PlainSpending

Houston County

$15,705 per resident in FY2025 ($2.6B total) - high intensity.

Georgia · FIPS 13153

In FY2025, Houston County in Georgia posted a dense absolute book of $2.6B ($15,705 per capita across 163,633 residents). That is 0.4% above the national average and 59.0% above the Georgia average. Department of Defense leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #2 of 159.

Total spending
$2.6B
Per capita
$15,705
vs. national avg
+0.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $15,705 puts Houston County at #215 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Houston County posts top-10% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Department of Defense, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 7%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$15,705
Leading agency
Department of Defense
48% of tracked spending
Georgia rank
#2 of 159

How Houston County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Houston County vs. Georgia and the nation

Houston County$15,705Georgia avg$9,878National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 163,633 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Houston County

Top awarding agencies in Houston County, FY2025

Department of Defense$1.0BSocial Security Administrati…$705.6MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$426.4M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Defense is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 2.6% of agency-tracked counties nationally -- often a sign of a single large federal facility rather than broad-based spending.

These 3 agencies together account for $2.2B (84.7%) of Houston County's $2.6B 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 - Houston 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
Department of Defense $1.0B 48%
Social Security Administration $705.6M 32.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs $426.4M 19.6%

How Houston County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$15,705 Top 7% higher than 93% of 3,224 US counties

all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $1K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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

Houston County Among Georgia's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Houston 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 0500,0001,000,0001,500,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Houston County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Fulton County 1,066,710 $11,476 $12.2B
Gwinnett County 957,062 $4,210 $4.0B
Cobb County 766,149 $8,900 $6.8B
Dekalb County 764,382 $9,221 $7.0B
Clayton County 297,595 $4,574 $1.4B
Chatham County 295,291 $8,834 $2.6B
Cherokee County 266,620 $6,330 $1.7B
Forsyth County 251,283 $4,218 $1.1B
Henry County 240,712 $6,286 $1.5B
Muscogee County 206,922 $7,626 $1.6B
Richmond County 206,607 $10,983 $2.3B
Hall County 203,136 $6,265 $1.3B
Paulding County 168,661 $5,046 $851.0M
Houston County (this county) 163,633 $15,705 $2.6B
Bibb County 157,346 $7,707 $1.2B

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Houston County's $15,705 - prioritizing Georgia peers first.

Rabun County

Georgia

$13,926 per capita

$235.1M total

Glynn County

Georgia

$13,855 per capita

$1.2B total

Camden County

Georgia

$13,714 per capita

$751.1M total

Peach County

Georgia

$13,172 per capita

$368.6M total

Towns County

Georgia

$12,138 per capita

$151.6M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Georgia - 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 ($15,705 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($2.6B 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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