PlainSpending

Jasper County

$6,552 per resident in FY2025 ($804.4M total) - low intensity.

Missouri · FIPS 29097

In FY2025, Jasper County in Missouri posted a dense absolute book of $804.4M ($6,552 per capita across 122,761 residents). That is 58.1% below the national average and 57.0% below the Missouri average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #100 of 115.

Total spending
$804.4M
Per capita
$6,552
vs. national avg
-58.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Jasper County residents see a thin $6,552 each (#2723 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

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

National per-capita rank
Top 85%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$6,552
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
82.7% of tracked spending
Missouri rank
#100 of 115

How Jasper County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Jasper County vs. Missouri and the nation

Jasper County$6,552Missouri avg$15,232National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 122,761 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Jasper County

Top awarding agencies in Jasper County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$583.8MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$80.5MDepartment of Transportation$41.4M
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 $705.6M (87.7%) of Jasper County's $804.4M 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 - Jasper 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 $583.8M 82.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs $80.5M 11.4%
Department of Transportation $41.4M 5.9%

How Jasper County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6,552 Among the lowest higher than 15% 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

Jasper County Among Missouri's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Missouri by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Jasper 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$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Missouri by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Jasper County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
St. Louis County 1,004,125 $16,891 $17.0B
Jackson County 717,204 $11,265 $8.1B
St. Charles County 405,262 $6,465 $2.6B
St. Louis City 301,578 $68,810 $20.8B
Greene County 298,915 $6,701 $2.0B
Clay County 253,335 $6,058 $1.5B
Jefferson County 226,739 $6,590 $1.5B
Boone County 183,610 $6,290 $1.2B
Jasper County (this county) 122,761 $6,552 $804.4M
Cass County 107,824 $6,793 $732.4M
Platte County 106,718 $7,158 $763.8M
Franklin County 104,682 $7,263 $760.3M
Christian County 88,842 $6,297 $559.4M
Buchanan County 84,793 $6,505 $551.6M
Cape Girardeau County 81,710 $6,784 $554.3M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Jasper County's $6,552 - prioritizing Missouri peers first.

Saline County

Missouri

$6,549 per capita

$152.8M total

Webster County

Missouri

$6,547 per capita

$255.9M total

Jefferson County

Missouri

$6,590 per capita

$1.5B total

Buchanan County

Missouri

$6,505 per capita

$551.6M total

Andrew County

Missouri

$6,626 per capita

$120.2M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Missouri - 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 ($6,552 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($804.4M 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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