PlainSpending

Chaffee County

$160.7M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $8,249 per capita.

Colorado · FIPS 08015

In FY2025, Chaffee County carried a thin absolute book of $160.7M - $8,249 per capita for 19,476 residents. Intensity sits 47.3% below the national average (-32.1% vs Colorado). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #37/64.

Total spending
$160.7M
Per capita
$8,249
vs. national avg
-47.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Chaffee County is a light absolute book: #1862 of 3,224 with only $160.7M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 48%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$8,249
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
86% of tracked spending
Colorado rank
#37 of 64

How Chaffee County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Chaffee County vs. Colorado and the nation

Chaffee County$8,249Colorado avg$12,155National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 19,476 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Chaffee County

Top awarding agencies in Chaffee County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$133.0MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$11.3MDepartment of Transportation$10.4M
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 $154.7M (96.3%) of Chaffee County's $160.7M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Chaffee 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 $133.0M 86%
Department of Veterans Affairs $11.3M 7.3%
Department of Transportation $10.4M 6.7%

How Chaffee County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$8,249 Higher than most higher than 52% 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

Chaffee County Among Colorado's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Colorado by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Chaffee 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Colorado by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Chaffee County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
El Paso County 730,395 $12,676 $9.3B
Denver County 715,522 $10,593 $7.6B
Arapahoe County 655,070 $6,663 $4.4B
Jefferson County 582,910 $10,803 $6.3B
Adams County 519,572 $9,121 $4.7B
Larimer County 359,066 $8,602 $3.1B
Douglas County 357,978 $14,587 $5.2B
Boulder County 330,758 $9,749 $3.2B
Weld County 328,981 $5,741 $1.9B
Pueblo County 168,162 $9,023 $1.5B
Mesa County 155,703 $8,336 $1.3B
Broomfield County 74,112 $5,512 $408.5M
Garfield County 61,685 $5,051 $311.6M
Eagle County 55,731 $4,358 $242.9M
La Plata County 55,638 $8,380 $466.2M
Chaffee County (this county) 19,476 $8,249 $160.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Chaffee County's $8,249 - prioritizing Colorado peers first.

Alamosa County

Colorado

$8,199 per capita

$134.3M total

Park County

Colorado

$8,314 per capita

$144.6M total

Montrose County

Colorado

$8,319 per capita

$355.0M total

Mesa County

Colorado

$8,336 per capita

$1.3B total

La Plata County

Colorado

$8,380 per capita

$466.2M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Colorado - 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 ($8,249 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($160.7M 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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