115,042 people (2024 Census estimate, +24.4% since 2020)
1,158 square miles of land · 99 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.
69 active community water systems list Liberty County in the area they serve, reporting 103,205 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF DAYTON groundwater · local government · TX1460002 | 15,393 served |
| CITY OF CLEVELAND groundwater · local government · TX1460001 | 12,438 served |
| SANTA FE UTILITY groundwater · private · TX1460204 | 8,265 served |
| CITY OF LIBERTY groundwater · local government · TX1460003 | 8,170 served |
| GRAND SAN JACINTO WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · TX1460179 | 6,174 served |
| HARDIN WSC groundwater · local government · TX1460009 | 6,132 served |
| TARKINGTON SUD groundwater · local government · TX1460055 | 5,265 served |
| CAMINO REAL groundwater · private · TX1460196 | 5,160 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 177 people were held in Liberty County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 227.
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 Liberty County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $199.8 million — $155.2 million to run schools, about $13,415 per student, plus $31.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $48.8 million local (mostly property tax), $100.9 million state, $25.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $305.9 million.
Spent $70.6 million — $63 million to run schools, about $10,903 per student, plus $4.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $38.1 million local (mostly property tax), $27.4 million state, $12.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $73.8 million.
Spent $32.4 million — $30 million to run schools, about $12,524 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.5 million local (mostly property tax), $14.4 million state, $6 million federal. Long-term debt: $37 million.
Spent $21.9 million — $21.3 million to run schools, about $11,258 per student, plus $391,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10 million local (mostly property tax), $10.5 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.2 million.
Spent $14.6 million — $13.9 million to run schools, about $10,548 per student, plus $33,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8 million local (mostly property tax), $7.9 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.3 million.
Spent $7.4 million — $7 million to run schools, about $16,218 per student, plus $342,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $569,000.
Spent $2.9 million — $2.6 million to run schools, about $12,887 per student, plus $90,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $304,000 state, $368,000 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Liberty County about $32.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
240 bridges in Liberty County: 126 in good condition, 110 fair, and 4 poor (1.7%). “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.
| FM 563 over SHILOH CREEK · built 1940 | 2,278 vehicles a day |
| FM 770 over S FK LITTLE WILLOW MARSH · built 1930 | 1,840 vehicles a day |
| MILLER RD over GAYLOR CREEK · built 1991 | 180 vehicles a day |
| CR 117 over E FORK COW ISLAND BAYOU · built 1993 | 46 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $28.4 million of work in Liberty County in fiscal 2025, about $310 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: Hardin County (29 mi) · Chambers County (34 mi) · San Jacinto County (34 mi) · Harris County (39 mi) · Montgomery County (40 mi) · Polk County (43 mi).