PlainSpending

Adams County

$6,199 per resident in FY2025 ($170.3M total) - low intensity.

Ohio · FIPS 39001

In FY2025, Adams County carried a thin absolute book of $170.3M - $6,199 per capita for 27,477 residents. Intensity sits 60.4% below the national average (-43.3% vs Ohio). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #73/88.

Total spending
$170.3M
Per capita
$6,199
vs. national avg
-60.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Adams County residents see a thin $6,199 each (#2876 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

Adams County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 90%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$6,199
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
87.3% of tracked spending
Ohio rank
#73 of 88

How Adams County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Adams County vs. Ohio and the nation

Adams County$6,199Ohio avg$10,938National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 27,477 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Adams County

Top awarding agencies in Adams County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$143.7MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$17.0MDepartment of Agriculture$3.8M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Social Security Administration is the most common leading agency nationally, topping 89.7% of agency-tracked counties.

These 3 agencies together account for $164.5M (96.6%) of Adams County's $170.3M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Adams County has no smaller residual awarding agencies broken out beyond this set, a compact agency footprint rather than a long tail of minor awardees.

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Agency Spending Share
Social Security Administration $143.7M 87.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs $17.0M 10.4%
Department of Agriculture $3.8M 2.3%

How Adams County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6,199 Among the lowest higher than 10% of 3,224 US counties

all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

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Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates

Adams County Among Ohio's Largest Counties

Population vs. per-capita spending: Ohio's biggest counties

The 16 largest-population counties in Ohio by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Adams County is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Population (X) and Spending per capita ($) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Large and spending-intensiveSmall population, outsized spendingLarge population, modest per-residentSmaller footprint both ways 0500,0001,000,0001,500,000 $6,000$7,000$8,000$9,000$10,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Ohio by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Adams County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Franklin County 1,323,807 $8,478 $11.2B
Cuyahoga County 1,264,817 $7,806 $9.9B
Hamilton County 830,639 $8,265 $6.9B
Summit County 540,428 $8,437 $4.6B
Montgomery County 537,309 $9,665 $5.2B
Lucas County 431,279 $7,033 $3.0B
Butler County 390,357 $7,209 $2.8B
Stark County 374,853 $7,432 $2.8B
Lorain County 312,964 $7,261 $2.3B
Warren County 242,337 $6,414 $1.6B
Lake County 232,603 $7,521 $1.7B
Mahoning County 228,614 $7,118 $1.6B
Delaware County 214,124 $9,304 $2.0B
Clermont County 208,601 $7,398 $1.5B
Trumbull County 201,977 $7,330 $1.5B
Adams County (this county) 27,477 $6,199 $170.3M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Adams County's $6,199 - prioritizing Ohio peers first.

Pickaway County

Ohio

$6,179 per capita

$361.7M total

Perry County

Ohio

$6,242 per capita

$221.0M total

Knox County

Ohio

$6,264 per capita

$392.9M total

Athens County

Ohio

$6,110 per capita

$381.5M total

Hardin County

Ohio

$6,109 per capita

$187.5M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Ohio - per-resident intensity and total obligation volume, distinct from the same-state neighbors above.

Similar per-capita spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by federal spending per resident ($6,199 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($170.3M here).

Counties with fewer than 10,000 residents are excluded from the nationwide comparison corpus.

Data Source: USASpending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), Fiscal Year 2025. Population denominators are U.S. Census Bureau vintage estimates. County-level spending includes all federal awards with place of performance in this county; OMB budget categorizations are reflected at the agency level.

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