58,829 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.7% since 2020)
1,279 square miles of land · 46 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.
2 active community water systems list Maverick County in the area they serve, reporting 56,600 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF EAGLE PASS surface water · local government · TX1620001 | 54,900 served |
| MAVERICK COUNTY AIRPORT WATER WORKS surface water · local government · TX1620003 | 1,700 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 81 people were held in Maverick County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 196.
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 Maverick County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $189.8 million — $175.9 million to run schools, about $12,625 per student, plus $10.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39.1 million local (mostly property tax), $108.3 million state, $46.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $61.5 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Maverick County about $13.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
122 bridges in Maverick County: 70 in good condition, 51 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.
| LOWE RD over IRRIGATION CANAL · built 1920 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $-3,808,043 of work in Maverick County in fiscal 2025, about $-66 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: Zavala County (35 mi) · Dimmit County (39 mi) · Kinney County (43 mi) · Uvalde County (54 mi) · Frio County (74 mi) · La Salle County (78 mi).