PlainSpending

Lowndes County

$1.2B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $9,820 per capita.

Georgia · FIPS 13185

In FY2025, Lowndes County in Georgia posted a dense absolute book of $1.2B ($9,820 per capita across 118,251 residents). That is 37.2% below the national average and 0.6% below the Georgia average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #21 of 159.

Total spending
$1.2B
Per capita
$9,820
vs. national avg
-37.2%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Lowndes County sits #472 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($1.2B).

Heavy absolute federal book

Lowndes County posts above-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Social Security Administration, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 28%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$9,820
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
48.4% of tracked spending
Georgia rank
#21 of 159

How Lowndes County Compares

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

Lowndes County$9,820Georgia avg$9,878National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 118,251 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Lowndes County

Top awarding agencies in Lowndes County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$500.4MDepartment of Defense$377.2MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$156.6M
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 $1.0B (89.1%) of Lowndes County's $1.2B 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 - Lowndes 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 $500.4M 48.4%
Department of Defense $377.2M 36.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs $156.6M 15.1%

How Lowndes County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$9,820 Higher than most higher than 72% 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

Lowndes 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; Lowndes 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; Lowndes 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
Lowndes County (this county) 118,251 $9,820 $1.2B

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Lowndes County's $9,820 - prioritizing Georgia peers first.

Quitman County

Georgia

$9,824 per capita

$22.0M total

Fannin County

Georgia

$9,845 per capita

$249.3M total

Montgomery County

Georgia

$9,851 per capita

$84.8M total

Mcintosh County

Georgia

$9,871 per capita

$108.3M total

Dougherty County

Georgia

$9,930 per capita

$851.9M 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 ($9,820 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($1.2B 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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