PlainSpending

Fairbanks North Star Borough

$15,496 per resident in FY2025 ($1.5B total) - high intensity.

Alaska · FIPS 02090

In FY2025, Fairbanks North Star Borough in Alaska posted a dense absolute book of $1.5B ($15,496 per capita across 95,655 residents). That is 1.0% below the national average and 38.3% below the Alaska average. Department of Defense leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #19 of 30.

Total spending
$1.5B
Per capita
$15,496
vs. national avg
-1.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $15,496 puts Fairbanks North Star Borough at #228 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Fairbanks North Star Borough posts top-10% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Department of Defense, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 8%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$15,496
Leading agency
Department of Defense
47.2% of tracked spending
Alaska rank
#19 of 30

How Fairbanks North Star Borough Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Fairbanks North Star Borough vs. Alaska and the nation

Fairbanks North Star Borough$15,496Alaska avg$25,101National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 95,655 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Fairbanks North Star Borough

Top awarding agencies in Fairbanks North Star Borough, FY2025

Department of Defense$450.1MSocial Security Administrati…$304.7MDepartment of Agriculture$199.4M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Defense is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 2.6% of agency-tracked counties nationally -- often a sign of a single large federal facility rather than broad-based spending.

These 3 agencies together account for $954.3M (64.4%) of Fairbanks North Star Borough's $1.5B in total tracked federal spending -- the remainder is spread across smaller awarding agencies not individually broken out in this dataset.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Fairbanks North Star Borough 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
Department of Defense $450.1M 47.2%
Social Security Administration $304.7M 31.9%
Department of Agriculture $199.4M 20.9%

How Fairbanks North Star Borough Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$15,496 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Fairbanks North Star Borough Among Alaska's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Alaska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Fairbanks North Star Borough is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 15 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Alaska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Fairbanks North Star Borough is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Anchorage Municipality 291,247 $14,380 $4.2B
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 107,081 $7,792 $834.4M
Fairbanks North Star Borough (this county) 95,655 $15,496 $1.5B
Kenai Peninsula Borough 58,799 $12,320 $724.4M
Juneau City and Borough 32,255 $52,249 $1.7B
Bethel Census Area 18,666 $15,134 $282.5M
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,948 $15,818 $220.6M
Kodiak Island Borough 13,101 $22,001 $288.2M
North Slope Borough 11,031 $10,639 $117.4M
Nome Census Area 10,046 $61,137 $614.2M
Sitka City and Borough 8,458 $19,424 $164.3M
Kusilvak Census Area 8,368 $8,805 $73.7M
Northwest Arctic Borough 7,793 $39,178 $305.3M
Chugach Census Area 7,102 $11,519 $81.8M
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,808 $28,074 $191.1M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Fairbanks North Star Borough's $15,496 - prioritizing Alaska peers first.

Skagway Municipality

Alaska

$15,464 per capita

$19.2M total

Aleutians East Borough

Alaska

$15,557 per capita

$53.2M total

Haines Borough

Alaska

$15,739 per capita

$32.7M total

Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Alaska

$15,818 per capita

$220.6M total

Bethel Census Area

Alaska

$15,134 per capita

$282.5M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Alaska - 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 ($15,496 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($1.5B 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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