PlainSpending

Carbon County

$9,818 per resident in FY2025 ($142.7M total) - high intensity.

Wyoming · FIPS 56007

In FY2025, Carbon County carried a thin absolute book of $142.7M - $9,818 per capita for 14,537 residents. Intensity sits 37.3% below the national average (-19.0% vs Wyoming). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #12/23.

Total spending
$142.7M
Per capita
$9,818
vs. national avg
-37.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $9,818 puts Carbon County at #883 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Carbon 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
$9,818
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
62.6% of tracked spending
Wyoming rank
#12 of 23

How Carbon County Compares

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

Carbon County$9,818Wyoming avg$12,119National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 14,537 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Carbon County

Top awarding agencies in Carbon County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$74.8MDepartment of Transportation$34.8MDepartment of the Interior$9.9M
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 $119.5M (83.7%) of Carbon County's $142.7M 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 - Carbon 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 $74.8M 62.6%
Department of Transportation $34.8M 29.1%
Department of the Interior $9.9M 8.3%

How Carbon County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$9,818 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

Carbon 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; Carbon 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; Carbon 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 (this 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 11,521 $7,263 $83.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Carbon County's $9,818 - prioritizing Wyoming peers first.

Weston County

Wyoming

$9,621 per capita

$65.8M total

Teton County

Wyoming

$10,376 per capita

$242.1M total

Crook County

Wyoming

$10,436 per capita

$74.9M total

Goshen County

Wyoming

$9,130 per capita

$114.1M total

Washakie County

Wyoming

$9,006 per capita

$69.2M 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 ($9,818 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($142.7M 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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