PlainSpending

Dekalb County

$73.7M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $6,686 per capita.

Missouri · FIPS 29063

In FY2025, Dekalb County carried a thin absolute book of $73.7M - $6,686 per capita for 11,029 residents. Intensity sits 57.3% below the national average (-56.1% vs Missouri). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #95/115.

Total spending
$73.7M
Per capita
$6,686
vs. national avg
-57.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Dekalb County is a light absolute book: #2607 of 3,224 with only $73.7M.

Thin absolute federal book

Dekalb County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 82%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$6,686
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
77.5% of tracked spending
Missouri rank
#95 of 115

How Dekalb County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Dekalb County vs. Missouri and the nation

Dekalb County$6,686Missouri avg$15,232National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 11,029 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Dekalb County

Top awarding agencies in Dekalb County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$51.5MDepartment of Transportation$9.4MDepartment of Agriculture$5.5M
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 $66.5M (90.2%) of Dekalb County's $73.7M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Dekalb 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 $51.5M 77.5%
Department of Transportation $9.4M 14.2%
Department of Agriculture $5.5M 8.3%

How Dekalb County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6,686 Among the lowest higher than 18% 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

Dekalb County Among Missouri's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Missouri by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Dekalb 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$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Missouri by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Dekalb County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
St. Louis County 1,004,125 $16,891 $17.0B
Jackson County 717,204 $11,265 $8.1B
St. Charles County 405,262 $6,465 $2.6B
St. Louis City 301,578 $68,810 $20.8B
Greene County 298,915 $6,701 $2.0B
Clay County 253,335 $6,058 $1.5B
Jefferson County 226,739 $6,590 $1.5B
Boone County 183,610 $6,290 $1.2B
Jasper County 122,761 $6,552 $804.4M
Cass County 107,824 $6,793 $732.4M
Platte County 106,718 $7,158 $763.8M
Franklin County 104,682 $7,263 $760.3M
Christian County 88,842 $6,297 $559.4M
Buchanan County 84,793 $6,505 $551.6M
Cape Girardeau County 81,710 $6,784 $554.3M
Dekalb County (this county) 11,029 $6,686 $73.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Dekalb County's $6,686 - prioritizing Missouri peers first.

Greene County

Missouri

$6,701 per capita

$2.0B total

Randolph County

Missouri

$6,664 per capita

$164.7M total

Newton County

Missouri

$6,709 per capita

$393.5M total

Livingston County

Missouri

$6,717 per capita

$97.8M total

Lincoln County

Missouri

$6,628 per capita

$394.9M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Missouri - 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 ($6,686 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($73.7M 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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