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Clarke County, Virginia

Clarke County, Virginia had $158.2 million in federal award obligations in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.

That ranks 1,878 of 3,232 counties with a figure in FY2025, and 84 of 133 in Virginia.

Identifiers

County FIPS
51043

The record

Reported figures for Clarke County, Virginia, each linked to its source
Obligated · FY2025Direct payments are recorded against a place that is not necessarily where the people receiving them live, and they are most of this figure in most counties. The award-type split below is the part of it that means what it sounds like.$158.2 million USD
Rank among counties · FY20251,878 of 3,232 by obligations
Share of all counties · FY2025Of $4.1 trillion, which is what every county the publisher reported obligated in FY2025 — 77.0% of the $5.3 trillion federal total for the year.< 0.1% percent
Rank within Virginia · FY202584 of 133 by obligations
Rank among counties by federal contracts · FY2025$36,380,045 of federal contract obligations in FY2025.674 of 2,787 by federal contract obligations
Residents · FY2025The publisher’s own denominator, returned with the geography it belongs to.14,783 people
Per resident · FY2025Money recorded here divided by the people who live here. Where the figure is mostly direct payments, the numerator and the denominator are not about the same people.$10,699 USD per resident

By fiscal year

Clarke County, Virginia: federal award obligations recorded in this county, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligated
FY2023$136.8 million
FY2024$128.7 million
FY2025$158.2 million
FY2026 (in progress)$118.7 million

The publisher holds five fiscal years of this breakdown. A year missing from this table is a year this county was not reported in, not a year of no spending.

By award type

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Clarke County, Virginia: FY2025 obligations by award type
Award typeObligated
Direct payments$117.1 million
Contracts$36.4 million
Grants$4.4 million
Loans$160,086
Other$90,287
Insurance$38,177

Each award type was a separate request to the publisher rather than a division of one total. They sum to $158.2 million, against $158.2 million for all award types together.

Other counties in Virginia

counties in Virginia, FY2025
RankcountyObligated
1Fairfax County$47.8 billion
2Spotsylvania County$31.9 billion
3Arlington County$22.8 billion
4Virginia Beach City$11.7 billion
5Newport News City$6.3 billion
6Prince William County$5.5 billion
7Loudoun County$5.3 billion
8Norfolk City$5.1 billion
9Alexandria City$4.0 billion
10Richmond City$2.8 billion

What this data cannot show

  • An obligation is a binding commitment to pay, not money paid. Outlays are reported separately and the two are never equal in the same year.
  • Direct payments are recorded against a place that is not necessarily where the people receiving them live, and they are most of this figure in most counties. The award-type split below is the part of it that means what it sounds like.
  • This page covers every county the publisher reported and not only the largest hundred the ranking names. Both come from the same download of the publisher’s data, on the date above.

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Sources

Compiled automatically from USAspending API v2 — dimension aggregations by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved