PlainSpending

Jackson County

$40.8M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $14,536 per capita.

South Dakota · FIPS 46071

In FY2025, Jackson County carried a thin absolute book of $40.8M - $14,536 per capita for 2,806 residents. Intensity sits 7.1% below the national average (+12.3% vs South Dakota). Leading tracked agency: Department of Transportation. Per-capita rank in-state: #20/66.

Total spending
$40.8M
Per capita
$14,536
vs. national avg
-7.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Jackson County is a light absolute book: #2970 of 3,224 with only $40.8M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 9%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$14,536
Leading agency
Department of Transportation
42.8% of tracked spending
South Dakota rank
#20 of 66

How Jackson County Compares

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

Jackson County$14,536South Dakota avg$12,944National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 2,806 (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

Department of Transportation$13.7MSocial Security Administrati…$10.1MDepartment of the Interior$8.2M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Transportation is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0.9% 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 $32.0M (78.5%) of Jackson County's $40.8M 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
Department of Transportation $13.7M 42.8%
Social Security Administration $10.1M 31.7%
Department of the Interior $8.2M 25.5%

How Jackson County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$14,536 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 South Dakota's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in South Dakota 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 050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000 $5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000$30,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in South Dakota 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
Minnehaha County 197,214 $8,232 $1.6B
Pennington County 109,222 $11,308 $1.2B
Lincoln County 65,161 $6,414 $418.0M
Brown County 38,301 $7,602 $291.2M
Brookings County 34,375 $6,805 $233.9M
Meade County 29,852 $12,098 $361.1M
Codington County 28,325 $7,324 $207.5M
Lawrence County 25,768 $11,168 $287.8M
Yankton County 23,310 $8,007 $186.6M
Davison County 19,956 $6,820 $136.1M
Beadle County 19,149 $7,558 $144.7M
Hughes County 17,765 $22,396 $397.9M
Union County 16,811 $14,158 $238.0M
Clay County 14,967 $7,186 $107.6M
Oglala Lakota County 13,672 $27,398 $374.6M
Jackson County (this county) 2,806 $14,536 $40.8M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Jackson County's $14,536 - prioritizing South Dakota peers first.

Corson County

South Dakota

$14,634 per capita

$57.1M total

Union County

South Dakota

$14,158 per capita

$238.0M total

Roberts County

South Dakota

$14,037 per capita

$144.3M total

Day County

South Dakota

$15,109 per capita

$82.3M total

Buffalo County

South Dakota

$13,892 per capita

$27.1M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside South Dakota - 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 ($14,536 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($40.8M 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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