PlainSpending

Multnomah County

$8.3B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $10,147 per capita.

Oregon · FIPS 41051

In FY2025, Multnomah County in Oregon posted a dense absolute book of $8.3B ($10,147 per capita across 815,428 residents). That is 35.1% below the national average and 24.8% below the Oregon average. Department of Health and Human Services leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #17 of 36.

Total spending
$8.3B
Per capita
$10,147
vs. national avg
-35.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Multnomah County sits #80 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($8.3B).

Heavy absolute federal book

Multnomah County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Department of Health and Human Services, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 25%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,147
Leading agency
Department of Health and Human Services
46.8% of tracked spending
Oregon rank
#17 of 36

How Multnomah County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Multnomah County vs. Oregon and the nation

Multnomah County$10,147Oregon avg$13,499National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 815,428 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Multnomah County

Top awarding agencies in Multnomah County, FY2025

Department of Health and Hum…$3.3BSocial Security Administrati…$3.3BDepartment of Defense$455.2M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Health and Human Services is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 1.1% 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 $7.0B (84.6%) of Multnomah County's $8.3B 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 - Multnomah 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 Health and Human Services $3.3B 46.8%
Social Security Administration $3.3B 46.7%
Department of Defense $455.2M 6.5%

How Multnomah County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,147 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

Multnomah County Among Oregon's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Oregon by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Multnomah 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$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Oregon by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Multnomah County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Multnomah County (this county) 815,428 $10,147 $8.3B
Washington County 600,372 $5,143 $3.1B
Clackamas County 421,401 $10,354 $4.4B
Lane County 382,971 $9,735 $3.7B
Marion County 345,920 $10,395 $3.6B
Jackson County 223,259 $8,283 $1.8B
Deschutes County 198,253 $7,600 $1.5B
Linn County 128,610 $7,742 $995.7M
Douglas County 111,201 $14,850 $1.7B
Yamhill County 107,722 $7,040 $758.3M
Benton County 95,184 $10,473 $996.9M
Josephine County 88,090 $10,071 $887.2M
Polk County 87,433 $7,089 $619.8M
Umatilla County 80,075 $8,698 $696.5M
Klamath County 69,413 $9,929 $689.2M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Multnomah County's $10,147 - prioritizing Oregon peers first.

Coos County

Oregon

$10,182 per capita

$661.1M total

Josephine County

Oregon

$10,071 per capita

$887.2M total

Union County

Oregon

$10,026 per capita

$262.6M total

Wasco County

Oregon

$10,312 per capita

$275.0M total

Baker County

Oregon

$9,963 per capita

$166.1M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Oregon - 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 ($10,147 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($8.3B 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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