91,949 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.7% since 2020)
882 square miles of land · 104 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 Victoria County in the area they serve, reporting 73,868 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF VICTORIA surface water · local government · TX2350002 | 66,932 served |
| VICTORIA COUNTY WCID 1 groundwater · local government · TX2350001 | 2,462 served |
| QUAIL CREEK MUD groundwater · local government · TX2350004 | 1,944 served |
| VICTORIA COUNTY WCID 2 groundwater · local government · TX2350006 | 750 served |
| COLETO WATER groundwater · private · TX2350036 | 540 served |
| BRENTWOOD SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · TX2350005 | 462 served |
| NORTH VICTORIA UTILITIES groundwater · private · TX2350049 | 234 served |
| VICTORIA CREEK ESTATES groundwater · private · TX2350098 | 180 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 403 people were held in Victoria County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 312.
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 Victoria County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $170.2 million — $152.6 million to run schools, about $11,524 per student, plus $12.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $84.5 million local (mostly property tax), $57.5 million state, $38.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $109.8 million.
Spent $13.5 million — $12.1 million to run schools, about $13,598 per student, plus $950,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.1 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.4 million.
Spent $2.8 million — $1.9 million to run schools, about $14,081 per student, plus $74,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $722,000 state, $224,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 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 Victoria County about $53.4 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.
345 bridges in Victoria County: 222 in good condition, 116 fair, and 7 poor (2.0%). “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.
| BRIGGS BOULEVARD over SPRING CREEK · built 1964 | 4,698 vehicles a day |
| FM 1685 over DRAW · built 1972 | 1,472 vehicles a day |
| STAYTON AVE. over WEST OUTFALL DITCH · built 1981 | 818 vehicles a day |
| LOWER M VALLEY RD over DRAW · built 1957 | 236 vehicles a day |
| COLOGNE RD over DRAW · built 1958 | 116 vehicles a day |
| TIPTON RD over CASA BLANCA CREEK · built 1989 | 84 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $28 million of work in Victoria County in fiscal 2025, about $306 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: Jackson County (26 mi) · Goliad County (29 mi) · DeWitt County (31 mi) · Calhoun County (34 mi) · Refugio County (35 mi) · Lavaca County (41 mi).