PlainSpending

Franklin Parish

$6,596 per resident in FY2025 ($130.4M total) - low intensity.

Louisiana · FIPS 22041

In FY2025, Franklin Parish carried a thin absolute book of $130.4M - $6,596 per capita for 19,774 residents. Intensity sits 57.8% below the national average (-48.6% vs Louisiana). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #43/64.

Total spending
$130.4M
Per capita
$6,596
vs. national avg
-57.8%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Franklin Parish residents see a thin $6,596 each (#2694 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

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

National per-capita rank
Top 84%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$6,596
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
79.7% of tracked spending
Louisiana rank
#43 of 64

How Franklin Parish Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Franklin Parish vs. Louisiana and the nation

Franklin Parish$6,596Louisiana avg$12,840National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 19,774 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Franklin Parish

Top awarding agencies in Franklin Parish, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$97.3MDepartment of Agriculture$15.1MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$9.6M
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 $122.0M (93.6%) of Franklin Parish's $130.4M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Franklin Parish 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 $97.3M 79.7%
Department of Agriculture $15.1M 12.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs $9.6M 7.9%

How Franklin Parish Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6,596 Among the lowest higher than 16% 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

Franklin Parish Among Louisiana's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Louisiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Franklin Parish 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Louisiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Franklin Parish is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
East Baton Rouge Parish 456,781 $11,976 $5.5B
Jefferson Parish 440,781 $13,470 $5.9B
Orleans Parish 383,997 $11,854 $4.6B
St. Tammany Parish 264,570 $7,885 $2.1B
Lafayette Parish 241,753 $6,169 $1.5B
Caddo Parish 237,848 $7,068 $1.7B
Calcasieu Parish 216,785 $6,131 $1.3B
Ouachita Parish 160,368 $6,653 $1.1B
Livingston Parish 142,282 $5,780 $822.4M
Tangipahoa Parish 133,157 $6,092 $811.2M
Rapides Parish 130,023 $7,431 $966.2M
Bossier Parish 128,746 $9,263 $1.2B
Ascension Parish 126,500 $6,304 $797.5M
Terrebonne Parish 109,580 $7,045 $772.0M
Lafourche Parish 97,557 $8,593 $838.3M
Franklin Parish (this county) 19,774 $6,596 $130.4M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Franklin Parish's $6,596 - prioritizing Louisiana peers first.

Lincoln Parish

Louisiana

$6,594 per capita

$319.1M total

Iberia Parish

Louisiana

$6,584 per capita

$460.4M total

Richland Parish

Louisiana

$6,577 per capita

$131.8M total

Ouachita Parish

Louisiana

$6,653 per capita

$1.1B total

Acadia Parish

Louisiana

$6,676 per capita

$384.4M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Louisiana - 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 ($6,596 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($130.4M 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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