3,608 people (2024 Census estimate, +13.0% since 2020)
4,571 square miles of land · 1 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.
6 active community water systems list Hudspeth County in the area they serve, reporting 6,551 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HUDSPETH COUNTY WCID 1 groundwater · local government · TX1150007 | 2,045 served |
| FORT HANCOCK WCID groundwater · local government · TX1150005 | 1,800 served |
| WEST TEXAS DETENTION CENTER groundwater · local government · TX1150015 | 1,402 served |
| ESPERANZA WATER SERVICE groundwater · private · TX1150010 | 849 served |
| CITY OF DELL groundwater · local government · TX1150001 | 245 served |
| CERRO ALTO WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · TX1150014 | 210 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 40 people were held in Hudspeth County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 90.
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 Hudspeth County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $7.4 million — $7 million to run schools, about $18,573 per student, plus $281,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $750,000.
Spent $3.6 million — $2.4 million to run schools, about $20,259 per student, plus $933,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $531,000 state, $261,000 federal. Long-term debt: $8.2 million.
Spent $1.8 million — $1.7 million to run schools, about $28,443 per student, plus $10,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $907,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $280,000 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 Hudspeth County about $1.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
131 bridges in Hudspeth County: 60 in good condition, 70 fair, and 1 poor (0.8%). “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.
| FT.HANCOCK INTL.BR over RIO GRANDE RIVER · built 1936 | 775 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $-12,399,035 of work in Hudspeth County in fiscal 2025, about $-3,872 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: Culberson County (50 mi) · El Paso County (55 mi) · Otero County, NM (83 mi) · Jeff Davis County (90 mi) · Eddy County, NM (94 mi) · Reeves County (98 mi).