168,754 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.3% since 2020)
272 square miles of land · 621 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.
37 active community water systems list Kenosha County in the area they serve, reporting 117,985 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| KENOSHA WATER UTILITY surface water · local government · WI2300046 | 99,218 served |
| PLEASANT PRAIRIE WATER UTILITY buys surface water · local government · WI2300167 | 10,754 served |
| SOMERS WATER UTILITY buys surface water · local government · WI2301421 | 1,930 served |
| BRISTOL VILLAGE OF EAST buys surface water · local government · WI2300767 | 1,001 served |
| PADDOCK LAKE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI2300146 | 945 served |
| BRISTOL WATERWORKS VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · WI2300050 | 598 served |
| WHEATLAND ESTATES groundwater · private · WI2300156 | 450 served |
| KNOLLS WATER COOPERATIVE groundwater · private · WI2300145 | 400 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 518 people were held in Kenosha County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 522.
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.
12 school districts have their office in Kenosha County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $325.6 million — $283.8 million to run schools, about $14,884 per student, plus $24.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $83.8 million local (mostly property tax), $195.1 million state, $57.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $111.1 million.
Spent $48.8 million — $16.9 million to run schools, about $13,874 per student, plus $29.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14 million local (mostly property tax), $9.1 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $46.9 million.
Spent $18.5 million — $13.6 million to run schools, about $13,630 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $10.4 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.2 million.
Spent $18.2 million — $16.3 million to run schools, about $17,166 per student, plus $365,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.5 million.
Spent $18.3 million — $16.8 million to run schools, about $21,531 per student, plus $2,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.8 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $983,000 federal. Long-term debt: $23.5 million.
Spent $9.8 million — $8.4 million to run schools, about $13,507 per student, plus $280,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7 million local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $790,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $9.2 million — $8.1 million to run schools, about $13,252 per student, plus $90,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $859,000 federal. Long-term debt: $7.2 million.
Spent $8.9 million — $7.7 million to run schools, about $16,353 per student, plus $141,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.6 million state, $922,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.7 million.
And 4 more.
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 Kenosha County about $63.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; 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 Kenosha County: 71 in good condition, 34 fair, and 5 poor (4.5%). “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.
| STH 50 WB over DES PLAINES RIVER · built 1989 | 17,000 vehicles a day |
| CTH C over DES PLAINES RIVER · built 1938 | 12,600 vehicles a day |
| CTH WG over BR DUTCH GAP CANAL · built 1941 | 5,200 vehicles a day |
| CTH A over PIKE RIVER · built 1978 | 2,600 vehicles a day |
| CTH A over PIKE RIVER · built 1978 | 2,600 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $32.7 million of work in Kenosha County in fiscal 2025, about $193 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 Wisconsin 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 Kenosha 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 Kenosha County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Racine County (14 mi) · Milwaukee County (22 mi) · Lake County, IL (28 mi) · Walworth County (34 mi) · McHenry County, IL (34 mi) · Waukesha County (37 mi).