PlainSpending

Liberty County

$10,936 per resident in FY2025 ($713.7M total) - high intensity.

Georgia · FIPS 13179

In FY2025, Liberty County in Georgia posted a dense absolute book of $713.7M ($10,936 per capita across 65,256 residents). That is 30.1% below the national average and 10.7% above the Georgia average. Department of Veterans Affairs leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #13 of 159.

Total spending
$713.7M
Per capita
$10,936
vs. national avg
-30.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $10,936 puts Liberty County at #627 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Liberty County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Department of Veterans Affairs, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 20%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,936
Leading agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
41.2% of tracked spending
Georgia rank
#13 of 159

How Liberty County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Liberty County vs. Georgia and the nation

Liberty County$10,936Georgia avg$9,878National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 65,256 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Liberty County

Top awarding agencies in Liberty County, FY2025

Department of Veterans Affai…$281.0MSocial Security Administrati…$219.5MDepartment of Defense$181.1M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Veterans Affairs is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0.4% 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 $681.6M (95.5%) of Liberty County's $713.7M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Liberty 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 Veterans Affairs $281.0M 41.2%
Social Security Administration $219.5M 32.2%
Department of Defense $181.1M 26.6%

How Liberty County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,936 Top 20% higher than 80% 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

Liberty County Among Georgia's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Liberty 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 0500,0001,000,0001,500,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Liberty County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Fulton County 1,066,710 $11,476 $12.2B
Gwinnett County 957,062 $4,210 $4.0B
Cobb County 766,149 $8,900 $6.8B
Dekalb County 764,382 $9,221 $7.0B
Clayton County 297,595 $4,574 $1.4B
Chatham County 295,291 $8,834 $2.6B
Cherokee County 266,620 $6,330 $1.7B
Forsyth County 251,283 $4,218 $1.1B
Henry County 240,712 $6,286 $1.5B
Muscogee County 206,922 $7,626 $1.6B
Richmond County 206,607 $10,983 $2.3B
Hall County 203,136 $6,265 $1.3B
Paulding County 168,661 $5,046 $851.0M
Houston County 163,633 $15,705 $2.6B
Bibb County 157,346 $7,707 $1.2B
Liberty County (this county) 65,256 $10,936 $713.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Liberty County's $10,936 - prioritizing Georgia peers first.

Richmond County

Georgia

$10,983 per capita

$2.3B total

Talbot County

Georgia

$11,157 per capita

$64.0M total

Clay County

Georgia

$10,501 per capita

$29.9M total

Greene County

Georgia

$11,432 per capita

$216.2M total

Fulton County

Georgia

$11,476 per capita

$12.2B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Georgia - 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 ($10,936 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($713.7M 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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