PlainSpending

Lafayette County

$7,144 per resident in FY2025 ($118.7M total) - low intensity.

Wisconsin · FIPS 55065

In FY2025, Lafayette County carried a thin absolute book of $118.7M - $7,144 per capita for 16,611 residents. Intensity sits 54.3% below the national average (-62.7% vs Wisconsin). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #48/72.

Total spending
$118.7M
Per capita
$7,144
vs. national avg
-54.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Lafayette County residents see a thin $7,144 each (#2314 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

Lafayette County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 72%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,144
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
79.3% of tracked spending
Wisconsin rank
#48 of 72

How Lafayette County Compares

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

Lafayette County$7,144Wisconsin avg$19,169National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 16,611 (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

Social Security Administrati…$88.1MDepartment of Agriculture$16.4MDepartment of Transportation$6.5M
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 $111.0M (93.5%) of Lafayette County's $118.7M 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
Social Security Administration $88.1M 79.3%
Department of Agriculture $16.4M 14.8%
Department of Transportation $6.5M 5.9%

How Lafayette County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,144 Around the middle higher than 28% 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 Wisconsin's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Wisconsin 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000$100,000$120,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Wisconsin 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
Milwaukee County 939,489 $6,376 $6.0B
Dane County 561,504 $96,863 $54.4B
Waukesha County 406,978 $7,959 $3.2B
Brown County 268,740 $6,595 $1.8B
Racine County 197,727 $6,617 $1.3B
Outagamie County 190,705 $7,226 $1.4B
Winnebago County 171,730 $21,391 $3.7B
Kenosha County 169,151 $6,400 $1.1B
Rock County 163,687 $9,463 $1.5B
Marathon County 138,013 $6,581 $908.3M
Washington County 136,761 $7,004 $957.9M
La Crosse County 120,784 $28,100 $3.4B
Sheboygan County 118,034 $6,979 $823.8M
Walworth County 106,478 $6,885 $733.1M
Eau Claire County 105,710 $6,379 $674.3M
Lafayette County (this county) 16,611 $7,144 $118.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Lafayette County's $7,144 - prioritizing Wisconsin peers first.

Sauk County

Wisconsin

$7,184 per capita

$472.5M total

Chippewa County

Wisconsin

$7,104 per capita

$471.0M total

Outagamie County

Wisconsin

$7,226 per capita

$1.4B total

Vernon County

Wisconsin

$7,227 per capita

$222.0M total

Green County

Wisconsin

$7,229 per capita

$268.1M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Wisconsin - 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 ($7,144 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($118.7M 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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