33,477 people (2024 Census estimate, +8.2% since 2020)
527 square miles of land · 63 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.
17 active community water systems list Caroline County in the area they serve, reporting 18,370 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LAKE LAND`OR groundwater · private · VA6033450 | 4,818 served |
| CAROLINE UTILITY SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VA6033085 | 4,235 served |
| LAKE CAROLINE surface water · private · VA6033425 | 2,933 served |
| FOUR WINDS CAMPGROUND groundwater · private · VA6033249 | 2,065 served |
| BOWLING GREEN, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · VA6033550 | 1,233 served |
| MILFORD SANITARY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · VA6033500 | 1,117 served |
| CAMPBELL`S CREEK SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · VA6033050 | 375 served |
| PORT ROYAL, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · VA6033600 | 327 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 0 people were held in Caroline County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2017). In 2012 it was about 283.
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 Caroline County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $59.7 million — $56.2 million to run schools, about $12,961 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.6 million local (mostly property tax), $33.6 million state, $9.7 million 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 Caroline County about $8.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
110 bridges in Caroline County: 25 in good condition, 79 fair, and 6 poor (5.5%). “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.
| ROGERS-CLARK EBL over MATTAPONI RIVER · built 1973 | 5,501 vehicles a day |
| COUNTYLINE CHURCH over TEMPLES MILL · built 1915 | 809 vehicles a day |
| EDGEHILL ACADEMY R over MATTA RIVER · built 1959 | 190 vehicles a day |
| SOUTH RIVER RD. over SOUTH RIVER · built 1973 | 168 vehicles a day |
| NORTH RANGE ROAD over PORTOBAGO CREEK · built 1968 | 100 vehicles a day |
| THORNTON ROAD over TURKEY TRACK CREEK · built 1968 | 20 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.9 million of work in Caroline County in fiscal 2025, about $191 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. Early voting: 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-31. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-23. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Virginia Department of Elections: upcoming elections · Virginia Department of Elections: voter FAQ · Virginia Department of Elections: absentee voting
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Nearby counties: Spotsylvania County (20 mi) · Hanover County (20 mi) · Fredericksburg city (20 mi) · King George County (20 mi) · Essex County (24 mi) · King William County (26 mi).