PlainSpending

Northern Islands Municipality

$10,483,228 per resident in FY2025 ($73.4M total) - high intensity.

Northern Mariana Islands · FIPS 69085

In FY2025, Northern Islands Municipality carried a thin absolute book of $73.4M - $10,483,228 per capita for 7 residents. Intensity sits 66898.3% above the national average (+289430.4% vs Northern Mariana Islands). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #1/4.

Total spending
$73.4M
Per capita
$10,483,228
vs. national avg
+66898.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $10,483,228 puts Northern Islands Municipality at #1 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Northern Islands Municipality posts top-1% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 1%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,483,228
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
89.2% of tracked spending
Northern Mariana Islands rank
#1 of 4

How Northern Islands Municipality Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Northern Islands Municipality vs. Northern Mariana Islands and the nation

Northern Islands Municipality$10,483,228Northern Mariana Islands avg$3,621National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 7 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Northern Islands Municipality

Top awarding agencies in Northern Islands Municipality, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$64.7MDepartment of Transportation$5.4MDepartment of Justice$2.4M
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 $72.6M (98.9%) of Northern Islands Municipality's $73.4M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Northern Islands Municipality 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 $64.7M 89.2%
Department of Transportation $5.4M 7.5%
Department of Justice $2.4M 3.3%

How Northern Islands Municipality Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,483,228 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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

Northern Islands Municipality Among Northern Mariana Islands's Largest Counties

Population vs. per-capita spending: Northern Mariana Islands's biggest counties

The 4 largest-population counties in Northern Mariana Islands by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Northern Islands Municipality is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 4 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 010,00020,00030,00040,00050,000 $0$5,000,000$10,000,000$15,000,000 Population Spending per capita ($) Saipan MunicipalityTinian MunicipalityRota MunicipalityNorthern Islands Municipality
The 4 largest-population counties in Northern Mariana Islands by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Northern Islands Municipality is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Saipan Municipality 43,385 $3,491 $151.5M
Tinian Municipality 2,044 $8,138 $16.6M
Rota Municipality 1,893 $866 $1.6M
Northern Islands Municipality (this county) 7 $10,483,228 $73.4M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Northern Islands Municipality's $10,483,228 - prioritizing Northern Mariana Islands peers first.

Tinian Municipality

Northern Mariana Islands

$8,138 per capita

$16.6M total

Saipan Municipality

Northern Mariana Islands

$3,491 per capita

$151.5M total

Rota Municipality

Northern Mariana Islands

$866 per capita

$1.6M total

Cass County

North Dakota

$483,874 per capita

$89.3B total

Cumberland County

Pennsylvania

$409,868 per capita

$106.3B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Northern Mariana Islands - 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 ($10,483,228 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($73.4M 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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