PlainSpending

Lajas Municipio

$7,011 per resident in FY2025 ($163.6M total) - low intensity.

Puerto Rico · FIPS 72079

In FY2025, Lajas Municipio carried a thin absolute book of $163.6M - $7,011 per capita for 23,334 residents. Intensity sits 55.2% below the national average (-40.0% vs Puerto Rico). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #5/78.

Total spending
$163.6M
Per capita
$7,011
vs. national avg
-55.2%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Lajas Municipio residents see a thin $7,011 each (#2415 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

Lajas Municipio posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Social Security Administration, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 75%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,011
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
49.2% of tracked spending
Puerto Rico rank
#5 of 78

How Lajas Municipio Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Lajas Municipio vs. Puerto Rico and the nation

Lajas Municipio$7,011Puerto Rico avg$11,693National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 23,334 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Lajas Municipio

Top awarding agencies in Lajas Municipio, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$79.8MDepartment of Defense$70.8MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$11.7M
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 $162.2M (99.2%) of Lajas Municipio's $163.6M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Lajas Municipio 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 $79.8M 49.2%
Department of Defense $70.8M 43.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs $11.7M 7.2%

How Lajas Municipio Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,011 Around the middle higher than 25% 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

Lajas Municipio Among Puerto Rico's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Puerto Rico by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Lajas Municipio 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000 $0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Puerto Rico by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Lajas Municipio is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
San Juan Municipio 342,259 $40,508 $13.9B
Bayamón Municipio 185,187 $5,651 $1.0B
Carolina Municipio 154,815 $4,754 $736.0M
Ponce Municipio 137,491 $5,539 $761.6M
Caguas Municipio 127,244 $5,726 $728.6M
Guaynabo Municipio 89,780 $23,925 $2.1B
Arecibo Municipio 87,754 $7,598 $666.7M
Toa Baja Municipio 75,293 $4,584 $345.1M
Mayagüez Municipio 73,077 $6,399 $467.6M
Trujillo Alto Municipio 67,740 $3,406 $230.7M
Toa Alta Municipio 66,852 $3,840 $256.7M
Aguadilla Municipio 55,101 $6,794 $374.3M
Vega Baja Municipio 54,414 $3,839 $208.9M
Humacao Municipio 50,896 $7,638 $388.7M
Cabo Rojo Municipio 47,158 $5,547 $261.6M
Lajas Municipio (this county) 23,334 $7,011 $163.6M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Lajas Municipio's $7,011 - prioritizing Puerto Rico peers first.

Maunabo Municipio

Puerto Rico

$7,006 per capita

$74.2M total

Aguadilla Municipio

Puerto Rico

$6,794 per capita

$374.3M total

Guayanilla Municipio

Puerto Rico

$6,550 per capita

$116.5M total

Orocovis Municipio

Puerto Rico

$6,487 per capita

$139.0M total

Arecibo Municipio

Puerto Rico

$7,598 per capita

$666.7M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Puerto Rico - 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 ($7,011 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($163.6M 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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