195,390 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.3% since 2020)
638 square miles of land · 306 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.
19 active community water systems list Outagamie County in the area they serve, reporting 174,664 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| APPLETON WATERWORKS surface water · local government · WI4450333 | 74,511 served |
| GRAND CHUTE TN SAN DIST 1 buys surface water · local government · WI4450429 | 21,583 served |
| KAUKAUNA UTILITIES groundwater · local government · WI4450336 | 17,493 served |
| DARBOY SANITARY DIST 1 groundwater · local government · WI4450117 | 13,024 served |
| LITTLE CHUTE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4450338 | 12,168 served |
| GREENVILLE UTILITIES VIL OF groundwater · local government · WI4450278 | 11,340 served |
| KIMBERLY WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4450342 | 7,608 served |
| COMBINED LOCKS WATERWORKS buys groundwater · local government · WI4450409 | 3,609 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 348 people were held in Outagamie County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 289.
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 Outagamie County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $231.3 million — $205.4 million to run schools, about $13,449 per student, plus $7.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $97.2 million local (mostly property tax), $136.8 million state, $30.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.4 million.
Spent $69.3 million — $62.4 million to run schools, about $12,163 per student, plus $2.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.9 million local (mostly property tax), $45.8 million state, $6.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.5 million.
Spent $77.6 million — $49.3 million to run schools, about $11,583 per student, plus $23 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.8 million local (mostly property tax), $39.3 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $54.2 million.
Spent $68.2 million — $51.2 million to run schools, about $12,615 per student, plus $5.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.5 million local (mostly property tax), $46.2 million state, $6.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.9 million.
Spent $35.9 million — $29.1 million to run schools, about $15,077 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.7 million local (mostly property tax), $22.1 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.5 million.
Spent $24.2 million — $20.2 million to run schools, about $12,779 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.8 million local (mostly property tax), $13 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.6 million.
Spent $23.9 million — $20.7 million to run schools, about $13,331 per student, plus $541,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.9 million local (mostly property tax), $14 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $530,000.
Spent $13.5 million — $11.6 million to run schools, about $15,862 per student, plus $212,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Outagamie County about $59 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
299 bridges in Outagamie County: 139 in good condition, 145 fair, and 15 poor (5.0%). “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.
| LRD EISENHOWER AVE over GARNERS CREEK · built 1980 | 13,800 vehicles a day |
| LRD OLDE ONEIDA ST over SOUTH CANAL · built 1917 | 2,972 vehicles a day |
| LRD OLDE ONEIDA ST over NAVIGATION CANAL · built 1959 | 2,900 vehicles a day |
| CTH U over APPLE CREEK · built 1960 | 1,957 vehicles a day |
| LRD MARKET RD over BEAR CREEK · built 1958 | 1,175 vehicles a day |
| CTH VV over S BR SUAMICO RIVER · built 1925 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $197 million of work in Outagamie County in fiscal 2025, about $1,033 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 Outagamie 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 Outagamie County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Brown County (23 mi) · Winnebago County (25 mi) · Waupaca County (25 mi) · Calumet County (27 mi) · Shawano County (29 mi) · Menominee County (41 mi).