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County / FIPS 51125

Nelson County

Virginia

Nelson County runs 4 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; Virginia has other facilities nearby.

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At a glance

Public schools

4schools

Hospitals

0facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

471sq mi

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Federal money

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

Obligations, FY2025

$150.5M

1938th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$10,1842020 population

Change since FY2021

+7%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Nelson County, FY2021–FY2025
$120M$130M$140M$150M
$150M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$140M
2022$128M
2023$140M
2024$135M
2025$150M

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. Nelson County ranks 1938th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Public schools in Nelson County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Nelson County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Nelson County HighNelson County Public SchoolsLovingston517
Nelson MiddleNelson County Public SchoolsLovingston340
Rockfish River ElementaryNelson County Public SchoolsAfton268
Tye River ElementaryNelson County Public SchoolsArrington355
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