Chittenden County
$2.0B in FY2025 federal spending, $11,728 per capita.
Vermont · FIPS 50007
In FY2025, Chittenden County in Vermont received $2.0B in federal spending - $11,728 per capita for a population of 168,323. This is 25.0% below the national average and 14.9% below the Vermont average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #2 of 14 Vermont counties.
- Total spending
- $2.0B
- Per capita
- $11,728
- vs. national avg
- -25.0%
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
The verdict
Chittenden County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.
- National per-capita rank
- Top 16%
- of 3,232 US counties
- Per-capita spending
- $11,728
- Leading agency
- Social Security Administration
- 54.7% of tracked spending
- Vermont rank
- #2 of 14
How Chittenden County Compares
Per-capita federal spending: Chittenden County vs. Vermont and the nation
Population: 168,323 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.
Leading Federal Agencies in Chittenden County
Top awarding agencies in Chittenden 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 $1.5B (74.8%) of Chittenden County's $2.0B 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 - Chittenden 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 | $808.0M | 54.7% |
| Department of Defense | $545.5M | 36.9% |
| Department of Transportation | $122.8M | 8.3% |
How Chittenden County Ranks Nationally
Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties
All 3,232 US counties, FY2025
$11,728 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Chittenden County Among Vermont's Largest Counties
Population vs. per-capita spending: Vermont's biggest counties
Read the chart as a table
| County | Population | Per capita | Total spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chittenden County (this county) | 168,323 | $11,728 | $2.0B |
| Rutland County | 60,572 | $8,579 | $519.6M |
| Washington County | 59,807 | $16,272 | $973.2M |
| Windsor County | 57,753 | $9,687 | $559.5M |
| Franklin County | 49,946 | $6,713 | $335.3M |
| Windham County | 45,905 | $8,002 | $367.3M |
| Addison County | 37,363 | $8,304 | $310.3M |
| Bennington County | 37,347 | $8,829 | $329.7M |
| Caledonia County | 30,233 | $8,170 | $247.0M |
| Orange County | 29,277 | $10,071 | $294.8M |
| Orleans County | 27,393 | $8,528 | $233.6M |
| Lamoille County | 25,945 | $7,205 | $186.9M |
| Grand Isle County | 7,293 | $10,349 | $75.5M |
| Essex County | 5,920 | $10,206 | $60.4M |
Federal Spending Guides
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Every figure on PlainSpending is computed directly from USASpending.gov award-transaction data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page aggregates every federal award with a place-of-performance in this county, live from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.