Cache County
$939.6M in FY2025 federal spending, $7,056 per capita.
Utah · FIPS 49005
In FY2025, Cache County in Utah received $939.6M in federal spending - $7,056 per capita for a population of 133,154. This is 54.9% below the national average and 20.7% below the Utah average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #18 of 29 Utah counties.
- Total spending
- $939.6M
- Per capita
- $7,056
- vs. national avg
- -54.9%
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
The verdict
Cache County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.
- National per-capita rank
- Top 74%
- of 3,232 US counties
- Per-capita spending
- $7,056
- Leading agency
- Social Security Administration
- 60.1% of tracked spending
- Utah rank
- #18 of 29
How Cache County Compares
Per-capita federal spending: Cache County vs. Utah and the nation
Population: 133,154 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.
Leading Federal Agencies in Cache County
Top awarding agencies in Cache County, FY2025
Among the 1,150 US counties with agency-level spending data, Social Security Administration is the most common leading agency nationally, topping 86% of agency-tracked counties.
These 3 agencies together account for $618.2M (65.8%) of Cache County's $939.6M 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 - Cache 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 | $371.3M | 60.1% |
| Department of Defense | $197.5M | 31.9% |
| Department of Education | $49.4M | 8% |
How Cache County Ranks Nationally
Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties
All 3,232 US counties, FY2025
$7,056 Top 74% higher than 26% of 3,224 US counties
Each bar is a $1K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates
Cache County Among Utah's Largest Counties
Population vs. per-capita spending: Utah's biggest counties
Read the chart as a table
| County | Population | Per capita | Total spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake County | 1,185,238 | $7,965 | $9.4B |
| Utah County | 659,399 | $3,532 | $2.3B |
| Davis County | 362,679 | $8,306 | $3.0B |
| Weber County | 262,223 | $10,399 | $2.7B |
| Washington County | 180,279 | $7,679 | $1.4B |
| Cache County (this county) | 133,154 | $7,056 | $939.6M |
| Tooele County | 72,698 | $5,550 | $403.5M |
| Box Elder County | 57,666 | $6,246 | $360.2M |
| Iron County | 57,289 | $7,408 | $424.4M |
| Summit County | 42,357 | $7,024 | $297.5M |
| Uintah County | 35,620 | $5,442 | $193.8M |
| Wasatch County | 34,788 | $5,199 | $180.8M |
| Sanpete County | 28,437 | $6,185 | $175.9M |
| Sevier County | 21,522 | $8,733 | $188.0M |
| Carbon County | 20,412 | $7,595 | $155.0M |
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