56,179 people (2024 Census estimate, +19.5% since 2020)
597 square miles of land · 94 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.
30 active community water systems list Chambers County in the area they serve, reporting 49,968 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF MONT BELVIEU groundwater · local government · TX0360017 | 12,864 served |
| TBCD WINNIE STOWELL surface water · local government · TX0360002 | 8,397 served |
| GRAY UTILITY SERVICE groundwater · private · TX0360005 | 8,004 served |
| TBCD WEST TREATMENT PLANT surface water · local government · TX0360030 | 7,695 served |
| CHAMBERS COUNTY MUD 1 buys surface water · local government · TX0360104 | 2,500 served |
| CITY OF ANAHUAC buys surface water · local government · TX0360001 | 2,296 served |
| PLANTATION ON COTTON BAYOU groundwater · private · TX0360096 | 1,557 served |
| COLES CROSSING groundwater · private · TX0360114 | 1,521 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 192 people were held in Chambers County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 109.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Chambers County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $178.3 million — $105 million to run schools, about $14,305 per student, plus $23.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $141.9 million local (mostly property tax), $17.7 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $456.4 million.
Spent $26.7 million — $21.2 million to run schools, about $13,609 per student, plus $4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.7 million local (mostly property tax), $13.5 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.5 million.
Spent $30.5 million — $19.1 million to run schools, about $12,826 per student, plus $9.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.6 million local (mostly property tax), $9.7 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $57 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 Chambers County about $30.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
159 bridges in Chambers County: 87 in good condition, 69 fair, and 3 poor (1.9%). “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.
| BAILEY RD over WHITES BAYOU (BARROW SL) · built 1976 | 454 vehicles a day |
| LOUGHRIDGE DRIVE over LEE GULLY · built 1985 | 397 vehicles a day |
| N BAY ST over LONE STAR CANAL · built 1950 | 314 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $349.7 million of work in Chambers County in fiscal 2025, about $7,509 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: Jefferson County (33 mi) · Liberty County (34 mi) · Galveston County (34 mi) · Harris County (45 mi) · Hardin County (47 mi) · Orange County (55 mi).