PlainSpending

Jefferson County

$55.1M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $7,583 per capita.

Mississippi · FIPS 28063

In FY2025, Jefferson County carried a thin absolute book of $55.1M - $7,583 per capita for 7,260 residents. Intensity sits 51.5% below the national average (-41.7% vs Mississippi). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #43/82.

Total spending
$55.1M
Per capita
$7,583
vs. national avg
-51.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Jefferson County is a light absolute book: #2819 of 3,224 with only $55.1M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 62%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,583
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
84.5% of tracked spending
Mississippi rank
#43 of 82

How Jefferson County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Jefferson County vs. Mississippi and the nation

Jefferson County$7,583Mississippi avg$13,008National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 7,260 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Jefferson County

Top awarding agencies in Jefferson County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$41.1MDepartment of Health and Hum…$4.5MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$3.1M
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 $48.7M (88.4%) of Jefferson County's $55.1M 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 - Jefferson 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 $41.1M 84.5%
Department of Health and Human Services $4.5M 9.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs $3.1M 6.3%

How Jefferson County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,583 Around the middle higher than 38% 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

Jefferson County Among Mississippi's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Mississippi by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Jefferson 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 $0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Mississippi by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Jefferson County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Hinds County 227,742 $10,785 $2.5B
Harrison County 208,621 $10,622 $2.2B
Desoto County 185,314 $6,256 $1.2B
Rankin County 157,031 $6,436 $1.0B
Jackson County 143,252 $44,329 $6.4B
Madison County 109,145 $11,795 $1.3B
Lee County 83,343 $6,609 $550.8M
Forrest County 78,158 $8,007 $625.8M
Lauderdale County 72,984 $8,665 $632.4M
Jones County 67,246 $6,510 $437.7M
Lamar County 64,222 $4,941 $317.3M
Lowndes County 58,879 $11,552 $680.2M
Pearl River County 56,145 $8,376 $470.2M
Lafayette County 55,813 $8,418 $469.8M
Oktibbeha County 51,788 $7,321 $379.1M
Jefferson County (this county) 7,260 $7,583 $55.1M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Jefferson County's $7,583 - prioritizing Mississippi peers first.

Itawamba County

Mississippi

$7,554 per capita

$180.3M total

Webster County

Mississippi

$7,632 per capita

$75.8M total

Clarke County

Mississippi

$7,687 per capita

$120.0M total

Monroe County

Mississippi

$7,451 per capita

$254.7M total

Tate County

Mississippi

$7,424 per capita

$208.4M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Mississippi - 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 ($7,583 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($55.1M 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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