PlainSpending

Hot Springs County

$54.9M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $11,885 per capita.

Wyoming · FIPS 56017

In FY2025, Hot Springs County carried a thin absolute book of $54.9M - $11,885 per capita for 4,621 residents. Intensity sits 24.0% below the national average (-1.9% vs Wyoming). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #6/23.

Total spending
$54.9M
Per capita
$11,885
vs. national avg
-24.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Hot Springs County is a light absolute book: #2822 of 3,224 with only $54.9M.

Thin absolute federal book

Hot Springs County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 15%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$11,885
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
71.4% of tracked spending
Wyoming rank
#6 of 23

How Hot Springs County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Hot Springs County vs. Wyoming and the nation

Hot Springs County$11,885Wyoming avg$12,119National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 4,621 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Hot Springs County

Top awarding agencies in Hot Springs County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$36.3MDepartment of Transportation$11.0MDepartment of Agriculture$3.6M
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 $50.9M (92.7%) of Hot Springs County's $54.9M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Hot Springs 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 $36.3M 71.4%
Department of Transportation $11.0M 21.6%
Department of Agriculture $3.6M 7%

How Hot Springs County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$11,885 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

Hot Springs County Among Wyoming's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Wyoming by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Hot Springs 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 050,000100,000150,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Wyoming by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Hot Springs County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Laramie County 100,512 $11,993 $1.2B
Natrona County 79,955 $6,964 $556.8M
Campbell County 47,026 $5,619 $264.2M
Sweetwater County 42,272 $7,562 $319.7M
Fremont County 39,234 $10,648 $417.8M
Albany County 37,066 $7,850 $291.0M
Sheridan County 30,921 $11,976 $370.3M
Park County 29,624 $12,194 $361.2M
Teton County 23,331 $10,376 $242.1M
Uinta County 20,450 $7,208 $147.4M
Lincoln County 19,581 $7,235 $141.7M
Carbon County 14,537 $9,818 $142.7M
Converse County 13,751 $11,856 $163.0M
Goshen County 12,498 $9,130 $114.1M
Big Horn County 11,521 $7,263 $83.7M
Hot Springs County (this county) 4,621 $11,885 $54.9M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Hot Springs County's $11,885 - prioritizing Wyoming peers first.

Converse County

Wyoming

$11,856 per capita

$163.0M total

Sheridan County

Wyoming

$11,976 per capita

$370.3M total

Laramie County

Wyoming

$11,993 per capita

$1.2B total

Park County

Wyoming

$12,194 per capita

$361.2M total

Platte County

Wyoming

$11,412 per capita

$98.2M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Wyoming - 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 ($11,885 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($54.9M 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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