PlainSpending

Garfield County

$13.9M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $7,652 per capita.

Nebraska · FIPS 31071

In FY2025, Garfield County carried a thin absolute book of $13.9M - $7,652 per capita for 1,813 residents. Intensity sits 51.1% below the national average (-45.9% vs Nebraska). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #76/93.

Total spending
$13.9M
Per capita
$7,652
vs. national avg
-51.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Garfield County is a light absolute book: #3180 of 3,224 with only $13.9M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 61%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,652
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
74% of tracked spending
Nebraska rank
#76 of 93

How Garfield County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Garfield County vs. Nebraska and the nation

Garfield County$7,652Nebraska avg$14,140National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 1,813 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Garfield County

Top awarding agencies in Garfield County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$9.6MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$2.9MDepartment of Transportation$490.0K
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 $12.9M (93.2%) of Garfield County's $13.9M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Garfield 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 $9.6M 74%
Department of Veterans Affairs $2.9M 22.2%
Department of Transportation $490.0K 3.8%

How Garfield County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,652 Around the middle higher than 39% 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

Garfield County Among Nebraska's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Nebraska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Garfield 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 $5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Nebraska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Garfield County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Douglas County 584,526 $15,987 $9.3B
Lancaster County 322,608 $9,515 $3.1B
Sarpy County 190,604 $8,801 $1.7B
Hall County 62,895 $5,919 $372.3M
Buffalo County 50,084 $7,023 $351.7M
Dodge County 37,167 $7,328 $272.4M
Scotts Bluff County 36,084 $8,232 $297.0M
Madison County 35,585 $11,743 $417.9M
Lincoln County 34,676 $9,362 $324.6M
Platte County 34,296 $12,089 $414.6M
Adams County 31,205 $7,627 $238.0M
Cass County 26,598 $7,855 $208.9M
Dawson County 24,111 $6,116 $147.5M
Saunders County 22,278 $7,207 $160.6M
Gage County 21,704 $9,312 $202.1M
Garfield County (this county) 1,813 $7,652 $13.9M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Garfield County's $7,652 - prioritizing Nebraska peers first.

Adams County

Nebraska

$7,627 per capita

$238.0M total

Pierce County

Nebraska

$7,625 per capita

$55.8M total

Stanton County

Nebraska

$7,741 per capita

$45.2M total

Grant County

Nebraska

$7,792 per capita

$4.8M total

Cass County

Nebraska

$7,855 per capita

$208.9M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Nebraska - 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 ($7,652 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($13.9M 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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