PlainSpending

Fentress County

$8,896 per resident in FY2025 ($164.5M total) - high intensity.

Tennessee · FIPS 47049

In FY2025, Fentress County carried a thin absolute book of $164.5M - $8,896 per capita for 18,489 residents. Intensity sits 43.1% below the national average (-49.3% vs Tennessee). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #25/95.

Total spending
$164.5M
Per capita
$8,896
vs. national avg
-43.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $8,896 puts Fentress County at #1215 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Fentress County posts above-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 38%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$8,896
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
87.4% of tracked spending
Tennessee rank
#25 of 95

How Fentress County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Fentress County vs. Tennessee and the nation

Fentress County$8,896Tennessee avg$17,561National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 18,489 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Fentress County

Top awarding agencies in Fentress County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$140.0MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$17.4MDepartment of Agriculture$2.9M
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 $160.2M (97.4%) of Fentress County's $164.5M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Fentress 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 $140.0M 87.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs $17.4M 10.8%
Department of Agriculture $2.9M 1.8%

How Fentress County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$8,896 Higher than most higher than 62% 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

Fentress County Among Tennessee's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Tennessee by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Fentress 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Tennessee by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Fentress County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Shelby County 929,744 $6,904 $6.4B
Davidson County 715,884 $64,625 $46.3B
Knox County 478,971 $7,920 $3.8B
Hamilton County 366,207 $17,351 $6.4B
Rutherford County 341,486 $5,288 $1.8B
Williamson County 247,726 $7,002 $1.7B
Montgomery County 220,069 $9,191 $2.0B
Sumner County 196,281 $6,874 $1.3B
Sullivan County 158,163 $11,509 $1.8B
Wilson County 147,737 $6,618 $977.7M
Blount County 135,280 $7,850 $1.1B
Washington County 133,001 $9,399 $1.3B
Bradley County 108,620 $7,101 $771.3M
Maury County 100,974 $7,515 $758.8M
Madison County 98,823 $7,162 $707.8M
Fentress County (this county) 18,489 $8,896 $164.5M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Fentress County's $8,896 - prioritizing Tennessee peers first.

Hickman County

Tennessee

$8,911 per capita

$222.1M total

Marion County

Tennessee

$8,936 per capita

$257.7M total

Sequatchie County

Tennessee

$8,975 per capita

$142.0M total

Decatur County

Tennessee

$9,015 per capita

$103.1M total

Pickett County

Tennessee

$8,742 per capita

$43.7M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Tennessee - 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 ($8,896 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($164.5M 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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