86,370 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.9% since 2020)
1,052 square miles of land · 82 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.
13 active community water systems list Coryell County in the area they serve, reporting 75,952 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF COPPERAS COVE buys surface water · local government · TX0500001 | 41,669 served |
| CITY OF GATESVILLE surface water · local government · TX0500002 | 16,135 served |
| CORYELL CITY WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TX0500013 | 6,042 served |
| MULTI-COUNTY WSC buys surface water · local government · TX0500044 | 3,631 served |
| FORT GATES WSC buys surface water · local government · TX0500017 | 2,500 served |
| MOUNTAIN WSC buys surface water · local government · TX0500020 | 2,400 served |
| TOPSEY WSC buys surface water · local government · TX0500005 | 963 served |
| THE GROVE WSC buys surface water · local government · TX0500023 | 808 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 103 people were held in Coryell County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 75.
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 Coryell County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $115.7 million — $99.1 million to run schools, about $12,315 per student, plus $15.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.8 million local (mostly property tax), $61.7 million state, $22.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.2 million.
Spent $31.1 million — $29.7 million to run schools, about $10,953 per student, plus $598,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.6 million local (mostly property tax), $16.6 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.3 million.
Spent $4 million — $3.6 million to run schools, about $17,655 per student, plus $122,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $994,000 federal.
Spent $4 million — $3 million to run schools, about $15,107 per student, plus $941,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $2 million state, $671,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1 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 Coryell County about $22.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
202 bridges in Coryell County: 113 in good condition, 86 fair, and 3 poor (1.5%). “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.
| WEST RANGETNK RD over HOUSE CK · built 1950 | 150 vehicles a day |
| CR 314 (NEFF PARK) over BRANCH OF LEON RIVER · built 1935 | 58 vehicles a day |
| CR 667(BULL BR RD) over TRIB OF COWHOUSE CREEK · built 1930 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $21.2 million of work in Coryell County in fiscal 2025, about $255 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Coryell County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Coryell County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Texas: the state government and every county in Texas.
Nearby counties: Hamilton County (29 mi) · Lampasas County (29 mi) · Bell County (30 mi) · Bosque County (36 mi) · McLennan County (37 mi) · Mills County (47 mi).