PlainSpending

Aguadilla Municipio

$6,794 per resident in FY2025 ($374.3M total) - low intensity.

Puerto Rico · FIPS 72005

In FY2025, Aguadilla Municipio in Puerto Rico received $374.3M in federal spending - $6,794 per capita for a population of 55,101. This is 56.6% below the national average and 41.9% below the Puerto Rico average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #7 of 78 Puerto Rico counties.

Total spending
$374.3M
Per capita
$6,794
vs. national avg
-56.6%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Aguadilla Municipio residents see a thin $6,794 each (#2566 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

Aguadilla Municipio posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 80%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$6,794
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
71.5% of tracked spending
Puerto Rico rank
#7 of 78

How Aguadilla Municipio Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Aguadilla Municipio vs. Puerto Rico and the nation

Aguadilla Municipio$6,794Puerto Rico avg$11,693National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 55,101 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Aguadilla Municipio

Top awarding agencies in Aguadilla Municipio, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$211.1MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$50.3MDepartment of Education$33.9M
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 $295.3M (78.9%) of Aguadilla Municipio's $374.3M in total tracked federal spending -- the remainder is spread across smaller awarding agencies not individually broken out in this dataset.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Aguadilla Municipio 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 $211.1M 71.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs $50.3M 17%
Department of Education $33.9M 11.5%

How Aguadilla Municipio Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6,794 Among the lowest higher than 20% 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

Aguadilla Municipio Among Puerto Rico's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Puerto Rico by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Aguadilla Municipio is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 15 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000 $0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Puerto Rico by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Aguadilla Municipio is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
San Juan Municipio 342,259 $40,508 $13.9B
Bayamón Municipio 185,187 $5,651 $1.0B
Carolina Municipio 154,815 $4,754 $736.0M
Ponce Municipio 137,491 $5,539 $761.6M
Caguas Municipio 127,244 $5,726 $728.6M
Guaynabo Municipio 89,780 $23,925 $2.1B
Arecibo Municipio 87,754 $7,598 $666.7M
Toa Baja Municipio 75,293 $4,584 $345.1M
Mayagüez Municipio 73,077 $6,399 $467.6M
Trujillo Alto Municipio 67,740 $3,406 $230.7M
Toa Alta Municipio 66,852 $3,840 $256.7M
Aguadilla Municipio (this county) 55,101 $6,794 $374.3M
Vega Baja Municipio 54,414 $3,839 $208.9M
Humacao Municipio 50,896 $7,638 $388.7M
Cabo Rojo Municipio 47,158 $5,547 $261.6M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Aguadilla Municipio's $6,794 - prioritizing Puerto Rico peers first.

Maunabo Municipio

Puerto Rico

$7,006 per capita

$74.2M total

Lajas Municipio

Puerto Rico

$7,011 per capita

$163.6M total

Guayanilla Municipio

Puerto Rico

$6,550 per capita

$116.5M total

Orocovis Municipio

Puerto Rico

$6,487 per capita

$139.0M total

Mayagüez Municipio

Puerto Rico

$6,399 per capita

$467.6M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Puerto Rico - 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 ($6,794 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($374.3M 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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