PlainSpending

Calhoun County

$56.1M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $10,064 per capita.

Georgia · FIPS 13037

In FY2025, Calhoun County carried a thin absolute book of $56.1M - $10,064 per capita for 5,573 residents. Intensity sits 35.7% below the national average (+1.9% vs Georgia). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #15/159.

Total spending
$56.1M
Per capita
$10,064
vs. national avg
-35.7%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Calhoun County is a light absolute book: #2803 of 3,224 with only $56.1M.

Thin absolute federal book

Calhoun County posts above-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Social Security Administration, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 26%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,064
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
47.9% of tracked spending
Georgia rank
#15 of 159

How Calhoun County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Calhoun County vs. Georgia and the nation

Calhoun County$10,064Georgia avg$9,878National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 5,573 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Calhoun County

Top awarding agencies in Calhoun County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$26.2MDepartment of Agriculture$23.0MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$5.5M
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 $54.7M (97.4%) of Calhoun County's $56.1M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Calhoun 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 $26.2M 47.9%
Department of Agriculture $23.0M 42.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs $5.5M 10%

How Calhoun County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,064 Higher than most higher than 74% 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

Calhoun County Among Georgia's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Calhoun 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 0500,0001,000,0001,500,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Calhoun County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Fulton County 1,066,710 $11,476 $12.2B
Gwinnett County 957,062 $4,210 $4.0B
Cobb County 766,149 $8,900 $6.8B
Dekalb County 764,382 $9,221 $7.0B
Clayton County 297,595 $4,574 $1.4B
Chatham County 295,291 $8,834 $2.6B
Cherokee County 266,620 $6,330 $1.7B
Forsyth County 251,283 $4,218 $1.1B
Henry County 240,712 $6,286 $1.5B
Muscogee County 206,922 $7,626 $1.6B
Richmond County 206,607 $10,983 $2.3B
Hall County 203,136 $6,265 $1.3B
Paulding County 168,661 $5,046 $851.0M
Houston County 163,633 $15,705 $2.6B
Bibb County 157,346 $7,707 $1.2B
Calhoun County (this county) 5,573 $10,064 $56.1M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Calhoun County's $10,064 - prioritizing Georgia peers first.

Dougherty County

Georgia

$9,930 per capita

$851.9M total

Mcintosh County

Georgia

$9,871 per capita

$108.3M total

Montgomery County

Georgia

$9,851 per capita

$84.8M total

Fannin County

Georgia

$9,845 per capita

$249.3M total

Quitman County

Georgia

$9,824 per capita

$22.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Georgia - 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 ($10,064 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($56.1M 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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