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County / FIPS 47041

DeKalb County

Tennessee

DeKalb County runs 6 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; Tennessee has other facilities nearby.

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At a glance

Public schools

6schools

Hospitals

0facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

304sq mi

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Federal money

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

Obligations, FY2025

$152.0M

1917th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$7,5702020 population

Change since FY2021

−11%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in DeKalb County, FY2021–FY2025
$100M$150M$200M
$152M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$171M
2022$202M
2023$121M
2024$135M
2025$152M

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. DeKalb County ranks 1917th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Public schools in DeKalb County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in DeKalb County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
De Kalb County High SchoolDekalb CountySmithville807
Dekalb Middle SchoolDekalb CountySmithville526
Dekalb West ElementaryDekalb CountyLiberty448
Northside ElementaryDekalb CountySmithville558
Smithville ElementaryDekalb CountySmithville599
De Kalb County Adult High SchoolDekalb CountySmithville
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