“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.
2 school districts have their office in Monroe County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $8.7 million — $7.3 million to run schools, about $15,400 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $733,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.6 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.6 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $7.2 million to run schools, about $15,420 per student, plus $743,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $707,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Monroe County about $7.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
85 bridges in Monroe County: 47 in good condition, 32 fair, and 6 poor (7.1%). “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/Sec-13/L0.23 over Bayou Lagrue · built 1950 | 3,600 vehicles a day |
| Us-49/Sec-9/L-0.29 over 7th St SLSW RR · built 1962 | 1,700 vehicles a day |
| Sh-17/Sec-3/L-2.98 over Bayou Deview · built 1949 | 970 vehicles a day |
| Sh-17/Sec-1/L11.1 over Dials Creek · built 1955 | 430 vehicles a day |
| Sh-238/Sec-1/L7.63 over Little Piney Creek · built 1948 | 260 vehicles a day |
| Sh-366/Sec-2/L7.24 over Cypress Creek · built 1976 | 160 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.6 million of work in Monroe County in fiscal 2025, about $1,700 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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