PlainSpending

Chattahoochee County

$406.3M in FY2025 federal spending, $42,473 per capita (+171.4% vs national).

Georgia · FIPS 13053

In FY2025, Chattahoochee County in Georgia received $406.3M in federal spending - $42,473 per capita for a population of 9,565. This is 171.4% above the national average and 330.0% above the Georgia average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Department of Defense. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #1 of 159 Georgia counties.

Total spending
$406.3M
Per capita
$42,473
vs. national avg
+171.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Well above national average

Chattahoochee County runs 171.4% above the $15,647 national average.

Well above national average

Chattahoochee County posts top-1% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Department of Defense.

National per-capita rank
Top 1%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$42,473
Leading agency
Department of Defense
88.7% of tracked spending
Georgia rank
#1 of 159

How Chattahoochee County Compares

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

Chattahoochee County$42,473Georgia avg$9,878National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 9,565 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Chattahoochee County

Top awarding agencies in Chattahoochee County, FY2025

Department of Defense$351.0MDepartment of Homeland Secur…$28.7MSocial Security Administrati…$16.1M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Defense is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 2.6% of agency-tracked counties nationally -- often a sign of a single large federal facility rather than broad-based spending.

These 3 agencies together account for $395.8M (97.4%) of Chattahoochee County's $406.3M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Chattahoochee 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
Department of Defense $351.0M 88.7%
Department of Homeland Security $28.7M 7.3%
Social Security Administration $16.1M 4.1%

How Chattahoochee County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$42,473 Top 1% higher than 99% of 3,224 US counties

all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

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 and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates

Chattahoochee 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; Chattahoochee 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$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Chattahoochee 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
Chattahoochee County (this county) 9,565 $42,473 $406.3M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Chattahoochee County's $42,473 - prioritizing Georgia peers first.

Houston County

Georgia

$15,705 per capita

$2.6B total

Rabun County

Georgia

$13,926 per capita

$235.1M total

Glynn County

Georgia

$13,855 per capita

$1.2B total

Camden County

Georgia

$13,714 per capita

$751.1M total

Peach County

Georgia

$13,172 per capita

$368.6M 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 ($42,473 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($406.3M 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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