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County / FIPS 21181

Nicholas County

Kentucky

Nicholas County runs 2 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; Kentucky has other facilities nearby.

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At a glance

Public schools

2schools

Hospitals

0facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

195sq mi

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Federal money

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

Obligations, FY2025

$43.5M

2950th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$5,7672020 population

Change since FY2021

−0%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Nicholas County, FY2021–FY2025
$35M$40M$45M
$43M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$44M
2022$35M
2023$37M
2024$40M
2025$43M

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. Nicholas County ranks 2950th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Public schools in Nicholas County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Nicholas County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Nicholas County Elementary SchoolNicholas CountyCarlisle664
Nicholas County High SchoolNicholas CountyCarlisle455
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