PlainSpending

Dickens County

$16.5M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $9,304 per capita.

Texas · FIPS 48125

In FY2025, Dickens County carried a thin absolute book of $16.5M - $9,304 per capita for 1,770 residents. Intensity sits 40.5% below the national average (-12.9% vs Texas). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #72/254.

Total spending
$16.5M
Per capita
$9,304
vs. national avg
-40.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Dickens County is a light absolute book: #3169 of 3,224 with only $16.5M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 33%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$9,304
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
76.6% of tracked spending
Texas rank
#72 of 254

How Dickens County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Dickens County vs. Texas and the nation

Dickens County$9,304Texas avg$10,686National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 1,770 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Dickens County

Top awarding agencies in Dickens County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$11.8MDepartment of Agriculture$2.2MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$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 $15.4M (93.8%) of Dickens County's $16.5M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Dickens 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 $11.8M 76.6%
Department of Agriculture $2.2M 14.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs $1.4M 8.9%

How Dickens County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$9,304 Higher than most higher than 67% 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

Dickens County Among Texas's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Texas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Dickens 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 01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Texas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Dickens County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Harris County 4,731,145 $5,433 $25.7B
Dallas County 2,613,539 $13,618 $35.6B
Tarrant County 2,110,640 $20,556 $43.4B
Bexar County 2,009,324 $8,940 $18.0B
Travis County 1,290,188 $12,831 $16.6B
Collin County 1,064,465 $5,934 $6.3B
Denton County 906,422 $4,917 $4.5B
Hidalgo County 870,781 $7,211 $6.3B
El Paso County 865,657 $6,774 $5.9B
Fort Bend County 822,779 $6,138 $5.1B
Montgomery County 620,443 $8,004 $5.0B
Williamson County 609,017 $8,655 $5.3B
Cameron County 421,017 $5,886 $2.5B
Brazoria County 372,031 $6,072 $2.3B
Bell County 370,647 $11,862 $4.4B
Dickens County (this county) 1,770 $9,304 $16.5M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Dickens County's $9,304 - prioritizing Texas peers first.

Kent County

Texas

$9,269 per capita

$7.0M total

Jeff Davis County

Texas

$9,258 per capita

$18.5M total

Red River County

Texas

$9,240 per capita

$107.1M total

Menard County

Texas

$9,163 per capita

$18.0M total

Mason County

Texas

$9,114 per capita

$36.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Texas - 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 ($9,304 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($16.5M 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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