52,783 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.1% since 2020)
1,220 square miles of land · 43 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.
8 active community water systems list Atascosa County in the area they serve, reporting 45,000 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF PLEASANTON groundwater · local government · TX0070003 | 17,985 served |
| MCCOY WSC groundwater · local government · TX0070023 | 9,621 served |
| CITY OF JOURDANTON groundwater · local government · TX0070002 | 5,721 served |
| CITY OF LYTLE groundwater · local government · TX0070004 | 4,860 served |
| CITY OF POTEET groundwater · local government · TX0070005 | 3,396 served |
| CITY OF CHARLOTTE groundwater · local government · TX0070016 | 2,247 served |
| CITY OF CHRISTINE groundwater · local government · TX0070017 | 696 served |
| FASHING PEGGY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TX0070018 | 474 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 229 people were held in Atascosa County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 224.
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 Atascosa County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $23.1 million — $21 million to run schools, about $11,421 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.6 million local (mostly property tax), $15.1 million state, $5 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.2 million.
Spent $23.8 million — $21.9 million to run schools, about $12,096 per student, plus $887,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.2 million local (mostly property tax), $14 million state, $6 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.3 million.
Spent $21.8 million — $19.6 million to run schools, about $12,308 per student, plus $511,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.9 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $37.3 million.
Spent $8.3 million — $7.8 million to run schools, about $17,952 per student, plus $119,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.2 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 Atascosa County about $13.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
176 bridges in Atascosa County: 109 in good condition, 66 fair, and 1 poor (0.6%). “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.
| US 281A over ATASCOSA RIVER · built 1925 | 1,762 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $224.3 million of work in Atascosa County in fiscal 2025, about $4,579 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30. Mail ballot application must be received: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Texas Secretary of State, Sept. 28, 2026 · VoteTexas.gov — early voting · VoteTexas.gov
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Nearby counties: Wilson County (33 mi) · Frio County (35 mi) · McMullen County (35 mi) · Bexar County (38 mi) · Karnes County (41 mi) · Live Oak County (45 mi).