PlainSpending

Hempstead County

$7,090 per resident in FY2025 ($142.3M total) - low intensity.

Arkansas · FIPS 05057

In FY2025, Hempstead County carried a thin absolute book of $142.3M - $7,090 per capita for 20,065 residents. Intensity sits 54.7% below the national average (-38.9% vs Arkansas). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #60/75.

Total spending
$142.3M
Per capita
$7,090
vs. national avg
-54.7%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Hempstead County residents see a thin $7,090 each (#2357 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

Hempstead County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 74%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,090
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
84.5% of tracked spending
Arkansas rank
#60 of 75

How Hempstead County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Hempstead County vs. Arkansas and the nation

Hempstead County$7,090Arkansas avg$11,603National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 20,065 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Hempstead County

Top awarding agencies in Hempstead County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$109.6MDepartment of Transportation$12.2MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$7.9M
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 $129.8M (91.2%) of Hempstead County's $142.3M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Hempstead 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 $109.6M 84.5%
Department of Transportation $12.2M 9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs $7.9M 6.1%

How Hempstead County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,090 Around the middle higher than 26% 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

Hempstead County Among Arkansas's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Arkansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Hempstead 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000$16,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Arkansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Hempstead County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Pulaski County 399,125 $13,660 $5.5B
Benton County 284,333 $5,417 $1.5B
Washington County 245,871 $5,609 $1.4B
Sebastian County 127,799 $7,291 $931.8M
Faulkner County 123,498 $6,069 $749.6M
Saline County 123,416 $7,103 $876.6M
Craighead County 111,231 $6,684 $743.4M
Garland County 100,180 $9,850 $986.8M
White County 76,822 $7,251 $557.0M
Lonoke County 74,015 $7,351 $544.1M
Jefferson County 67,260 $8,884 $597.6M
Pope County 63,381 $7,208 $456.9M
Crawford County 60,133 $7,641 $459.5M
Crittenden County 48,163 $6,834 $329.1M
Greene County 45,736 $6,634 $303.4M
Hempstead County (this county) 20,065 $7,090 $142.3M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Hempstead County's $7,090 - prioritizing Arkansas peers first.

Hot Spring County

Arkansas

$7,094 per capita

$234.4M total

Saline County

Arkansas

$7,103 per capita

$876.6M total

St. Francis County

Arkansas

$7,170 per capita

$165.6M total

Pike County

Arkansas

$6,993 per capita

$71.1M total

Pope County

Arkansas

$7,208 per capita

$456.9M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Arkansas - 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 ($7,090 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($142.3M 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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