11,862 people (2024 Census estimate, +8.6% since 2020)
2,311 square miles of land · 5 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.
16 active community water systems list Lincoln County in the area they serve, reporting 8,960 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| DAVENPORT WATER DIVISION groundwater · local government · WA5318100 | 1,750 served |
| REARDAN TOWN OF groundwater · local government · WA5371550 | 1,418 served |
| WILBUR TOWN OF groundwater · local government · WA5396800 | 1,040 served |
| ODESSA groundwater · local government · WA5363050 | 986 served |
| HARRINGTON CITY OF groundwater · local government · WA5331450 | 650 served |
| SPRAGUE CITY OF groundwater · local government · WA5383150 | 570 served |
| ROOSEVELT LAKE RANCH groundwater · private · WA5347283 | 487 served |
| SEVEN BAYS ESTATES UNLIMITED groundwater · private · WA5377651 | 431 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 10 people were held in Lincoln County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 157 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 29.
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.
8 school districts have their office in Lincoln County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13.3 million — $12.1 million to run schools, about $17,982 per student, plus $872,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $9.7 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.7 million.
Spent $11.9 million — $11.4 million to run schools, about $18,572 per student, plus $248,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $8.4 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.8 million.
Spent $5.5 million — $4.9 million to run schools, about $20,847 per student, plus $467,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $975,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $687,000 federal.
Spent $5.1 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $21,751 per student, plus $382,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $943,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $543,000 federal.
Spent $29.6 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $18,826 per student, plus $26.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $16.9 million state, $138,000 federal.
Spent $4 million — $3.9 million to run schools, about $29,143 per student, plus $142,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $438,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $477,000 federal.
Spent $3.8 million — $3 million to run schools, about $30,444 per student, plus $769,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $421,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $217,000 federal.
Spent $2.8 million — $2.5 million to run schools, about $37,761 per student, plus $192,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $255,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $243,000 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 Lincoln County about $13.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
180 bridges in Lincoln County: 102 in good condition, 67 fair, and 11 poor (6.1%). “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.
| I-90 over DOERSCHLAG RD · built 1968 | 10,667 vehicles a day |
| SR 23 over CRAB CREEK · built 1948 | 377 vehicles a day |
| SR 21 over SINKING CREEK · built 1950 | 267 vehicles a day |
| SEVENTH STREET over COTTONWOOD CREEK · built 1930 | 200 vehicles a day |
| DUCK LAKE ROAD over DUCK CREEK · built 1972 | 120 vehicles a day |
| NAFF ROAD over CRAB CREEK · built 1936 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.2 million of work in Lincoln County in fiscal 2025, about $199 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Adams County (40 mi) · Spokane County (47 mi) · Grant County (55 mi) · Douglas County (60 mi) · Stevens County (61 mi) · Ferry County (62 mi).