126,679 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.9% since 2020)
273 square miles of land · 463 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.
15 active community water systems list Gregg County in the area they serve, reporting 146,808 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF LONGVIEW surface water · local government · TX0920004 | 83,236 served |
| CITY OF KILGORE surface water · local government · TX0920003 | 15,543 served |
| TRYON ROAD SUD buys surface water · local government · TX0920021 | 10,791 served |
| ELDERVILLE WSC buys surface water · local government · TX0920019 | 9,021 served |
| LIBERTY CITY WSC groundwater · local government · TX0920016 | 6,540 served |
| CITY OF WHITE OAK surface water · local government · TX0920006 | 6,469 served |
| CITY OF GLADEWATER surface water · local government · TX0920001 | 6,441 served |
| WEST GREGG SUD groundwater · local government · TX0920022 | 5,127 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 623 people were held in Gregg County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 593.
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 Gregg County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $120 million — $109.6 million to run schools, about $13,251 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $83.5 million local (mostly property tax), $49.7 million state, $15.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $153.2 million.
Spent $62.3 million — $53.1 million to run schools, about $11,526 per student, plus $6.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.6 million local (mostly property tax), $28.3 million state, $15.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $41.8 million.
Spent $67.7 million — $41.4 million to run schools, about $10,835 per student, plus $21.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.7 million local (mostly property tax), $20.2 million state, $8.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $138.9 million.
Spent $25.2 million — $21.5 million to run schools, about $10,380 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.9 million local (mostly property tax), $14.7 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $34.6 million.
Spent $23.7 million — $21.6 million to run schools, about $12,298 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $4.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.6 million.
Spent $21.5 million — $18.7 million to run schools, about $11,933 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $11.6 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.7 million.
Spent $19.4 million — $17.4 million to run schools, about $12,071 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $11.8 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.9 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Gregg County about $54.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
241 bridges in Gregg County: 97 in good condition, 143 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.
| FRITZ-SWANSON RD over RABBIT CR · built 1933 | 2,033 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $476.7 million of work in Gregg County in fiscal 2025, about $3,837 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: Upshur County (19 mi) · Harrison County (26 mi) · Rusk County (26 mi) · Smith County (27 mi) · Marion County (34 mi) · Camp County (35 mi).