PlainSpending

Marengo County

$157.8M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $8,167 per capita.

Alabama · FIPS 01091

In FY2025, Marengo County carried a thin absolute book of $157.8M - $8,167 per capita for 19,323 residents. Intensity sits 47.8% below the national average (-42.7% vs Alabama). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #34/67.

Total spending
$157.8M
Per capita
$8,167
vs. national avg
-47.8%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Marengo County is a light absolute book: #1879 of 3,224 with only $157.8M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 50%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$8,167
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
87.5% of tracked spending
Alabama rank
#34 of 67

How Marengo County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Marengo County vs. Alabama and the nation

Marengo County$8,167Alabama avg$14,242National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 19,323 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Marengo County

Top awarding agencies in Marengo County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$131.3MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$14.7MDepartment of Agriculture$4.1M
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 $150.1M (95.1%) of Marengo County's $157.8M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Marengo 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 $131.3M 87.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs $14.7M 9.8%
Department of Agriculture $4.1M 2.7%

How Marengo County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$8,167 Higher than most higher than 50% 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

Marengo County Among Alabama's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Alabama by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Marengo 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,000 $0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Alabama by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Marengo County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Jefferson County 674,721 $11,949 $8.1B
Mobile County 414,809 $11,632 $4.8B
Madison County 388,153 $40,217 $15.6B
Baldwin County 231,767 $9,605 $2.2B
Montgomery County 228,954 $22,613 $5.2B
Tuscaloosa County 227,036 $6,840 $1.6B
Shelby County 223,024 $7,116 $1.6B
Lee County 174,241 $6,646 $1.2B
Morgan County 123,421 $7,126 $879.5M
Calhoun County 116,441 $10,261 $1.2B
Houston County 107,202 $7,764 $832.4M
Limestone County 103,570 $7,655 $792.8M
Etowah County 103,436 $7,791 $805.9M
Marshall County 97,612 $6,543 $638.7M
Lauderdale County 93,564 $7,804 $730.2M
Marengo County (this county) 19,323 $8,167 $157.8M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Marengo County's $8,167 - prioritizing Alabama peers first.

Butler County

Alabama

$8,161 per capita

$155.5M total

Crenshaw County

Alabama

$8,151 per capita

$107.5M total

Pickens County

Alabama

$8,204 per capita

$156.9M total

Perry County

Alabama

$8,215 per capita

$69.9M total

Walker County

Alabama

$8,290 per capita

$541.7M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Alabama - 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 ($8,167 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($157.8M 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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