75,865 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.9% since 2020)
648 square miles of land · 117 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
22 active community water systems list Fauquier County in the area they serve, reporting 36,211 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WARRENTON, TOWN OF surface water · local government · VA6061600 | 11,801 served |
| NEW BALTIMORE REGIONAL groundwater · local government · VA6061318 | 8,818 served |
| BEALETON REGIONAL groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · VA6061129 | 4,250 served |
| VINT HILL groundwater · local government · VA6061595 | 2,449 served |
| MARSHALL WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · VA6061200 | 2,363 served |
| REMINGTON, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · VA6061500 | 1,540 served |
| MARSH RUN MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · VA6061150 | 1,250 served |
| MEADOWS, THE groundwater · local government · VA6061505 | 733 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 46 people were held in Fauquier County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 217.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Fauquier County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $180.1 million — $171.4 million to run schools, about $15,817 per student, plus $5.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $104.4 million local (mostly property tax), $64.1 million state, $13.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $64.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Fauquier County about $22.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
229 bridges in Fauquier County: 83 in good condition, 143 fair, and 3 poor (1.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| Old Bust Head Road over South Run · built 1970 | 1,051 vehicles a day |
| Harts Mill Road over Stream · built 1974 | 135 vehicles a day |
| Crenshaw Road over Goose Creek · built 1919 | 47 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $17.5 million of work in Fauquier County in fiscal 2025, about $239 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early voting: 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-31. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-23. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Virginia Department of Elections: upcoming elections · Virginia Department of Elections: voter FAQ · Virginia Department of Elections: absentee voting
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Nearby counties: Manassas city (18 mi) · Prince William County (19 mi) · Rappahannock County (19 mi) · Culpeper County (19 mi) · Manassas Park city (20 mi) · Warren County (24 mi).