built 1930 | 3,799 vehicles a day |
| PA443(LR 140) over SO. BR. SWATARA CREEK · built 1920 | 3,582 vehicles a day |
| PA 54 (LR 161) over MAHANOY CREEK · built 1893 | 3,447 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $39.6 million of work in Schuylkill County in fiscal 2025, about $277 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 Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Berks County (25 mi) · Columbia County (26 mi) · Lebanon County (26 mi) · Northumberland County (28 mi) · Carbon County (31 mi) · Montour County (32 mi).