PlainSpending

Big Horn County

$83.7M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $7,263 per capita.

Wyoming · FIPS 56003

In FY2025, Big Horn County carried a thin absolute book of $83.7M - $7,263 per capita for 11,521 residents. Intensity sits 53.6% below the national average (-40.1% vs Wyoming). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #19/23.

Total spending
$83.7M
Per capita
$7,263
vs. national avg
-53.6%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Big Horn County is a light absolute book: #2505 of 3,224 with only $83.7M.

Thin absolute federal book

Big Horn County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 69%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,263
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
79.6% of tracked spending
Wyoming rank
#19 of 23

How Big Horn County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Big Horn County vs. Wyoming and the nation

Big Horn County$7,263Wyoming avg$12,119National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 11,521 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Big Horn County

Top awarding agencies in Big Horn County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$66.4MDepartment of Transportation$9.5MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$7.5M
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 $83.3M (99.6%) of Big Horn County's $83.7M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Big Horn 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 $66.4M 79.6%
Department of Transportation $9.5M 11.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs $7.5M 9%

How Big Horn County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,263 Around the middle higher than 31% 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

Big Horn County Among Wyoming's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Wyoming by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Big Horn County 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 020,00040,00060,00080,000100,000120,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Wyoming by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Big Horn County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Laramie County 100,512 $11,993 $1.2B
Natrona County 79,955 $6,964 $556.8M
Campbell County 47,026 $5,619 $264.2M
Sweetwater County 42,272 $7,562 $319.7M
Fremont County 39,234 $10,648 $417.8M
Albany County 37,066 $7,850 $291.0M
Sheridan County 30,921 $11,976 $370.3M
Park County 29,624 $12,194 $361.2M
Teton County 23,331 $10,376 $242.1M
Uinta County 20,450 $7,208 $147.4M
Lincoln County 19,581 $7,235 $141.7M
Carbon County 14,537 $9,818 $142.7M
Converse County 13,751 $11,856 $163.0M
Goshen County 12,498 $9,130 $114.1M
Big Horn County (this county) 11,521 $7,263 $83.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Big Horn County's $7,263 - prioritizing Wyoming peers first.

Lincoln County

Wyoming

$7,235 per capita

$141.7M total

Uinta County

Wyoming

$7,208 per capita

$147.4M total

Natrona County

Wyoming

$6,964 per capita

$556.8M total

Sweetwater County

Wyoming

$7,562 per capita

$319.7M total

Albany County

Wyoming

$7,850 per capita

$291.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Wyoming - 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 ($7,263 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($83.7M 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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