PlainSpending

Maury County

$758.8M in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $7,515 per capita.

Tennessee · FIPS 47119

In FY2025, Maury County in Tennessee posted a dense absolute book of $758.8M ($7,515 per capita across 100,974 residents). That is 52.0% below the national average and 57.2% below the Tennessee average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #56 of 95.

Total spending
$758.8M
Per capita
$7,515
vs. national avg
-52.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Maury County sits #641 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($758.8M).

Heavy absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 64%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,515
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
84.8% of tracked spending
Tennessee rank
#56 of 95

How Maury County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Maury County vs. Tennessee and the nation

Maury County$7,515Tennessee avg$17,561National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 100,974 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Maury County

Top awarding agencies in Maury County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$604.9MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$86.2MDepartment of Health and Hum…$22.5M
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 $713.6M (94%) of Maury County's $758.8M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Maury 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
Social Security Administration $604.9M 84.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs $86.2M 12.1%
Department of Health and Human Services $22.5M 3.2%

How Maury County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,515 Around the middle higher than 36% 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

Maury County Among Tennessee's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Tennessee by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Maury County 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Tennessee by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Maury County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Shelby County 929,744 $6,904 $6.4B
Davidson County 715,884 $64,625 $46.3B
Knox County 478,971 $7,920 $3.8B
Hamilton County 366,207 $17,351 $6.4B
Rutherford County 341,486 $5,288 $1.8B
Williamson County 247,726 $7,002 $1.7B
Montgomery County 220,069 $9,191 $2.0B
Sumner County 196,281 $6,874 $1.3B
Sullivan County 158,163 $11,509 $1.8B
Wilson County 147,737 $6,618 $977.7M
Blount County 135,280 $7,850 $1.1B
Washington County 133,001 $9,399 $1.3B
Bradley County 108,620 $7,101 $771.3M
Maury County (this county) 100,974 $7,515 $758.8M
Madison County 98,823 $7,162 $707.8M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Maury County's $7,515 - prioritizing Tennessee peers first.

Humphreys County

Tennessee

$7,505 per capita

$142.5M total

Weakley County

Tennessee

$7,549 per capita

$248.4M total

Dekalb County

Tennessee

$7,570 per capita

$152.0M total

Obion County

Tennessee

$7,417 per capita

$228.3M total

Mcnairy County

Tennessee

$7,620 per capita

$197.1M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Tennessee - 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 ($7,515 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($758.8M 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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