PlainSpending

Jackson County

$104.1M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $7,867 per capita.

Kansas · FIPS 20085

In FY2025, Jackson County carried a thin absolute book of $104.1M - $7,867 per capita for 13,232 residents. Intensity sits 49.7% below the national average (-25.5% vs Kansas). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #79/105.

Total spending
$104.1M
Per capita
$7,867
vs. national avg
-49.7%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Jackson County is a light absolute book: #2311 of 3,224 with only $104.1M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 56%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,867
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
82.1% of tracked spending
Kansas rank
#79 of 105

How Jackson County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Jackson County vs. Kansas and the nation

Jackson County$7,867Kansas avg$10,560National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 13,232 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Jackson County

Top awarding agencies in Jackson County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$73.1MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$9.8MDepartment of Agriculture$6.1M
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 $89.1M (85.6%) of Jackson County's $104.1M 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 - Jackson 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 $73.1M 82.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs $9.8M 11.1%
Department of Agriculture $6.1M 6.9%

How Jackson County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,867 Around the middle higher than 44% 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

Jackson County Among Kansas's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Kansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Jackson 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Kansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Jackson County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Johnson County 609,863 $6,636 $4.0B
Sedgwick County 523,824 $8,235 $4.3B
Shawnee County 178,909 $12,052 $2.2B
Wyandotte County 169,245 $11,459 $1.9B
Douglas County 118,785 $6,576 $781.1M
Leavenworth County 81,881 $11,496 $941.3M
Riley County 71,959 $7,669 $551.8M
Butler County 67,380 $7,552 $508.8M
Reno County 61,898 $7,379 $456.7M
Saline County 54,303 $6,667 $362.1M
Crawford County 38,972 $6,408 $249.7M
Finney County 38,470 $5,345 $205.6M
Geary County 36,739 $11,266 $413.9M
Cowley County 34,549 $13,167 $454.9M
Ford County 34,287 $4,900 $168.0M
Jackson County (this county) 13,232 $7,867 $104.1M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Jackson County's $7,867 - prioritizing Kansas peers first.

Harvey County

Kansas

$7,891 per capita

$268.5M total

Allen County

Kansas

$7,909 per capita

$99.1M total

Stevens County

Kansas

$7,819 per capita

$41.0M total

Barton County

Kansas

$7,925 per capita

$202.0M total

Sherman County

Kansas

$7,789 per capita

$46.2M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Kansas - 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 ($7,867 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($104.1M 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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