Muscatine County
$305.3M in FY2025 federal spending, $7,062 per capita.
Iowa · FIPS 19139
In FY2025, Muscatine County in Iowa received $305.3M in federal spending - $7,062 per capita for a population of 43,235. This is 54.9% below the national average and 38.2% below the Iowa average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #82 of 99 Iowa counties.
- Total spending
- $305.3M
- Per capita
- $7,062
- vs. national avg
- -54.9%
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
The verdict
Muscatine County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.
- National per-capita rank
- Top 74%
- of 3,232 US counties
- Per-capita spending
- $7,062
- Leading agency
- Social Security Administration
- 86.5% of tracked spending
- Iowa rank
- #82 of 99
How Muscatine County Compares
Per-capita federal spending: Muscatine County vs. Iowa and the nation
Population: 43,235 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.
Leading Federal Agencies in Muscatine County
Top awarding agencies in Muscatine County, FY2025
Among the 1,150 US counties with agency-level spending data, Social Security Administration is the most common leading agency nationally, topping 86% of agency-tracked counties.
These 3 agencies together account for $249.9M (81.9%) of Muscatine County's $305.3M 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 - Muscatine 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 | $216.2M | 86.5% |
| Department of Defense | $20.5M | 8.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $13.3M | 5.3% |
How Muscatine County Ranks Nationally
Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties
All 3,232 US counties, FY2025
$7,062 Top 74% higher than 26% of 3,224 US counties
Each bar is a $1K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates
Muscatine County Among Iowa's Largest Counties
Population vs. per-capita spending: Iowa's biggest counties
Read the chart as a table
| County | Population | Per capita | Total spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County | 492,401 | $8,689 | $4.3B |
| Linn County | 230,299 | $14,286 | $3.3B |
| Scott County | 174,669 | $6,475 | $1.1B |
| Johnson County | 152,854 | $7,353 | $1.1B |
| Black Hawk County | 131,144 | $7,035 | $922.6M |
| Woodbury County | 105,941 | $6,667 | $706.3M |
| Dallas County | 99,678 | $5,045 | $502.9M |
| Dubuque County | 99,266 | $7,862 | $780.4M |
| Story County | 98,537 | $8,246 | $812.5M |
| Pottawattamie County | 93,667 | $7,177 | $672.3M |
| Warren County | 52,403 | $6,537 | $342.5M |
| Clinton County | 46,460 | $7,884 | $366.3M |
| Muscatine County (this county) | 43,235 | $7,062 | $305.3M |
| Cerro Gordo County | 43,127 | $8,675 | $374.1M |
| Marshall County | 40,105 | $7,031 | $282.0M |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Every figure on PlainSpending is computed directly from USASpending.gov award-transaction data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page aggregates every federal award with a place-of-performance in this county, live from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.