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Kenai Peninsula Borough

$724.4M in FY2025 federal spending, $12,320 per capita.

Alaska · FIPS 02122

In FY2025, Kenai Peninsula Borough in Alaska received $724.4M in federal spending - $12,320 per capita for a population of 58,799. This is 21.3% below the national average and 50.9% below the Alaska average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #24 of 30 Alaska counties.

Total spending
$724.4M
Per capita
$12,320
vs. national avg
-21.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

The verdict

Kenai Peninsula Borough posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 13%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$12,320
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
66.4% of tracked spending
Alaska rank
#24 of 30

How Kenai Peninsula Borough Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Kenai Peninsula Borough vs. Alaska and the nation

Top 13% nationally
Kenai Peninsula Borough$12,320Alaska avg$25,101National avg$15,647

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

Population: 58,799 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Kenai Peninsula Borough

Top awarding agencies in Kenai Peninsula Borough, FY2025

Social Security Administration$306.4MDepartment of Transportation$106.4MDepartment of Agriculture$48.9M

Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 1,150 US counties with agency-level spending data, Social Security Administration is the most common leading agency nationally, topping 86% of agency-tracked counties.

These 3 agencies together account for $461.7M (63.7%) of Kenai Peninsula Borough's $724.4M 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 - Kenai Peninsula Borough 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 $306.4M 66.4%
Department of Transportation $106.4M 23%
Department of Agriculture $48.9M 10.6%

How Kenai Peninsula Borough Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$12,320 Top 13% higher than 87% of 3,224 US counties

This county $0 $20K+ all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

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

Kenai Peninsula Borough Among Alaska's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Alaska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Kenai Peninsula Borough 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. 0100,000200,000300,000400,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($) Large and spending-intensiveSmall population, outsized spendingLarge population, modest per-residentSmaller footprint both ways
The 15 largest-population counties in Alaska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Kenai Peninsula Borough is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Anchorage Municipality 291,247 $14,380 $4.2B
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 107,081 $7,792 $834.4M
Fairbanks North Star Borough 95,655 $15,496 $1.5B
Kenai Peninsula Borough (this county) 58,799 $12,320 $724.4M
Juneau City and Borough 32,255 $52,249 $1.7B
Bethel Census Area 18,666 $15,134 $282.5M
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,948 $15,818 $220.6M
Kodiak Island Borough 13,101 $22,001 $288.2M
North Slope Borough 11,031 $10,639 $117.4M
Nome Census Area 10,046 $61,137 $614.2M
Sitka City and Borough 8,458 $19,424 $164.3M
Kusilvak Census Area 8,368 $8,805 $73.7M
Northwest Arctic Borough 7,793 $39,178 $305.3M
Chugach Census Area 7,102 $11,519 $81.8M
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,808 $28,074 $191.1M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much federal spending did Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska receive?
Kenai Peninsula Borough received $724.4M in total federal spending during Fiscal Year 2025. This equates to $12,320 per capita for the county's population of 58,799.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough's per capita spending compare to the national average?
Kenai Peninsula Borough's per capita federal spending of $12,320 is 21.3% below the national average of $15,647. Compared to the Alaska average of $25,101, it is 50.9% below.
What is the population of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has a population of 58,799 according to Census Bureau estimates. This population figure is used to calculate the per capita federal spending of $12,320.
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.

Every figure on PlainSpending is computed directly from USASpending.gov award-transaction data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page aggregates every federal award with a place-of-performance in this county, live from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.