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County / FIPS 06091

Sierra County

California

Sierra County runs 7 public schools reporting to NCES. No Medicare-certified hospital reports to CMS from here — a real finding about rural healthcare access, not a gap in this site; California has other facilities nearby.

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At a glance

Public schools

7schools

Hospitals

0facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

953sq mi

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Sierra County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$26.1M

3104th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$8,0572020 population

Change since FY2021

+13%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Sierra County, FY2021–FY2025
$20M$30M$40M$50M
$26M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$23M
2022$47M
2023$34M
2024$26M
2025$26M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Sierra County ranks 3104th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Public schools in Sierra County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Sierra County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Loyalton ElementarySierra-Plumas Joint UnifiedLoyalton191
Loyalton HighSierra-Plumas Joint UnifiedLoyalton161
Downieville ElementarySierra-Plumas Joint UnifiedDownieville22
Downieville Junior-Senior HighSierra-Plumas Joint UnifiedDownieville20
Sierra Pass (Continuation)Sierra-Plumas Joint UnifiedLoyalton6
Sierra County Special EducationSierra County Office of EducationLoyalton
William R. Rouse RopWilliam (R) Rouse RopSierraville
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