38,631 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.5% since 2020)
944 square miles of land · 41 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 Brown County in the area they serve, reporting 46,455 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF BROWNWOOD buys surface water · local government · TX0250002 | 18,862 served |
| BROOKESMITH SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TX0250004 | 13,026 served |
| ZEPHYR WSC buys surface water · local government · TX0250019 | 7,575 served |
| CITY OF EARLY buys surface water · local government · TX0250015 | 3,296 served |
| CITY OF BANGS buys surface water · local government · TX0250001 | 2,964 served |
| CITY OF BLANKET groundwater · local government · TX0250013 | 369 served |
| MAY WSC groundwater · local government · TX0250017 | 363 served |
| BROWN COUNTY WID 1 surface water · local government · TX0250014 | 0 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 156 people were held in Brown County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 165.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Brown County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $49.1 million — $44.6 million to run schools, about $12,959 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.1 million local (mostly property tax), $17.9 million state, $9.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.5 million.
Spent $15.3 million — $14.1 million to run schools, about $12,181 per student, plus $653,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $7.9 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.5 million.
Spent $11.8 million — $9.3 million to run schools, about $10,794 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $5.4 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.8 million.
Spent $4.4 million — $3.8 million to run schools, about $15,126 per student, plus $561,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $1.2 million state, $734,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
Spent $3.6 million — $3.3 million to run schools, about $14,348 per student, plus $166,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $600,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $5.1 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $22,404 per student, plus $888,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $627,000 federal. Long-term debt: $265,000.
Spent $2.9 million — $2.6 million to run schools, about $18,486 per student, plus $261,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $379,000 federal. Long-term debt: $635,000.
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 Brown County about $19.3 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.
223 bridges in Brown County: 83 in good condition, 139 fair, and 1 poor (0.4%). “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.
| FM 586 over DRAW · built 1930 | 102 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.9 million of work in Brown County in fiscal 2025, about $103 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: Coleman County (23 mi) · Comanche County (29 mi) · Mills County (30 mi) · Eastland County (40 mi) · Callahan County (43 mi) · San Saba County (43 mi).