PlainSpending

Lewis County

$6,724 per resident in FY2025 ($178.7M total) - low intensity.

New York · FIPS 36049

In FY2025, Lewis County carried a thin absolute book of $178.7M - $6,724 per capita for 26,582 residents. Intensity sits 57.0% below the national average (-48.2% vs New York). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #52/62.

Total spending
$178.7M
Per capita
$6,724
vs. national avg
-57.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Lewis County residents see a thin $6,724 each (#2603 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

Lewis County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 81%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$6,724
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
83.9% of tracked spending
New York rank
#52 of 62

How Lewis County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Lewis County vs. New York and the nation

Lewis County$6,724New York avg$12,978National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 26,582 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Lewis County

Top awarding agencies in Lewis County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$140.2MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$17.5MDepartment of Transportation$9.4M
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 $167.1M (93.5%) of Lewis County's $178.7M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Lewis 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 $140.2M 83.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs $17.5M 10.5%
Department of Transportation $9.4M 5.7%

How Lewis County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6,724 Among the lowest higher than 19% 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

Lewis County Among New York's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in New York by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Lewis 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 01,000,0002,000,0003,000,000 $0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in New York by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Lewis County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Kings County 2,736,074 $3,678 $10.1B
Queens County 2,405,464 $3,919 $9.4B
New York County 1,694,251 $18,405 $31.2B
Suffolk County 1,525,920 $7,699 $11.7B
Bronx County 1,472,654 $5,314 $7.8B
Nassau County 1,395,774 $7,688 $10.7B
Westchester County 1,004,457 $5,877 $5.9B
Erie County 954,236 $9,584 $9.1B
Monroe County 759,443 $13,013 $9.9B
Richmond County 495,747 $6,713 $3.3B
Onondaga County 476,516 $11,396 $5.4B
Orange County 401,310 $6,298 $2.5B
Rockland County 338,329 $6,063 $2.1B
Albany County 314,848 $30,058 $9.5B
Dutchess County 295,911 $6,796 $2.0B
Lewis County (this county) 26,582 $6,724 $178.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Lewis County's $6,724 - prioritizing New York peers first.

Richmond County

New York

$6,713 per capita

$3.3B total

Ulster County

New York

$6,742 per capita

$1.2B total

Putnam County

New York

$6,704 per capita

$654.7M total

Sullivan County

New York

$6,656 per capita

$523.3M total

Rensselaer County

New York

$6,794 per capita

$1.1B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside New York - 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 ($6,724 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($178.7M 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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