How much federal spending did Hartford County, Connecticut receive?

Hartford County posted a thin absolute book of $-47.2M in FY2025 ($-52 per capita; population 899,498).

How does Hartford County's per capita spending compare to the national average?

Hartford County's $-52 sits 100.3% below the $15,647 national average (-100.1% vs Connecticut).

What is the population of Hartford County, Connecticut?

Census estimates put Hartford County at 899,498 residents, the denominator behind a low $-52 intensity.

Hartford County

$-47.2M in FY2025 federal spending, $-52 per capita (-100.3% vs national).

Connecticut · FIPS 09003

Compiled by PlainSpending

Data updated September 2025

In FY2025, Hartford County carried a thin absolute book of $-47.2M - $-52 per capita for 899,498 residents. Intensity sits 100.3% below the national average (-100.1% vs Connecticut). Per-capita rank in-state: #7/8.

Total spending: $-47.2M
Per capita: $-52
vs. national avg: -100.3%
Fiscal year: FY2025

Well below national average

Hartford County runs 100.3% below the $15,647 national average.

Understanding Hartford County's federal spending

Below-average intensity context

USASpending.gov (Treasury) records only $-47.2M in FY2025 place-of-performance awards for Hartford County, Connecticut (FIPS 09003) - a thin absolute book at $-52 for 899,498 residents. Intensity sits 100.3% below the $15,647 national average.

Inside Connecticut ($153.6B statewide), Hartford County's low $-52 sits 100.1% below the $42,600 state average.

By per-capita federal spending alone, Hartford County ranks #7 of 8 Connecticut counties.

Spending concentration

Set against Connecticut's full statewide total, Hartford County's piece works out to a modest -0.03%, unsurprising for a county its size relative to bigger recipients elsewhere in the state.

Reading this number carefully

Thin absolute books swing hard on a few awards, compare Litchfield County before reading $-52 as a structural gap. Full rules: methodology .

How Hartford County Compares

Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 899,498 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Hartford County's $-52 - prioritizing Connecticut peers first.

Litchfield County

Connecticut

$-38 per capita

$-7.0M total

Windham County

Connecticut

$-13 per capita

$-1.5M total

Fairfield County

Connecticut

$-13 per capita

$-12.3M total

Middlesex County

Connecticut

$-96 per capita

$-15.7M total

New Haven County

Connecticut

$-6 per capita

$-5.6M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Connecticut - 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 ($-52 here).

Luna County, New Mexico · $11
Manassas Park City, Virginia · $2,268
Loíza Municipio, Puerto Rico · $2,588
Río Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico · $2,600

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($-47.2M 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and presented.

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Compiled by PlainSpending, Federal Spending Editorial Process