Marion County
$143.8B in FY2025 federal spending, $147,172 per capita.
Indiana · FIPS 18097
In FY2025, Marion County in Indiana received $143.8B in federal spending - $147,172 per capita for a population of 977,203. This is 840.6% above the national average and 382.3% above the Indiana average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Department of Health and Human Services. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #1 of 92 Indiana counties.
- Total spending
- $143.8B
- Per capita
- $147,172
- vs. national avg
- +840.6%
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
The verdict
Marion County posts top-1% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Department of Health and Human Services.
- National per-capita rank
- Top 1%
- of 3,232 US counties
- Per-capita spending
- $147,172
- Leading agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- 96.2% of tracked spending
- Indiana rank
- #1 of 92
How Marion County Compares
Per-capita federal spending: Marion County vs. Indiana and the nation
Population: 977,203 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.
Leading Federal Agencies in Marion County
Top awarding agencies in Marion County, FY2025
Among the 1,150 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Health and Human Services is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 3.4% 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 $130.4B (90.7%) of Marion County's $143.8B in total tracked federal spending.
All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Marion County has no smaller residual awarding agencies broken out beyond this set, a compact agency footprint rather than a long tail of minor awardees.
Read the agency breakdown as a table
| Agency | Spending | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | $125.4B | 96.2% |
| Social Security Administration | $3.7B | 2.8% |
| Department of Defense | $1.3B | 1% |
How Marion County Ranks Nationally
Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties
All 3,232 US counties, FY2025
$147,172 Top 1% higher than 99% of 3,224 US counties
Each bar is a $1K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates
Marion County Among Indiana's Largest Counties
Population vs. per-capita spending: Indiana's biggest counties
Read the chart as a table
| County | Population | Per capita | Total spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County (this county) | 977,203 | $147,172 | $143.8B |
| Lake County | 498,700 | $6,356 | $3.2B |
| Allen County | 385,410 | $7,136 | $2.8B |
| Hamilton County | 347,467 | $5,591 | $1.9B |
| St. Joseph County | 272,912 | $10,907 | $3.0B |
| Elkhart County | 207,047 | $5,442 | $1.1B |
| Tippecanoe County | 186,251 | $6,304 | $1.2B |
| Vanderburgh County | 180,136 | $8,402 | $1.5B |
| Hendricks County | 174,788 | $5,677 | $992.2M |
| Porter County | 173,215 | $6,957 | $1.2B |
| Johnson County | 161,765 | $6,184 | $1.0B |
| Monroe County | 139,718 | $7,186 | $1.0B |
| Madison County | 130,129 | $6,927 | $901.4M |
| Clark County | 121,093 | $6,586 | $797.5M |
| Laporte County | 112,417 | $7,316 | $822.4M |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Every figure on PlainSpending is computed directly from USASpending.gov award-transaction data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page aggregates every federal award with a place-of-performance in this county, live from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.