Hartley County

In Fiscal Year 2025, Hartley County in Texas received $126.8M in federal spending, equivalent to $23,563 per resident across a Census-estimated population of 5,382 (FIPS 48205). This per-capita intensity is 50.8% above the $15,623 national average, positioning Hartley County as a relatively high-intensity recipient compared to the typical U.S. county.

Inside Texas, where statewide federal spending reached $311.5B ($10,687 per capita), Hartley County's $23,563 per resident is 120.5% above the state average. That intra-state gap matters: counties with elevated per-capita figures often anchor military installations, federal labs, large Medicare populations, or concentrated nonprofit and research activity, while lower figures typically signal counties whose economies are driven by private-sector employment and state-level programs.

The $126.8M total captures every federal award with a place of performance in Hartley County during FY2025 - including contracts for goods and services, grants to local governments and nonprofits, federally backed loans, and direct payments like Social Security and Medicare flowing to residents. Using this page as a baseline alongside USASpending.gov's award-level detail lets analysts, journalists, and local officials evaluate how federal money actually reaches this specific community and how it stacks up against counties of similar population and economic profile.

A note on what county-level totals do and do not capture. Federal spending is recorded by place of performance, meaning an award counts toward the county where the work happens, not necessarily where the recipient is headquartered. A single large contract at a military base, federal laboratory, or hospital can lift a county far above its neighbors, while direct payments such as Social Security and Medicare track closely with the size and age of the resident population. Per-capita figures use Census Bureau population estimates as the denominator, which is why a small county with one big installation can post a per-resident number many times the national average. All award data comes from USASpending.gov, the federal spending-transparency system the U.S. Treasury has operated since the DATA Act of 2014, covering more than 3,000 counties and county-equivalents for fiscal year 2024. These are official government records rather than estimates, though late-posted and corrected awards can move a county's total after the year closes. Our methodology documents the population source, the place-of-performance rule, and the data vintage.