24,245 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.2% since 2020)
933 square miles of land · 26 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 Pacific County in the area they serve, reporting 31,995 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NORTH BEACH WATER groundwater · local government · WA5363000 | 8,093 served |
| LONG BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT surface water · local government · WA5348000 | 4,628 served |
| Raymond Water Department surface water · local government · WA5371500 | 4,620 served |
| South Bend Water Department surface water · local government · WA5381500 | 2,930 served |
| ILWACO WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF surface water · local government · WA5335500 | 2,757 served |
| SURFSIDE HOMEOWNERS groundwater · private · WA5386470 | 2,687 served |
| WILLAPA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · WA5397100 | 2,425 served |
| NASELLE surface water · private · WA5358350 | 2,073 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 25 people were held in Pacific County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 190 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 10.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Pacific County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $20.7 million — $17.2 million to run schools, about $16,687 per student, plus $588,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $14 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $15.1 million — $12.3 million to run schools, about $21,278 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $11.2 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.6 million.
Spent $10.2 million — $9.9 million to run schools, about $20,538 per student, plus $4,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $998,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $47,000.
Spent $7.9 million — $7.4 million to run schools, about $21,619 per student, plus $316,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $5.5 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $6.6 million — $6.5 million to run schools, about $20,465 per student, plus $54,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $958,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.7 million state, $877,000 federal.
Spent $2.9 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $36,320 per student, plus $148,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.6 million state, $140,000 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 Pacific County about $106.4 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.
120 bridges in Pacific County: 68 in good condition, 43 fair, and 9 poor (7.5%). “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.
| US 101 over COLUMBIA R · built 1966 | 23,300 vehicles a day |
| US 101 over S FK WILLAPA RIVER · built 1966 | 10,253 vehicles a day |
| SR 6 over CREEK · built 1947 | 2,879 vehicles a day |
| SR 401 over NASELLE RIVER OVERFLOW · built 1964 | 2,839 vehicles a day |
| US 101 over GREENHEAD SLOUGH · built 1934 | 1,911 vehicles a day |
| US 101 over TEAL SLOUGH · built 1934 | 1,911 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $705,734 of work in Pacific County in fiscal 2025, about $30 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 Pacific 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 Pacific County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Wahkiakum County (25 mi) · Clatsop County, OR (37 mi) · Grays Harbor County (39 mi) · Thurston County (52 mi) · Columbia County, OR (54 mi) · Cowlitz County (58 mi).