PlainSpending

Ector County

$4,207 per resident in FY2025 ($694.9M total) - low intensity.

Texas · FIPS 48135

In FY2025, Ector County in Texas posted a dense absolute book of $694.9M ($4,207 per capita across 165,171 residents). That is 73.1% below the national average and 60.6% below the Texas average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #247 of 254.

Total spending
$694.9M
Per capita
$4,207
vs. national avg
-73.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Ector County residents see a thin $4,207 each (#3176 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

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

National per-capita rank
Top 99%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$4,207
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
76.9% of tracked spending
Texas rank
#247 of 254

How Ector County Compares

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

Ector County$4,207Texas avg$10,686National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 165,171 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Ector County

Top awarding agencies in Ector County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$488.8MDepartment of Transportation$98.6MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$48.5M
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 $635.9M (91.5%) of Ector County's $694.9M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Ector 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 $488.8M 76.9%
Department of Transportation $98.6M 15.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs $48.5M 7.6%

How Ector County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$4,207 Among the lowest higher than 1% 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

Ector 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; Ector 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; Ector 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
Ector County (this county) 165,171 $4,207 $694.9M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Ector County's $4,207 - prioritizing Texas peers first.

Webb County

Texas

$4,142 per capita

$1.1B total

Maverick County

Texas

$4,373 per capita

$253.1M total

Hudspeth County

Texas

$4,410 per capita

$14.1M total

Pecos County

Texas

$4,463 per capita

$67.8M total

Andrews County

Texas

$3,911 per capita

$72.8M 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 ($4,207 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($694.9M 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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