9,704 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
381 square miles of land · 25 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.
10 active community water systems list Marion County in the area they serve, reporting 11,645 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| E M C WATER SUPPLY groundwater · local government · TX1580066 | 2,952 served |
| MIMS WSC buys surface water · local government · TX1580064 | 2,736 served |
| CITY OF JEFFERSON buys surface water · local government · TX1580001 | 1,883 served |
| PINE HARBOR SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · TX1580023 | 1,314 served |
| KELLYVILLE BEREA WSC groundwater · local government · TX1580003 | 1,125 served |
| CRESTWOOD WATER groundwater · private · TX1580016 | 744 served |
| INDIAN HILLS HARBOR groundwater · private · TX1580063 | 342 served |
| CREEK WATER UTILITY groundwater · private · TX1580020 | 300 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 23 people were held in Marion County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 28.
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.
1 school district has its office in Marion County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $18.6 million — $16.9 million to run schools, about $14,973 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6.8 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.5 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 Marion County about $5.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
59 bridges in Marion County: 31 in good condition, 27 fair, and 1 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.
| SH 155 over LAKE OF THE PINES · built 1954 | 4,762 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $518,754 of work in Marion County in fiscal 2025, about $53 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 Marion 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 Marion County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Harrison County (17 mi) · Cass County (20 mi) · Morris County (31 mi) · Caddo Parish, LA (31 mi) · Upshur County (34 mi) · Gregg County (34 mi).