198,651 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.3% since 2020)
333 square miles of land · 597 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.
13 active community water systems list Racine County in the area they serve, reporting 152,232 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| RACINE WATERWORKS surface water · local government · WI2520062 | 105,100 served |
| CALEDONIA WATER UTILITY - VILLAGE OF buys surface water · local government · WI2520184 | 21,819 served |
| BURLINGTON WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI2520177 | 11,043 served |
| WATERFORD WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI2520202 | 5,368 served |
| UNION GROVE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI2520200 | 4,900 served |
| WIND POINT WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · WI2520191 | 1,804 served |
| SOUTHERN WISCONSIN CENTER groundwater · state · WI2520199 | 950 served |
| HARVEST VIEW MHC groundwater · private · WI2520201 | 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 574 people were held in Racine County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 566.
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 Racine County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $360.2 million — $290.5 million to run schools, about $17,955 per student, plus $13.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $98.1 million local (mostly property tax), $219.2 million state, $70.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $94.4 million.
Spent $53.3 million — $43.5 million to run schools, about $14,871 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.9 million local (mostly property tax), $28.6 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $37.5 million.
Spent $24.1 million — $20 million to run schools, about $13,635 per student, plus $724,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.8 million local (mostly property tax), $12.3 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.2 million.
Spent $16.8 million — $13.9 million to run schools, about $13,303 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6.1 million state, $721,000 federal. Long-term debt: $7.6 million.
Spent $23.5 million — $20.7 million to run schools, about $21,713 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.7 million local (mostly property tax), $9.8 million state, $880,000 federal. Long-term debt: $8.3 million.
Spent $12.6 million — $11.1 million to run schools, about $12,254 per student, plus $609,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.2 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.7 million.
Spent $7.2 million — $6.5 million to run schools, about $14,202 per student, plus $85,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $993,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $5.9 million — $5.3 million to run schools, about $12,339 per student, plus $9,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.9 million local (mostly property tax), $2 million state, $381,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 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 Racine County about $63.8 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.
133 bridges in Racine County: 72 in good condition, 43 fair, and 18 poor (13.5%). “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.
| CTH W over FOX RIVER · built 1955 | 5,900 vehicles a day |
| CTH C over E BR ROOT RIVER CANAL · built 1939 | 5,500 vehicles a day |
| STH 38-STATE ST over LRD WISCONSIN AVE · built 1988 | 4,600 vehicles a day |
| STH 195 over SORENSEN CREEK · built 1970 | 4,000 vehicles a day |
| CTH K over WIND LAKE DR CANAL · built 1975 | 2,300 vehicles a day |
| CTH K over GOOSE LAKE BRANCH CANAL · built 1938 | 2,200 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $31.7 million of work in Racine County in fiscal 2025, about $161 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 Racine 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 Racine County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Milwaukee County (10 mi) · Kenosha County (14 mi) · Waukesha County (32 mi) · Walworth County (40 mi) · Lake County, IL (41 mi) · McHenry County, IL (47 mi).