PlainSpending

Meade County

$40.9M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $10,093 per capita.

Kansas · FIPS 20119

In FY2025, Meade County carried a thin absolute book of $40.9M - $10,093 per capita for 4,055 residents. Intensity sits 35.5% below the national average (-4.4% vs Kansas). Leading tracked agency: Department of Agriculture. Per-capita rank in-state: #41/105.

Total spending
$40.9M
Per capita
$10,093
vs. national avg
-35.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Meade County is a light absolute book: #2969 of 3,224 with only $40.9M.

Thin absolute federal book

Meade County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Department of Agriculture, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 25%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,093
Leading agency
Department of Agriculture
49.2% of tracked spending
Kansas rank
#41 of 105

How Meade County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Meade County vs. Kansas and the nation

Meade County$10,093Kansas avg$10,560National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 4,055 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Meade County

Top awarding agencies in Meade County, FY2025

Department of Agriculture$20.0MSocial Security Administrati…$19.4MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$1.3M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Agriculture is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 3.3% 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 $40.7M (99.5%) of Meade County's $40.9M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Meade 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 Agriculture $20.0M 49.2%
Social Security Administration $19.4M 47.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs $1.3M 3.1%

How Meade County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,093 Top 25% higher than 75% 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

Meade County Among Kansas's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Kansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Meade 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 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Kansas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Meade County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Johnson County 609,863 $6,636 $4.0B
Sedgwick County 523,824 $8,235 $4.3B
Shawnee County 178,909 $12,052 $2.2B
Wyandotte County 169,245 $11,459 $1.9B
Douglas County 118,785 $6,576 $781.1M
Leavenworth County 81,881 $11,496 $941.3M
Riley County 71,959 $7,669 $551.8M
Butler County 67,380 $7,552 $508.8M
Reno County 61,898 $7,379 $456.7M
Saline County 54,303 $6,667 $362.1M
Crawford County 38,972 $6,408 $249.7M
Finney County 38,470 $5,345 $205.6M
Geary County 36,739 $11,266 $413.9M
Cowley County 34,549 $13,167 $454.9M
Ford County 34,287 $4,900 $168.0M
Meade County (this county) 4,055 $10,093 $40.9M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Meade County's $10,093 - prioritizing Kansas peers first.

Pratt County

Kansas

$10,162 per capita

$93.1M total

Elk County

Kansas

$10,191 per capita

$25.3M total

Rush County

Kansas

$9,982 per capita

$29.5M total

Norton County

Kansas

$9,924 per capita

$54.2M total

Hamilton County

Kansas

$10,342 per capita

$26.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Kansas - 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 ($10,093 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($40.9M 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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