“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.
5 school districts have their office in Crawford County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $85.5 million — $66.9 million to run schools, about $11,315 per student, plus $13.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $55.3 million state, $15.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $62.7 million.
Spent $47.7 million — $35.4 million to run schools, about $11,279 per student, plus $10.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.6 million local (mostly property tax), $29.2 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $41.3 million.
Spent $11.9 million — $10.7 million to run schools, about $14,782 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $9.3 million — $8.2 million to run schools, about $12,488 per student, plus $829,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $988,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.1 million.
Spent $9 million — $6.4 million to run schools, about $14,896 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $802,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.3 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.9 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 Crawford County about $29.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
248 bridges in Crawford County: 55 in good condition, 174 fair, and 19 poor (7.7%). “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.
| I-40 Eastbound over Little Frog Bayou · built 1965 | 15,000 vehicles a day |
| US 64 WB-Crawford over Frog Bayou Relief · built 1950 | 13,683 vehicles a day |
| Industrial Park Rd over Flat Rock Creek · built 1964 | 7,700 vehicles a day |
| US 64-SEC 2 WB LN over I 540-SEC 2-Crawford Co. · built 1967 | 5,440 vehicles a day |
| U.S. Highway 64 EB over Interstate 540-Crawford · built 1967 | 5,440 vehicles a day |
| S 28th Street over I 540 - Crawford Co. · built 1967 | 4,710 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $43.6 million of work in Crawford County in fiscal 2025, about $724 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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