PlainSpending

Matanuska-Susitna Borough

$834.4M in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $7,792 per capita.

Alaska · FIPS 02170

In FY2025, Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Alaska posted a dense absolute book of $834.4M ($7,792 per capita across 107,081 residents). That is 50.2% below the national average and 69.0% below the Alaska average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #30 of 30.

Total spending
$834.4M
Per capita
$7,792
vs. national avg
-50.2%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Matanuska-Susitna Borough sits #593 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($834.4M).

Heavy absolute federal book

Matanuska-Susitna Borough posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 58%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,792
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
60.9% of tracked spending
Alaska rank
#30 of 30

How Matanuska-Susitna Borough Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Matanuska-Susitna Borough vs. Alaska and the nation

Matanuska-Susitna Borough$7,792Alaska avg$25,101National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 107,081 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Top awarding agencies in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$445.1MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$183.8MDepartment of Transportation$102.2M
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 $731.2M (87.6%) of Matanuska-Susitna Borough's $834.4M 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 - Matanuska-Susitna Borough 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 $445.1M 60.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs $183.8M 25.1%
Department of Transportation $102.2M 14%

How Matanuska-Susitna Borough Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,792 Around the middle higher than 42% 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

Matanuska-Susitna Borough Among Alaska's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Alaska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Matanuska-Susitna Borough is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 15 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Alaska by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Matanuska-Susitna Borough is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Anchorage Municipality 291,247 $14,380 $4.2B
Matanuska-Susitna Borough (this county) 107,081 $7,792 $834.4M
Fairbanks North Star Borough 95,655 $15,496 $1.5B
Kenai Peninsula Borough 58,799 $12,320 $724.4M
Juneau City and Borough 32,255 $52,249 $1.7B
Bethel Census Area 18,666 $15,134 $282.5M
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 13,948 $15,818 $220.6M
Kodiak Island Borough 13,101 $22,001 $288.2M
North Slope Borough 11,031 $10,639 $117.4M
Nome Census Area 10,046 $61,137 $614.2M
Sitka City and Borough 8,458 $19,424 $164.3M
Kusilvak Census Area 8,368 $8,805 $73.7M
Northwest Arctic Borough 7,793 $39,178 $305.3M
Chugach Census Area 7,102 $11,519 $81.8M
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 6,808 $28,074 $191.1M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Matanuska-Susitna Borough's $7,792 - prioritizing Alaska peers first.

Kusilvak Census Area

Alaska

$8,805 per capita

$73.7M total

Wrangell City and Borough

Alaska

$10,627 per capita

$22.6M total

North Slope Borough

Alaska

$10,639 per capita

$117.4M total

Petersburg Borough

Alaska

$11,290 per capita

$38.4M total

Chugach Census Area

Alaska

$11,519 per capita

$81.8M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Alaska - 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 ($7,792 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($834.4M 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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