PlainSpending

Lafayette County

$29,643 per resident in FY2025 ($187.0M total) - high intensity.

Arkansas · FIPS 05073

In FY2025, Lafayette County carried a thin absolute book of $187.0M - $29,643 per capita for 6,308 residents. Intensity sits 89.4% above the national average (+155.5% vs Arkansas). Leading tracked agency: Department of Energy. Per-capita rank in-state: #2/75.

Total spending
$187.0M
Per capita
$29,643
vs. national avg
+89.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $29,643 puts Lafayette County at #56 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Lafayette County posts top-5% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Department of Energy.

National per-capita rank
Top 2%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$29,643
Leading agency
Department of Energy
71.9% of tracked spending
Arkansas rank
#2 of 75

How Lafayette County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Lafayette County vs. Arkansas and the nation

Lafayette County$29,643Arkansas avg$11,603National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 6,308 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Lafayette County

Top awarding agencies in Lafayette County, FY2025

Department of Energy$125.7MSocial Security Administrati…$42.9MDepartment of Transportation$6.1M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Energy is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0.7% 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 $174.7M (93.4%) of Lafayette County's $187.0M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Lafayette 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
Department of Energy $125.7M 71.9%
Social Security Administration $42.9M 24.6%
Department of Transportation $6.1M 3.5%

How Lafayette County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$29,643 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Lafayette County Among Arkansas's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Arkansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Lafayette 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000 $0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Arkansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Lafayette County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Pulaski County 399,125 $13,660 $5.5B
Benton County 284,333 $5,417 $1.5B
Washington County 245,871 $5,609 $1.4B
Sebastian County 127,799 $7,291 $931.8M
Faulkner County 123,498 $6,069 $749.6M
Saline County 123,416 $7,103 $876.6M
Craighead County 111,231 $6,684 $743.4M
Garland County 100,180 $9,850 $986.8M
White County 76,822 $7,251 $557.0M
Lonoke County 74,015 $7,351 $544.1M
Jefferson County 67,260 $8,884 $597.6M
Pope County 63,381 $7,208 $456.9M
Crawford County 60,133 $7,641 $459.5M
Crittenden County 48,163 $6,834 $329.1M
Greene County 45,736 $6,634 $303.4M
Lafayette County (this county) 6,308 $29,643 $187.0M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Lafayette County's $29,643 - prioritizing Arkansas peers first.

Woodruff County

Arkansas

$14,887 per capita

$93.3M total

Arkansas County

Arkansas

$14,037 per capita

$240.7M total

Pulaski County

Arkansas

$13,660 per capita

$5.5B total

Monroe County

Arkansas

$11,368 per capita

$77.3M total

Baxter County

Arkansas

$11,000 per capita

$457.9M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Arkansas - 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 ($29,643 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($187.0M 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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