PlainSpending

Maui County

$18,744 per resident in FY2025 ($3.1B total) - high intensity.

Hawaii · FIPS 15009

In FY2025, Maui County in Hawaii posted a dense absolute book of $3.1B ($18,744 per capita across 164,754 residents). That is 19.8% above the national average and 20.5% above the Hawaii average. Department of Housing and Urban Development leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #2 of 5.

Total spending
$3.1B
Per capita
$18,744
vs. national avg
+19.8%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $18,744 puts Maui County at #144 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Maui County posts top-5% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Department of Housing and Urban Development.

National per-capita rank
Top 5%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$18,744
Leading agency
Department of Housing and Urban Development
61.5% of tracked spending
Hawaii rank
#2 of 5

How Maui County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Maui County vs. Hawaii and the nation

Maui County$18,744Hawaii avg$15,554National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 164,754 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Maui County

Top awarding agencies in Maui County, FY2025

Department of Housing and Ur…$1.7BSocial Security Administrati…$834.1MDepartment of Defense$222.2M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Housing and Urban Development is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0% 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 $2.7B (88.8%) of Maui County's $3.1B 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 - Maui 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
Department of Housing and Urban Development $1.7B 61.5%
Social Security Administration $834.1M 30.4%
Department of Defense $222.2M 8.1%

How Maui County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$18,744 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Maui County Among Hawaii's Largest Counties

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

The 5 largest-population counties in Hawaii by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Maui County is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 5 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$20,000$40,000$60,000 Population Spending per capita ($) Honolulu CountyHawaii CountyMaui CountyKauai CountyKalawao County
The 5 largest-population counties in Hawaii by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Maui County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Honolulu County 1,016,508 $12,940 $13.2B
Hawaii County 200,629 $8,013 $1.6B
Maui County (this county) 164,754 $18,744 $3.1B
Kauai County 73,298 $8,933 $654.7M
Kalawao County 82 $54,992 $4.5M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Maui County's $18,744 - prioritizing Hawaii peers first.

Honolulu County

Hawaii

$12,940 per capita

$13.2B total

Kauai County

Hawaii

$8,933 per capita

$654.7M total

Hawaii County

Hawaii

$8,013 per capita

$1.6B total

Kalawao County

Hawaii

$54,992 per capita

$4.5M total

Cochise County

Arizona

$18,686 per capita

$2.3B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Hawaii - 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 ($18,744 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($3.1B 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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