Kent County
$7.2B in FY2025 federal spending, $10,936 per capita.
Michigan · FIPS 26081
In FY2025, Kent County in Michigan received $7.2B in federal spending - $10,936 per capita for a population of 657,974. This is 30.1% below the national average and 12.8% below the Michigan average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Department of Health and Human Services. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #20 of 83 Michigan counties.
- Total spending
- $7.2B
- Per capita
- $10,936
- vs. national avg
- -30.1%
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
The verdict
Kent County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Department of Health and Human Services, among several agencies.
- National per-capita rank
- Top 20%
- of 3,232 US counties
- Per-capita spending
- $10,936
- Leading agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- 49.8% of tracked spending
- Michigan rank
- #20 of 83
How Kent County Compares
Per-capita federal spending: Kent County vs. Michigan and the nation
Population: 657,974 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.
Leading Federal Agencies in Kent County
Top awarding agencies in Kent County, FY2025
Among the 1,150 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Health and Human Services is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 3.4% of agency-tracked counties nationally -- often a sign of a single large federal facility rather than broad-based spending.
These 3 agencies together account for $6.1B (84.7%) of Kent County's $7.2B 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 - Kent County has no smaller residual awarding agencies broken out beyond this set, a compact agency footprint rather than a long tail of minor awardees.
Read the agency breakdown as a table
| Agency | Spending | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | $3.0B | 49.8% |
| Social Security Administration | $2.8B | 46.7% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $212.1M | 3.5% |
How Kent County Ranks Nationally
Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties
All 3,232 US counties, FY2025
$10,936 Top 20% higher than 80% of 3,224 US counties
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, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates
Kent County Among Michigan's Largest Counties
Population vs. per-capita spending: Michigan's biggest counties
Read the chart as a table
| County | Population | Per capita | Total spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | 1,793,561 | $12,584 | $22.6B |
| Oakland County | 1,274,395 | $8,534 | $10.9B |
| Macomb County | 881,217 | $8,686 | $7.7B |
| Kent County (this county) | 657,974 | $10,936 | $7.2B |
| Genesee County | 406,211 | $7,394 | $3.0B |
| Washtenaw County | 372,258 | $8,854 | $3.3B |
| Ottawa County | 296,200 | $6,215 | $1.8B |
| Ingham County | 284,900 | $25,899 | $7.4B |
| Kalamazoo County | 261,670 | $6,525 | $1.7B |
| Livingston County | 193,866 | $7,865 | $1.5B |
| Saginaw County | 190,124 | $7,558 | $1.4B |
| Muskegon County | 175,824 | $9,471 | $1.7B |
| St. Clair County | 160,383 | $7,460 | $1.2B |
| Jackson County | 160,366 | $7,819 | $1.3B |
| Monroe County | 154,809 | $7,963 | $1.2B |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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.