“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 Chicot County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $16.9 million — $14.6 million to run schools, about $16,396 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $9.4 million state, $5.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 million.
Spent $7.4 million — $6.1 million to run schools, about $17,961 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $986,000 local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.5 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 Chicot County about $8.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
88 bridges in Chicot County: 36 in good condition, 43 fair, and 9 poor (10.2%). “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 65-21 LM 7.52 over Bayou Macon · built 1946 | 4,100 vehicles a day |
| US 82-10 LM 5.44 over Boeuf River · built 1950 | 2,900 vehicles a day |
| US 82-10 LM 7.30 over Bayou Macon · built 1950 | 2,900 vehicles a day |
| US 82-10 LM 2.30 over Big Bayou · built 1950 | 2,101 vehicles a day |
| US 65-22 LM 0.40 over Bayou Macon · built 1946 | 2,000 vehicles a day |
| CR 144 (off SH144) over Ditch · built 1978 | 360 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.4 million of work in Chicot County in fiscal 2025, about $525 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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