14,182 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.7% since 2020)
912 square miles of land · 16 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 Nolan County in the area they serve, reporting 16,870 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF SWEETWATER surface water · local government · TX1770002 | 12,401 served |
| BITTER CREEK WSC SOUTH groundwater · local government · TX1770007 | 2,973 served |
| CITY OF ROSCOE groundwater · local government · TX1770001 | 1,238 served |
| NOLAN COUNTY FWSD 1 groundwater · local government · TX1770003 | 258 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 72 people were held in Nolan County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 83.
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 Nolan County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $63.3 million — $61.9 million to run schools, about $9,996 per student, plus $934,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $66.7 million state, $952,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.7 million.
Spent $30 million — $27.1 million to run schools, about $13,976 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.9 million local (mostly property tax), $10.1 million state, $7.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.3 million.
Spent $11 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $27,888 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $25,000 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 Nolan County about $7.3 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.
163 bridges in Nolan County: 72 in good condition, 86 fair, and 5 poor (3.1%). “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 70 / BUS 20 over IH 20 WB · built 1961 | 5,510 vehicles a day |
| SH 70 over Cottonwood Creek · built 1926 | 4,614 vehicles a day |
| CR 314 over ANTELOPE CREEK · built 1935 | 69 vehicles a day |
| CR 181 over ROBERTSON CREEK · built 1950 | 22 vehicles a day |
| CR 314 over DRAW · built 1940 | 17 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $-6,857,551 of work in Nolan County in fiscal 2025, about $-465 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: Mitchell County (30 mi) · Fisher County (30 mi) · Taylor County (31 mi) · Coke County (33 mi) · Runnels County (41 mi) · Scurry County (42 mi).