PlainSpending

Day County

$15,109 per resident in FY2025 ($82.3M total) - high intensity.

South Dakota · FIPS 46037

In FY2025, Day County carried a thin absolute book of $82.3M - $15,109 per capita for 5,449 residents. Intensity sits 3.4% below the national average (+16.7% vs South Dakota). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #18/66.

Total spending
$82.3M
Per capita
$15,109
vs. national avg
-3.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $15,109 puts Day County at #242 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Day County posts top-10% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Social Security Administration, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 8%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$15,109
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
46.8% of tracked spending
South Dakota rank
#18 of 66

How Day County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Day County vs. South Dakota and the nation

Day County$15,109South Dakota avg$12,944National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 5,449 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Day County

Top awarding agencies in Day County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$34.3MDepartment of the Interior$22.4MDepartment of Agriculture$16.7M
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 $73.3M (89.1%) of Day County's $82.3M 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 - Day 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 $34.3M 46.8%
Department of the Interior $22.4M 30.5%
Department of Agriculture $16.7M 22.7%

How Day County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$15,109 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Day County Among South Dakota's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in South Dakota by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Day 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 050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000 $5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000$30,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in South Dakota by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Day County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Minnehaha County 197,214 $8,232 $1.6B
Pennington County 109,222 $11,308 $1.2B
Lincoln County 65,161 $6,414 $418.0M
Brown County 38,301 $7,602 $291.2M
Brookings County 34,375 $6,805 $233.9M
Meade County 29,852 $12,098 $361.1M
Codington County 28,325 $7,324 $207.5M
Lawrence County 25,768 $11,168 $287.8M
Yankton County 23,310 $8,007 $186.6M
Davison County 19,956 $6,820 $136.1M
Beadle County 19,149 $7,558 $144.7M
Hughes County 17,765 $22,396 $397.9M
Union County 16,811 $14,158 $238.0M
Clay County 14,967 $7,186 $107.6M
Oglala Lakota County 13,672 $27,398 $374.6M
Day County (this county) 5,449 $15,109 $82.3M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Day County's $15,109 - prioritizing South Dakota peers first.

Moody County

South Dakota

$15,373 per capita

$97.4M total

Corson County

South Dakota

$14,634 per capita

$57.1M total

Jackson County

South Dakota

$14,536 per capita

$40.8M total

Hanson County

South Dakota

$15,736 per capita

$54.5M total

Union County

South Dakota

$14,158 per capita

$238.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside South Dakota - 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 ($15,109 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($82.3M 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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