2,880 people (2024 Census estimate, −5.2% since 2020)
932 square miles of land · 3 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.
4 active community water systems list Lipscomb County in the area they serve, reporting 2,554 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF BOOKER groundwater · local government · TX1480001 | 1,516 served |
| FOLLETT MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TX1480003 | 412 served |
| HIGGINS MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TX1480004 | 325 served |
| DARROUZETT MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TX1480002 | 301 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 1 people were held in Lipscomb County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 3.
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 Lipscomb County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $5.7 million — $5.4 million to run schools, about $15,854 per student, plus $158,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $369,000 federal.
Spent $2.9 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $14,630 per student, plus $100,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $323,000 federal. Long-term debt: $995,000.
Spent $2.5 million — $2.4 million to run schools, about $21,795 per student, plus $4,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $453,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Lipscomb County about $8.7 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.
37 bridges in Lipscomb County: 17 in good condition, 19 fair, and 1 poor (2.7%). “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 1454 over Mammoth Creek · built 1960 | 632 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16.9 million of work in Lipscomb County in fiscal 2025, about $5,518 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: Ellis County, OK (29 mi) · Ochiltree County (30 mi) · Hemphill County (32 mi) · Beaver County, OK (34 mi) · Roberts County (44 mi) · Roger Mills County, OK (49 mi).