“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.
3 school districts have their office in Jefferson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $65 million — $58.9 million to run schools, about $18,072 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.6 million local (mostly property tax), $40 million state, $18.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $34.8 million.
Spent $40 million — $31.4 million to run schools, about $10,377 per student, plus $7.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $27.4 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $49.2 million.
Spent $27.9 million — $26.6 million to run schools, about $14,794 per student, plus $535,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $19.3 million state, $7.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.4 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 Jefferson County about $37.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
336 bridges in Jefferson County: 233 in good condition, 87 fair, and 16 poor (4.8%). “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 79-09 LM 5.40 over Big Creek · built 1948 | 3,519 vehicles a day |
| E 8th Street-CS over ImbeauBayou-JeffersonCo · built 1967 | 3,300 vehicles a day |
| PrincetonPikeRd-CR over Bayou Bartholomew · built 1970 | 2,500 vehicles a day |
| Pinebergen Road-CR over Bayou Bartholomew · built 1993 | 841 vehicles a day |
| SH 31-01 LM 1.88 over Waterloo Ditch - Jeff Co · built 1955 | 790 vehicles a day |
| SH 190-05 LM 0.69 over Creek - Jefferson County · built 1955 | 440 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $43.2 million of work in Jefferson County in fiscal 2025, about $642 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.
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