“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 Crittenden County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $86 million — $64.9 million to run schools, about $13,096 per student, plus $19.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.9 million local (mostly property tax), $48.8 million state, $22.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $36.8 million.
Spent $57 million — $46.7 million to run schools, about $11,956 per student, plus $9.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.1 million local (mostly property tax), $39.1 million state, $9.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $51.4 million.
Spent $9.1 million — $8.6 million to run schools, about $19,830 per student, plus $116,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $727,000 local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.9 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Crittenden County about $38.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
234 bridges in Crittenden County: 84 in good condition, 132 fair, and 18 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 EB LNS over SH 77 BN RR · built 1959 | 27,500 vehicles a day |
| I 40-SEC 52 WB LN over SH 77 BN RR · built 1959 | 27,500 vehicles a day |
| No Ingram Blvd. over Ten Mile Bayou Diversion · built 1960 | 6,900 vehicles a day |
| N Rich Rd/West Mem over Ten Mile Bayou · built 1965 | 4,200 vehicles a day |
| Sh-147/Sec-1/L0.73 over Fish Bayou · built 1935 | 904 vehicles a day |
| North Lehr Drive over Ten Mile Bayou · built 1960 | 850 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $26.4 million of work in Crittenden County in fiscal 2025, about $547 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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