86,115 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.6% since 2020)
334 square miles of land · 258 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.
29 active community water systems list Orange County in the area they serve, reporting 73,527 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF ORANGE groundwater · local government · TX1810004 | 19,300 served |
| ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1 groundwater · local government · TX1810005 | 15,258 served |
| MAURICEVILLE MUD groundwater · local government · TX1810144 | 10,374 served |
| CITY OF BRIDGE CITY groundwater · local government · TX1810001 | 9,546 served |
| ORANGEFIELD WSC groundwater · local government · TX1810186 | 8,231 served |
| ORANGE COUNTY WCID 2 groundwater · local government · TX1810006 | 4,074 served |
| CITY OF PINEHURST groundwater · local government · TX1810009 | 3,131 served |
| CITY OF ROSE CITY surface water · local government · TX1810139 | 664 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 178 people were held in Orange County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 232.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Orange County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $65.6 million — $48.4 million to run schools, about $11,224 per student, plus $16.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.7 million local (mostly property tax), $26.6 million state, $17.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10 million.
Spent $44.7 million — $36.8 million to run schools, about $11,011 per student, plus $5.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18 million local (mostly property tax), $20.4 million state, $7.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $63.1 million.
Spent $43.5 million — $32 million to run schools, about $10,185 per student, plus $8.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.7 million local (mostly property tax), $15.4 million state, $7.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.7 million.
Spent $50.5 million — $34.2 million to run schools, about $13,074 per student, plus $13.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.8 million local (mostly property tax), $3.8 million state, $14.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $61.9 million.
Spent $23.4 million — $21.8 million to run schools, about $11,732 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.9 million local (mostly property tax), $10.4 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.2 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Orange County about $54.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
176 bridges in Orange County: 87 in good condition, 85 fair, and 4 poor (2.3%). “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 73/SH 87 NB over COW BAYOU · built 1941 | 14,443 vehicles a day |
| NORTH TRAM RD over CANEY CREEK · built 1950 | 1,083 vehicles a day |
| TERRY RD over ANDERSON GULLY · built 1940 | 446 vehicles a day |
| S BURTON RD over SANDY CREEK · built 1960 | 282 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.5 million of work in Orange County in fiscal 2025, about $136 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: Jefferson County (24 mi) · Calcasieu Parish, LA (33 mi) · Hardin County (33 mi) · Jasper County (44 mi) · Newton County (47 mi) · Cameron Parish, LA (47 mi).