PlainSpending

Ketchikan Gateway Borough

$15,818 per resident in FY2025 ($220.6M total) - high intensity.

Alaska · FIPS 02130

In FY2025, Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska received $220.6M in federal spending - $15,818 per capita for a population of 13,948. This is 1.1% above the national average and 37.0% below the Alaska average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #16 of 30 Alaska counties.

Total spending
$220.6M
Per capita
$15,818
vs. national avg
+1.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $15,818 puts Ketchikan Gateway Borough at #209 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Ketchikan Gateway Borough posts top-10% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Social Security Administration, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 7%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$15,818
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
39% of tracked spending
Alaska rank
#16 of 30

How Ketchikan Gateway Borough Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Ketchikan Gateway Borough vs. Alaska and the nation

Ketchikan Gateway Borough$15,818Alaska avg$25,101National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 13,948 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Top awarding agencies in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$63.1MDepartment of Transportation$61.6MDepartment of Defense$37.3M
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 $162.1M (73.5%) of Ketchikan Gateway Borough's $220.6M 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 - Ketchikan Gateway 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 $63.1M 39%
Department of Transportation $61.6M 38%
Department of Defense $37.3M 23%

How Ketchikan Gateway Borough Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$15,818 Top 7% higher than 93% 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

Ketchikan Gateway 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; Ketchikan Gateway 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. Large and spending-intensiveSmall population, outsized spendingLarge population, modest per-residentSmaller footprint both ways 0100,000200,000300,000400,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Alaska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Ketchikan Gateway 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 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 (this county) 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

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Ketchikan Gateway Borough's $15,818 - prioritizing Alaska peers first.

Haines Borough

Alaska

$15,739 per capita

$32.7M total

Aleutians East Borough

Alaska

$15,557 per capita

$53.2M total

Fairbanks North Star Borough

Alaska

$15,496 per capita

$1.5B total

Skagway Municipality

Alaska

$15,464 per capita

$19.2M total

Bethel Census Area

Alaska

$15,134 per capita

$282.5M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Alaska - 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 ($15,818 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($220.6M 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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