PlainSpending

Lafourche Parish

$838.3M in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $8,593 per capita.

Louisiana · FIPS 22057

In FY2025, Lafourche Parish in Louisiana posted a dense absolute book of $838.3M ($8,593 per capita across 97,557 residents). That is 45.1% below the national average and 33.1% below the Louisiana average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #12 of 64.

Total spending
$838.3M
Per capita
$8,593
vs. national avg
-45.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Lafourche Parish sits #592 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($838.3M).

Heavy absolute federal book

Lafourche Parish posts above-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 42%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$8,593
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
67.6% of tracked spending
Louisiana rank
#12 of 64

How Lafourche Parish Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Lafourche Parish vs. Louisiana and the nation

Lafourche Parish$8,593Louisiana avg$12,840National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 97,557 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Lafourche Parish

Top awarding agencies in Lafourche Parish, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$485.4MDepartment of Defense$186.1MDepartment of Homeland Secur…$46.7M
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 $718.2M (85.7%) of Lafourche Parish's $838.3M 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 - Lafourche Parish 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 $485.4M 67.6%
Department of Defense $186.1M 25.9%
Department of Homeland Security $46.7M 6.5%

How Lafourche Parish Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$8,593 Higher than most higher than 58% 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

Lafourche Parish Among Louisiana's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Louisiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Lafourche Parish 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Louisiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Lafourche Parish is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
East Baton Rouge Parish 456,781 $11,976 $5.5B
Jefferson Parish 440,781 $13,470 $5.9B
Orleans Parish 383,997 $11,854 $4.6B
St. Tammany Parish 264,570 $7,885 $2.1B
Lafayette Parish 241,753 $6,169 $1.5B
Caddo Parish 237,848 $7,068 $1.7B
Calcasieu Parish 216,785 $6,131 $1.3B
Ouachita Parish 160,368 $6,653 $1.1B
Livingston Parish 142,282 $5,780 $822.4M
Tangipahoa Parish 133,157 $6,092 $811.2M
Rapides Parish 130,023 $7,431 $966.2M
Bossier Parish 128,746 $9,263 $1.2B
Ascension Parish 126,500 $6,304 $797.5M
Terrebonne Parish 109,580 $7,045 $772.0M
Lafourche Parish (this county) 97,557 $8,593 $838.3M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Lafourche Parish's $8,593 - prioritizing Louisiana peers first.

Madison Parish

Louisiana

$8,346 per capita

$83.6M total

West Carroll Parish

Louisiana

$8,160 per capita

$79.6M total

Morehouse Parish

Louisiana

$8,001 per capita

$205.0M total

Concordia Parish

Louisiana

$7,996 per capita

$149.4M total

Bossier Parish

Louisiana

$9,263 per capita

$1.2B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Louisiana - 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 ($8,593 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($838.3M 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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