5,927 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.6% since 2020)
450 square miles of land · 13 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.
4 active community water systems list Sullivan County in the area they serve, reporting 1,250 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| RED ROCK JOB CORPS CENTER groundwater · state · PA2570005 | 425 served |
| DUSHORE WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · PA2570003 | 400 served |
| LAPORTE BORO MUN WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · PA2570004 | 325 served |
| DARWAY HEALTHCARE & REHAB groundwater · private · PA2570001 | 100 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 12 people were held in Sullivan County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 344 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 17.
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.
1 school district has its office in Sullivan County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $18.1 million — $16.5 million to run schools, about $26,714 per student, plus $695,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $4 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Sullivan County about $4.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
118 bridges in Sullivan County: 52 in good condition, 56 fair, and 10 poor (8.5%). “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.
| SR 4012 over LOYALSOCK CREEK · built 1850 | 113 vehicles a day |
| T-328 over MUNCY CREEK · built 1942 | 108 vehicles a day |
| T-359 over LITTLE LOYALSOCK CREEK · built 1933 | 100 vehicles a day |
| CABIN ROAD over LOYALSOCK CREEK · built 1983 | 100 vehicles a day |
| T-410 over N. BR. MEHOOPANY CREEK · built 1925 | 50 vehicles a day |
| T-346 over KINGS CREEK · built 1925 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.4 million of work in Sullivan County in fiscal 2025, about $929 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Bradford County (24 mi) · Wyoming County (27 mi) · Columbia County (28 mi) · Lycoming County (29 mi) · Montour County (29 mi) · Luzerne County (33 mi).