PlainSpending

Blaine County

$85.5M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $9,785 per capita.

Oklahoma · FIPS 40011

In FY2025, Blaine County carried a thin absolute book of $85.5M - $9,785 per capita for 8,735 residents. Intensity sits 37.5% below the national average (-22.8% vs Oklahoma). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #24/77.

Total spending
$85.5M
Per capita
$9,785
vs. national avg
-37.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Blaine County is a light absolute book: #2488 of 3,224 with only $85.5M.

Thin absolute federal book

Blaine County posts above-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 28%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$9,785
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
60.4% of tracked spending
Oklahoma rank
#24 of 77

How Blaine County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Blaine County vs. Oklahoma and the nation

Blaine County$9,785Oklahoma avg$12,682National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 8,735 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Blaine County

Top awarding agencies in Blaine County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$47.7MDepartment of Agriculture$25.6MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$5.6M
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 $79.0M (92.4%) of Blaine County's $85.5M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Blaine 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 $47.7M 60.4%
Department of Agriculture $25.6M 32.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs $5.6M 7.1%

How Blaine County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$9,785 Higher than most higher than 72% 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

Blaine County Among Oklahoma's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Oklahoma by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Blaine 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,000 $6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Oklahoma by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Blaine County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Oklahoma County 796,292 $13,070 $10.4B
Tulsa County 669,279 $8,565 $5.7B
Cleveland County 295,528 $7,203 $2.1B
Canadian County 154,405 $6,703 $1.0B
Comanche County 121,125 $11,786 $1.4B
Rogers County 95,240 $7,490 $713.3M
Payne County 81,646 $7,279 $594.3M
Wagoner County 80,981 $7,720 $625.2M
Pottawatomie County 72,454 $9,113 $660.3M
Creek County 71,754 $7,333 $526.2M
Muskogee County 66,339 $9,233 $612.5M
Garfield County 62,846 $9,079 $570.6M
Grady County 54,795 $6,710 $367.7M
Washington County 52,455 $8,271 $433.9M
Logan County 49,555 $7,237 $358.6M
Blaine County (this county) 8,735 $9,785 $85.5M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Blaine County's $9,785 - prioritizing Oklahoma peers first.

Nowata County

Oklahoma

$9,775 per capita

$91.1M total

Jefferson County

Oklahoma

$9,727 per capita

$51.9M total

Pushmataha County

Oklahoma

$9,684 per capita

$104.7M total

Latimer County

Oklahoma

$9,954 per capita

$94.0M total

Johnston County

Oklahoma

$9,955 per capita

$102.3M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Oklahoma - 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 ($9,785 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($85.5M 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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