PlainSpending

Juniata County

$7,009 per resident in FY2025 ($164.8M total) - low intensity.

Pennsylvania · FIPS 42067

In FY2025, Juniata County carried a thin absolute book of $164.8M - $7,009 per capita for 23,509 residents. Intensity sits 55.2% below the national average (-67.6% vs Pennsylvania). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #58/67.

Total spending
$164.8M
Per capita
$7,009
vs. national avg
-55.2%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Juniata County residents see a thin $7,009 each (#2417 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

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

National per-capita rank
Top 75%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,009
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
85.5% of tracked spending
Pennsylvania rank
#58 of 67

How Juniata County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Juniata County vs. Pennsylvania and the nation

Juniata County$7,009Pennsylvania avg$21,653National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 23,509 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Juniata County

Top awarding agencies in Juniata County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$127.3MDepartment of Transportation$15.0MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$6.5M
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 $148.9M (90.3%) of Juniata County's $164.8M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Juniata 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 $127.3M 85.5%
Department of Transportation $15.0M 10.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs $6.5M 4.4%

How Juniata County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,009 Around the middle higher than 25% of 3,224 US counties

all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $1K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates

Juniata County Among Pennsylvania's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Pennsylvania by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Juniata 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 0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,000 $5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Pennsylvania by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Juniata County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Philadelphia County 1,603,797 $8,758 $14.0B
Allegheny County 1,250,578 $20,569 $25.7B
Montgomery County 856,553 $16,199 $13.9B
Bucks County 646,538 $7,832 $5.1B
Delaware County 576,830 $8,623 $5.0B
Lancaster County 552,984 $6,731 $3.7B
Chester County 534,413 $7,048 $3.8B
York County 456,438 $13,388 $6.1B
Berks County 428,849 $6,537 $2.8B
Lehigh County 374,557 $6,652 $2.5B
Westmoreland County 354,663 $8,569 $3.0B
Luzerne County 325,594 $8,753 $2.9B
Northampton County 312,951 $7,151 $2.2B
Dauphin County 286,401 $18,283 $5.2B
Erie County 270,876 $7,612 $2.1B
Juniata County (this county) 23,509 $7,009 $164.8M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Juniata County's $7,009 - prioritizing Pennsylvania peers first.

Greene County

Pennsylvania

$7,027 per capita

$252.7M total

Chester County

Pennsylvania

$7,048 per capita

$3.8B total

Perry County

Pennsylvania

$6,961 per capita

$319.1M total

Clinton County

Pennsylvania

$6,935 per capita

$259.7M total

Huntingdon County

Pennsylvania

$6,919 per capita

$305.1M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Pennsylvania - 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 ($7,009 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($164.8M 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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