PlainSpending

Gila County

$11,771 per resident in FY2025 ($627.0M total) - high intensity.

Arizona · FIPS 04007

In FY2025, Gila County in Arizona posted a dense absolute book of $627.0M ($11,771 per capita across 53,272 residents). That is 24.8% below the national average and 24.9% below the Arizona average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #6 of 15.

Total spending
$627.0M
Per capita
$11,771
vs. national avg
-24.8%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $11,771 puts Gila County at #487 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Gila County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 16%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$11,771
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
84.3% of tracked spending
Arizona rank
#6 of 15

How Gila County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Gila County vs. Arizona and the nation

Gila County$11,771Arizona avg$15,678National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 53,272 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Gila County

Top awarding agencies in Gila County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$446.5MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$44.3MDepartment of the Interior$38.6M
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 $529.5M (84.4%) of Gila County's $627.0M 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 - Gila 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 $446.5M 84.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs $44.3M 8.4%
Department of the Interior $38.6M 7.3%

How Gila County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$11,771 Top 16% higher than 84% 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

Gila County Among Arizona's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Arizona by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Gila County 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 01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Arizona by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Gila County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Maricopa County 4,420,568 $11,249 $49.7B
Pima County 1,043,433 $20,138 $21.0B
Pinal County 425,264 $8,243 $3.5B
Yavapai County 236,209 $11,717 $2.8B
Mohave County 213,267 $10,948 $2.3B
Yuma County 203,881 $11,045 $2.3B
Coconino County 145,101 $8,250 $1.2B
Cochise County 125,447 $18,686 $2.3B
Navajo County 106,717 $11,096 $1.2B
Apache County 66,021 $19,421 $1.3B
Gila County (this county) 53,272 $11,771 $627.0M
Santa Cruz County 47,669 $13,805 $658.1M
Graham County 38,533 $5,740 $221.2M
La Paz County 16,557 $17,353 $287.3M
Greenlee County 9,563 $3,911 $37.4M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Gila County's $11,771 - prioritizing Arizona peers first.

Yavapai County

Arizona

$11,717 per capita

$2.8B total

Maricopa County

Arizona

$11,249 per capita

$49.7B total

Navajo County

Arizona

$11,096 per capita

$1.2B total

Yuma County

Arizona

$11,045 per capita

$2.3B total

Mohave County

Arizona

$10,948 per capita

$2.3B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Arizona - 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 ($11,771 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($627.0M 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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