132,736 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.2% since 2020)
1,730 square miles of land · 77 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.
39 active community water systems list Skagit County in the area they serve, reporting 152,875 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SKAGIT COUNTY PUD 1 JUDY RES surface water · local government · WA5379500 | 111,415 served |
| ANACORTES CITY OF surface water · local government · WA5302200 | 25,109 served |
| SHELTER BAY COMMUNITY INC buys surface water · private · WA5378155 | 2,212 served |
| SKAGIT CO WATER DISTRICT #1 groundwater · local government · WA5300392 | 1,974 served |
| LA CONNER WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · WA5343350 | 1,821 served |
| BLANCHARD EDISON WATER ASSN. INC. groundwater · private · WA5307450 | 1,480 served |
| CONCRETE UTILITIES groundwater · local government · WA5303950 | 1,234 served |
| SAMISH FARMS WATER ASSN buys surface water · private · WA5375645 | 1,017 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 183 people were held in Skagit County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 231 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 186.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Skagit County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $148 million — $132.2 million to run schools, about $20,204 per student, plus $12.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $32.4 million local (mostly property tax), $104.1 million state, $21.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $93.7 million.
Spent $86.3 million — $81.8 million to run schools, about $17,801 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.2 million local (mostly property tax), $62.2 million state, $9 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.2 million.
Spent $72.6 million — $69.6 million to run schools, about $20,773 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.8 million local (mostly property tax), $46.4 million state, $11.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $50.3 million — $47.2 million to run schools, about $18,124 per student, plus $344,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18 million local (mostly property tax), $32.2 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $66.8 million.
Spent $16.3 million — $15.2 million to run schools, about $28,416 per student, plus $735,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.4 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.2 million.
Spent $12.1 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $23,624 per student, plus $274,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.5 million state, $1.4 million federal.
Spent $8.3 million — $7.7 million to run schools, about $17,369 per student, plus $200,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $5.8 million state, $574,000 federal. Long-term debt: $6.8 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 Skagit County about $80.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
256 bridges in Skagit County: 101 in good condition, 149 fair, and 6 poor (2.3%). “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.
| SR 9 over SKAGIT RIVER · built 1959 | 11,660 vehicles a day |
| OLD HWY 99 NORTH over THOMAS CREEK · built 1934 | 5,234 vehicles a day |
| SR 20 over BAKER RIVER · built 1972 | 5,032 vehicles a day |
| SR 20 over SHIP HBR/GUEMES CHANNEL · built 1959 | 3,227 vehicles a day |
| F&S GRADE ROAD over SAMISH RIVER · built 1974 | 630 vehicles a day |
| SCOTT PAPER CO RD over SR 20 · built 1967 | 75 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $167.2 million of work in Skagit County in fiscal 2025, about $1,291 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 Skagit 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 Skagit County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Whatcom County (24 mi) · Snohomish County (30 mi) · Island County (45 mi) · San Juan County (59 mi) · King County (69 mi) · Chelan County (70 mi).