6,679 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.3% since 2020)
697 square miles of land · 10 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.
7 active community water systems list Childress County in the area they serve, reporting 7,450 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF CHILDRESS buys surface water · local government · TX0380001 | 6,105 served |
| RRA TELL CEE VEE WS buys surface water · local government · TX0380013 | 534 served |
| RRA NORTHEAST CHILDRESS buys surface water · local government · TX0380014 | 316 served |
| RRA CAREY NORTHFIELD WS buys surface water · local government · TX0380015 | 183 served |
| RRA GARDEN VALLEY WS buys surface water · local government · TX0380017 | 125 served |
| RRA KIRKLAND LAZARE buys surface water · local government · TX0380012 | 119 served |
| RRA SAIED WS buys surface water · local government · TX0380019 | 68 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 44 people were held in Childress County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 68.
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 Childress County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13.6 million — $12.7 million to run schools, about $12,612 per student, plus $878,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.3 million local (mostly property tax), $6.8 million state, $2.6 million federal.
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 Childress County about $6.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
91 bridges in Childress County: 43 in good condition, 46 fair, and 2 poor (2.2%). “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 287 SB over BNSF RAILROAD · built 1957 | 5,570 vehicles a day |
| US 287 NB over BNSF RAILROAD · built 1932 | 4,000 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $-5,612,709 of work in Childress County in fiscal 2025, about $-842 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: Hall County (22 mi) · Harmon County, OK (26 mi) · Cottle County (30 mi) · Collingsworth County (30 mi) · Hardeman County (31 mi) · Foard County (45 mi).