44,050 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.3% since 2020)
583 square miles of land · 76 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.
13 active community water systems list Upshur County in the area they serve, reporting 40,306 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PRITCHETT WSC groundwater · local government · TX2300012 | 10,089 served |
| CITY OF GILMER groundwater · local government · TX2300002 | 8,115 served |
| DIANA SUD buys surface water · local government · TX2300006 | 7,953 served |
| GLENWOOD WSC groundwater · local government · TX2300005 | 3,738 served |
| UNION GROVE WSC groundwater · local government · TX2300008 | 3,198 served |
| CITY OF EAST MOUNTAIN groundwater · local government · TX2300033 | 2,331 served |
| CITY OF BIG SANDY groundwater · local government · TX2300001 | 1,660 served |
| CITY OF ORE CITY groundwater · local government · TX2300003 | 1,509 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 121 people were held in Upshur County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 122.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Upshur County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $39.2 million — $35 million to run schools, about $12,381 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.5 million local (mostly property tax), $19.7 million state, $7.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $41.8 million.
Spent $14.3 million — $13.3 million to run schools, about $11,191 per student, plus $744,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8 million.
Spent $15.1 million — $13.2 million to run schools, about $13,033 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $1.4 million federal.
Spent $15 million — $13.3 million to run schools, about $16,159 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $8.8 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.3 million.
Spent $14 million — $10.2 million to run schools, about $13,356 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.1 million.
Spent $9.3 million — $8.5 million to run schools, about $12,644 per student, plus $520,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.8 million.
Spent $4.7 million — $4.6 million to run schools, about $18,016 per student, plus $72,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $559,000 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Upshur County about $21.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
139 bridges in Upshur County: 63 in good condition, 76 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “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.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.8 million of work in Upshur County in fiscal 2025, about $44 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: Camp County (17 mi) · Gregg County (19 mi) · Wood County (26 mi) · Morris County (29 mi) · Smith County (31 mi) · Titus County (33 mi).