PlainSpending

Decatur County

$37.5M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $13,569 per capita.

Kansas · FIPS 20039

In FY2025, Decatur County carried a thin absolute book of $37.5M - $13,569 per capita for 2,764 residents. Intensity sits 13.3% below the national average (+28.5% vs Kansas). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #17/105.

Total spending
$37.5M
Per capita
$13,569
vs. national avg
-13.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Decatur County is a light absolute book: #3001 of 3,224 with only $37.5M.

Thin absolute federal book

Decatur County posts top-10% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 10%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$13,569
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
53.6% of tracked spending
Kansas rank
#17 of 105

How Decatur County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Decatur County vs. Kansas and the nation

Decatur County$13,569Kansas avg$10,560National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 2,764 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Decatur County

Top awarding agencies in Decatur County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$19.2MDepartment of Agriculture$15.2MDepartment of Transportation$1.4M
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 $35.8M (95.4%) of Decatur County's $37.5M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Decatur 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 $19.2M 53.6%
Department of Agriculture $15.2M 42.5%
Department of Transportation $1.4M 3.9%

How Decatur County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$13,569 Top 10% higher than 90% 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

Decatur County Among Kansas's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Kansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Decatur 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 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000$16,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Kansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Decatur County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Johnson County 609,863 $6,636 $4.0B
Sedgwick County 523,824 $8,235 $4.3B
Shawnee County 178,909 $12,052 $2.2B
Wyandotte County 169,245 $11,459 $1.9B
Douglas County 118,785 $6,576 $781.1M
Leavenworth County 81,881 $11,496 $941.3M
Riley County 71,959 $7,669 $551.8M
Butler County 67,380 $7,552 $508.8M
Reno County 61,898 $7,379 $456.7M
Saline County 54,303 $6,667 $362.1M
Crawford County 38,972 $6,408 $249.7M
Finney County 38,470 $5,345 $205.6M
Geary County 36,739 $11,266 $413.9M
Cowley County 34,549 $13,167 $454.9M
Ford County 34,287 $4,900 $168.0M
Decatur County (this county) 2,764 $13,569 $37.5M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Decatur County's $13,569 - prioritizing Kansas peers first.

Ness County

Kansas

$13,723 per capita

$36.9M total

Cowley County

Kansas

$13,167 per capita

$454.9M total

Wichita County

Kansas

$13,078 per capita

$28.1M total

Smith County

Kansas

$14,070 per capita

$50.2M total

Osborne County

Kansas

$13,068 per capita

$45.7M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Kansas - 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 ($13,569 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($37.5M 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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