7,990 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.0% since 2020)
1,263 square miles of land · 6 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.
3 active community water systems list Coleman County in the area they serve, reporting 10,088 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| COLEMAN COUNTY SUD buys surface water · local government · TX0420034 | 5,000 served |
| CITY OF COLEMAN surface water · local government · TX0420001 | 3,998 served |
| CITY OF SANTA ANNA buys surface water · local government · TX0420002 | 1,090 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 37 people were held in Coleman County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 32.
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 Coleman County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13.7 million — $11.5 million to run schools, about $14,521 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $4.4 million federal.
Spent $4.7 million — $4 million to run schools, about $14,637 per student, plus $585,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.5 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $750,000.
Spent $3.4 million — $3 million to run schools, about $20,634 per student, plus $336,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $875,000 federal. Long-term debt: $540,000.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Coleman County about $5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
150 bridges in Coleman County: 63 in good condition, 82 fair, and 5 poor (3.3%). “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.
| BRAZOS ST over HORDS CREEK DRAW · built 1940 | 220 vehicles a day |
| LLANO ST over HORDS CREEK DRAW · built 1940 | 90 vehicles a day |
| SAN SABA ST over HORDS CREEK DRAW · built 1938 | 60 vehicles a day |
| CR 154 over BETTY LOGAN CREEK · built 1931 | 50 vehicles a day |
| CR 220 over COLORADO RIVER · built 1900 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9.6 million of work in Coleman County in fiscal 2025, about $1,253 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: Brown County (23 mi) · Callahan County (26 mi) · Runnels County (38 mi) · Eastland County (41 mi) · Taylor County (41 mi) · Comanche County (47 mi).