PlainSpending

Bracken County

$59.8M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $7,119 per capita.

Kentucky · FIPS 21023

In FY2025, Bracken County carried a thin absolute book of $59.8M - $7,119 per capita for 8,400 residents. Intensity sits 54.5% below the national average (-81.5% vs Kentucky). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #70/120.

Total spending
$59.8M
Per capita
$7,119
vs. national avg
-54.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Bracken County is a light absolute book: #2774 of 3,224 with only $59.8M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 73%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,119
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
87.8% of tracked spending
Kentucky rank
#70 of 120

How Bracken County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Bracken County vs. Kentucky and the nation

Bracken County$7,119Kentucky avg$38,460National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 8,400 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Bracken County

Top awarding agencies in Bracken County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$49.3MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$4.6MDepartment of Transportation$2.2M
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 $56.1M (93.8%) of Bracken County's $59.8M in total tracked federal spending.

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

Read the agency breakdown as a table
Agency Spending Share
Social Security Administration $49.3M 87.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs $4.6M 8.3%
Department of Transportation $2.2M 3.9%

How Bracken County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,119 Around the middle higher than 27% 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

Bracken County Among Kentucky's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Kentucky by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Bracken 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 $0$50,000$100,000$150,000$200,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Kentucky by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Bracken County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Jefferson County 782,969 $155,985 $122.1B
Fayette County 322,570 $9,646 $3.1B
Kenton County 169,064 $6,476 $1.1B
Boone County 135,968 $6,469 $879.5M
Warren County 134,554 $5,564 $748.7M
Hardin County 110,702 $11,800 $1.3B
Daviess County 103,312 $7,051 $728.4M
Campbell County 93,076 $6,361 $592.0M
Madison County 92,701 $10,599 $982.6M
Bullitt County 82,217 $6,206 $510.3M
Christian County 72,748 $8,491 $617.7M
Mccracken County 67,875 $8,085 $548.8M
Oldham County 67,607 $5,593 $378.1M
Pulaski County 65,034 $8,056 $523.9M
Laurel County 62,613 $7,885 $493.7M
Bracken County (this county) 8,400 $7,119 $59.8M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Bracken County's $7,119 - prioritizing Kentucky peers first.

Nelson County

Kentucky

$7,126 per capita

$333.0M total

Lawrence County

Kentucky

$7,133 per capita

$116.2M total

Mercer County

Kentucky

$7,155 per capita

$162.0M total

Crittenden County

Kentucky

$7,082 per capita

$63.7M total

Daviess County

Kentucky

$7,051 per capita

$728.4M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Kentucky - 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 ($7,119 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($59.8M 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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