PlainSpending

Keweenaw County

$30.4M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $14,858 per capita.

Michigan · FIPS 26083

In FY2025, Keweenaw County carried a thin absolute book of $30.4M - $14,858 per capita for 2,046 residents. Intensity sits 5.0% below the national average (+18.5% vs Michigan). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #3/83.

Total spending
$30.4M
Per capita
$14,858
vs. national avg
-5.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Keweenaw County is a light absolute book: #3072 of 3,224 with only $30.4M.

Thin absolute federal book

Keweenaw County posts top-10% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 8%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$14,858
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
68.7% of tracked spending
Michigan rank
#3 of 83

How Keweenaw County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Keweenaw County vs. Michigan and the nation

Keweenaw County$14,858Michigan avg$12,538National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 2,046 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Keweenaw County

Top awarding agencies in Keweenaw County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$19.4MDepartment of the Interior$6.2MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$2.6M
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 $28.3M (93%) of Keweenaw County's $30.4M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Keweenaw 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 $19.4M 68.7%
Department of the Interior $6.2M 22%
Department of Veterans Affairs $2.6M 9.3%

How Keweenaw County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$14,858 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Keweenaw County Among Michigan's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Michigan by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Keweenaw 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$30,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Michigan by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Keweenaw County is highlighted.
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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 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
Keweenaw County (this county) 2,046 $14,858 $30.4M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Keweenaw County's $14,858 - prioritizing Michigan peers first.

Crawford County

Michigan

$14,757 per capita

$191.7M total

Alcona County

Michigan

$15,258 per capita

$155.1M total

Ontonagon County

Michigan

$14,381 per capita

$83.6M total

Chippewa County

Michigan

$13,598 per capita

$500.2M total

Montmorency County

Michigan

$13,437 per capita

$123.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Michigan - 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 ($14,858 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($30.4M 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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