PlainSpending

Johnson County

$180.5M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $7,957 per capita.

Kentucky · FIPS 21115

In FY2025, Johnson County carried a thin absolute book of $180.5M - $7,957 per capita for 22,680 residents. Intensity sits 49.1% below the national average (-79.3% vs Kentucky). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #45/120.

Total spending
$180.5M
Per capita
$7,957
vs. national avg
-49.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Johnson County is a light absolute book: #1729 of 3,224 with only $180.5M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 54%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,957
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
83.5% of tracked spending
Kentucky rank
#45 of 120

How Johnson County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Johnson County vs. Kentucky and the nation

Johnson County$7,957Kentucky avg$38,460National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 22,680 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Johnson County

Top awarding agencies in Johnson County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$143.9MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$15.9MDepartment of Agriculture$12.6M
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 $172.4M (95.5%) of Johnson County's $180.5M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Johnson 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 $143.9M 83.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs $15.9M 9.2%
Department of Agriculture $12.6M 7.3%

How Johnson County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,957 Around the middle higher than 46% 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

Johnson County Among Kentucky's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Kentucky by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Johnson 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,000 $0$50,000$100,000$150,000$200,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Kentucky by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Johnson County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Jefferson County 782,969 $155,985 $122.1B
Fayette County 322,570 $9,646 $3.1B
Kenton County 169,064 $6,476 $1.1B
Boone County 135,968 $6,469 $879.5M
Warren County 134,554 $5,564 $748.7M
Hardin County 110,702 $11,800 $1.3B
Daviess County 103,312 $7,051 $728.4M
Campbell County 93,076 $6,361 $592.0M
Madison County 92,701 $10,599 $982.6M
Bullitt County 82,217 $6,206 $510.3M
Christian County 72,748 $8,491 $617.7M
Mccracken County 67,875 $8,085 $548.8M
Oldham County 67,607 $5,593 $378.1M
Pulaski County 65,034 $8,056 $523.9M
Laurel County 62,613 $7,885 $493.7M
Johnson County (this county) 22,680 $7,957 $180.5M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Johnson County's $7,957 - prioritizing Kentucky peers first.

Perry County

Kentucky

$8,010 per capita

$228.1M total

Laurel County

Kentucky

$7,885 per capita

$493.7M total

Pulaski County

Kentucky

$8,056 per capita

$523.9M total

Lee County

Kentucky

$7,856 per capita

$58.1M total

Muhlenberg County

Kentucky

$7,843 per capita

$242.6M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Kentucky - 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 ($7,957 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($180.5M 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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