PlainSpending

Ellsworth County

$60.5M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $9,483 per capita.

Kansas · FIPS 20053

In FY2025, Ellsworth County carried a thin absolute book of $60.5M - $9,483 per capita for 6,376 residents. Intensity sits 39.4% below the national average (-10.2% vs Kansas). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #49/105.

Total spending
$60.5M
Per capita
$9,483
vs. national avg
-39.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Ellsworth County is a light absolute book: #2764 of 3,224 with only $60.5M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 31%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$9,483
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
63.5% of tracked spending
Kansas rank
#49 of 105

How Ellsworth County Compares

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

Ellsworth County$9,483Kansas avg$10,560National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 6,376 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Ellsworth County

Top awarding agencies in Ellsworth County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$35.4MDepartment of Agriculture$10.4MDepartment of Transportation$9.9M
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 $55.8M (92.3%) of Ellsworth County's $60.5M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Ellsworth 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 $35.4M 63.5%
Department of Agriculture $10.4M 18.7%
Department of Transportation $9.9M 17.8%

How Ellsworth County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$9,483 Higher than most higher than 69% 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

Ellsworth 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; Ellsworth 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$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Kansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Ellsworth 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
Ellsworth County (this county) 6,376 $9,483 $60.5M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Ellsworth County's $9,483 - prioritizing Kansas peers first.

Comanche County

Kansas

$9,481 per capita

$16.0M total

Kiowa County

Kansas

$9,349 per capita

$23.0M total

Morris County

Kansas

$9,330 per capita

$50.3M total

Dickinson County

Kansas

$9,284 per capita

$170.8M total

Wabaunsee County

Kansas

$9,700 per capita

$66.7M 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 ($9,483 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($60.5M 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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