PlainSpending

Love County

$12,316 per resident in FY2025 ($125.0M total) - high intensity.

Oklahoma · FIPS 40085

In FY2025, Love County carried a thin absolute book of $125.0M - $12,316 per capita for 10,146 residents. Intensity sits 21.3% below the national average (-2.9% vs Oklahoma). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #6/77.

Total spending
$125.0M
Per capita
$12,316
vs. national avg
-21.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $12,316 puts Love County at #420 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Love County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Social Security Administration, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 14%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$12,316
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
49.5% of tracked spending
Oklahoma rank
#6 of 77

How Love County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Love County vs. Oklahoma and the nation

Love County$12,316Oklahoma avg$12,682National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 10,146 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Love County

Top awarding agencies in Love County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$57.6MDepartment of Transportation$51.8MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$7.0M
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 $116.5M (93.2%) of Love County's $125.0M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Love 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 $57.6M 49.5%
Department of Transportation $51.8M 44.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs $7.0M 6%

How Love County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$12,316 Top 14% higher than 86% 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

Love County Among Oklahoma's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Oklahoma by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Love 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 $6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Oklahoma by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Love County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Oklahoma County 796,292 $13,070 $10.4B
Tulsa County 669,279 $8,565 $5.7B
Cleveland County 295,528 $7,203 $2.1B
Canadian County 154,405 $6,703 $1.0B
Comanche County 121,125 $11,786 $1.4B
Rogers County 95,240 $7,490 $713.3M
Payne County 81,646 $7,279 $594.3M
Wagoner County 80,981 $7,720 $625.2M
Pottawatomie County 72,454 $9,113 $660.3M
Creek County 71,754 $7,333 $526.2M
Muskogee County 66,339 $9,233 $612.5M
Garfield County 62,846 $9,079 $570.6M
Grady County 54,795 $6,710 $367.7M
Washington County 52,455 $8,271 $433.9M
Logan County 49,555 $7,237 $358.6M
Love County (this county) 10,146 $12,316 $125.0M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Love County's $12,316 - prioritizing Oklahoma peers first.

Alfalfa County

Oklahoma

$12,778 per capita

$72.8M total

Bryan County

Oklahoma

$11,824 per capita

$544.7M total

Comanche County

Oklahoma

$11,786 per capita

$1.4B total

Cherokee County

Oklahoma

$11,684 per capita

$550.1M total

Oklahoma County

Oklahoma

$13,070 per capita

$10.4B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Oklahoma - 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 ($12,316 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($125.0M 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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