How much federal spending did New London County, Connecticut receive?

New London County posted a thin absolute book of $1.5M in FY2025 ($6 per capita; population 268,555).

How does New London County's per capita spending compare to the national average?

New London County's $6 sits 100.0% below the $15,647 national average (-100.0% vs Connecticut).

What is the population of New London County, Connecticut?

Census estimates put New London County at 268,555 residents, the denominator behind a low $6 intensity.

New London County

$1.5M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $6 per capita.

Connecticut · FIPS 09011

Compiled by PlainSpending

Data updated September 2025

In FY2025, New London County carried a thin absolute book of $1.5M - $6 per capita for 268,555 residents. Intensity sits 100.0% below the national average (-100.0% vs Connecticut). Leading tracked agency: Department of Homeland Security. Per-capita rank in-state: #1/8.

Total spending: $1.5M
Per capita: $6
vs. national avg: -100.0%
Fiscal year: FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

New London County is a light absolute book: #3222 of 3,224 with only $1.5M.

Thin absolute federal book

New London County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Department of Homeland Security.

National per-capita rank: Top 100%; of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending: $6
Leading agency: Department of Homeland Security; 67.1% of tracked spending
Connecticut rank: #1 of 8

Understanding New London County's federal spending

Thin absolute book vs. peers

USASpending.gov (Treasury) records only $1.5M in FY2025 place-of-performance awards for New London County, Connecticut (FIPS 09011) - a thin absolute book at $6 for 268,555 residents. Intensity sits 100.0% below the $15,647 national average.

Inside Connecticut ($153.6B statewide), New London County's low $6 sits 100.0% below the $42,600 state average.

By per-capita federal spending alone, New London County ranks #1 of 8 Connecticut counties.

Spending concentration

Set against Connecticut's full statewide total, New London County's piece works out to a modest 0.00%, unsurprising for a county its size relative to bigger recipients elsewhere in the state.

Reading this number carefully

A per-capita figure this far from the norm is worth a second look before drawing conclusions. Nationally, county-level federal spending concentrates around a small number of drivers: a major military installation, a large VA medical center or federal hospital, a national laboratory, a federal prison, or a small resident population inflating an otherwise ordinary per-capita number. The dataset records dollars by place of performance only, it does not identify which of these applies to New London County, so this figure is best read as a prompt for further research rather than a stand-alone measure of local prosperity or federal favoritism. Readers comparing New London County to neighboring counties should also check population size before assuming the gap reflects total dollars rather than a small denominator.

Federal spending is attributed by place of performance, not recipient headquarters. See our methodology for the full population-source, attribution, and data-vintage rules.

How New London County Compares

Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 268,555 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in New London County

Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Homeland Security is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0.3% 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 $1.6M (100%) of New London County's $1.5M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - New London 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
Department of Homeland Security	$1.0M	67.1%
Department of Agriculture	$487.9K	31.4%
Department of Justice	$23.4K	1.5%

How New London County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6 Among the lowest in the bottom 1% of 3,224 US counties

all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

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 and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to New London County's $6 - prioritizing Connecticut peers first.

Tolland County

Connecticut

$3 per capita

$487.8K total

New Haven County

Connecticut

$-6 per capita

$-5.6M total

Fairfield County

Connecticut

$-13 per capita

$-12.3M total

Windham County

Connecticut

$-13 per capita

$-1.5M total

Litchfield County

Connecticut

$-38 per capita

$-7.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Connecticut - 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 ($6 here).

Luna County, New Mexico · $11
Manassas Park City, Virginia · $2,268
Loíza Municipio, Puerto Rico · $2,588
Río Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico · $2,600

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($1.5M 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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New London County

How New London County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: New London County vs. Connecticut and the nation

Leading Federal Agencies in New London County

Top awarding agencies in New London County, FY2025

How New London County Ranks Nationally

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Similar per-capita spending

Similar total federal spending