77,958 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.8% since 2020)
1,739 square miles of land · 45 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.
63 active community water systems list Clallam County in the area they serve, reporting 80,587 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PORT ANGELES CITY OF surface water · local government · WA5368550 | 28,067 served |
| SEQUIM CITY OF groundwater · local government · WA5377620 | 14,293 served |
| PORT ANGELES COMPOSITE surface water · local government · WA5343296 | 8,872 served |
| FORKS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · WA5326000 | 3,468 served |
| Dry Creek Water Association groundwater · private · WA5320050 | 3,030 served |
| WEST SEQUIM BAY INC groundwater · private · WA5354192 | 2,759 served |
| CRESCENT WATER ASSN surface water · private · WA5316020 | 2,360 served |
| SUNLAND WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · WA5385260 | 2,235 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 75 people were held in Clallam County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 179 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 148.
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 Clallam County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $67 million — $62.8 million to run schools, about $17,775 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.3 million local (mostly property tax), $44.7 million state, $13.6 million federal.
Spent $47.7 million — $45.5 million to run schools, about $17,501 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.2 million local (mostly property tax), $31.8 million state, $5.3 million federal.
Spent $50.5 million — $45.9 million to run schools, about $18,540 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $43.5 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.1 million.
Spent $13.1 million — $12.9 million to run schools, about $26,871 per student, plus $114,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $4.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
Spent $6.4 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $18,485 per student, plus $188,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $912,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $671,000 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Clallam County about $63.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
153 bridges in Clallam County: 83 in good condition, 62 fair, and 8 poor (5.2%). “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.
| US 101 over INDIAN CREEK · built 1927 | 3,925 vehicles a day |
| US 101 over SOL DUC RIVER · built 1941 | 3,278 vehicles a day |
| SR 110 over BOGACHIEL RIVER · built 1967 | 1,437 vehicles a day |
| SR 113 over BEAVER CREEK · built 1966 | 1,389 vehicles a day |
| FRONTIER STREET over CLALLAM SLOUGH · built 1959 | 400 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 1 over WA-ATCH RIVER · built 1961 | 300 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $120.3 million of work in Clallam County in fiscal 2025, about $1,559 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.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Washington are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Clallam County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Clallam County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Jefferson County (27 mi) · San Juan County (45 mi) · Island County (56 mi) · Mason County (62 mi) · Kitsap County (66 mi) · Grays Harbor County (69 mi).