PlainSpending

Orange County

$2.5B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $6,298 per capita.

New York · FIPS 36071

In FY2025, Orange County in New York posted a dense absolute book of $2.5B ($6,298 per capita across 401,310 residents). That is 59.7% below the national average and 51.5% below the New York average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #56 of 62.

Total spending
$2.5B
Per capita
$6,298
vs. national avg
-59.7%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Orange County sits #263 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($2.5B).

Heavy absolute federal book

Orange County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 89%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$6,298
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
80.3% of tracked spending
New York rank
#56 of 62

How Orange County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Orange County vs. New York and the nation

Orange County$6,298New York avg$12,978National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 401,310 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Orange County

Top awarding agencies in Orange County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$1.8BDepartment of Defense$279.1MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$165.9M
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 $2.3B (89.5%) of Orange County's $2.5B 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 - Orange 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
Social Security Administration $1.8B 80.3%
Department of Defense $279.1M 12.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs $165.9M 7.3%

How Orange County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6,298 Among the lowest higher than 11% 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

Orange County Among New York's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in New York by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Orange 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 01,000,0002,000,0003,000,000 $0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in New York by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Orange County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Kings County 2,736,074 $3,678 $10.1B
Queens County 2,405,464 $3,919 $9.4B
New York County 1,694,251 $18,405 $31.2B
Suffolk County 1,525,920 $7,699 $11.7B
Bronx County 1,472,654 $5,314 $7.8B
Nassau County 1,395,774 $7,688 $10.7B
Westchester County 1,004,457 $5,877 $5.9B
Erie County 954,236 $9,584 $9.1B
Monroe County 759,443 $13,013 $9.9B
Richmond County 495,747 $6,713 $3.3B
Onondaga County 476,516 $11,396 $5.4B
Orange County (this county) 401,310 $6,298 $2.5B
Rockland County 338,329 $6,063 $2.1B
Albany County 314,848 $30,058 $9.5B
Dutchess County 295,911 $6,796 $2.0B

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Orange County's $6,298 - prioritizing New York peers first.

Rockland County

New York

$6,063 per capita

$2.1B total

Cortland County

New York

$6,061 per capita

$283.7M total

Sullivan County

New York

$6,656 per capita

$523.3M total

Putnam County

New York

$6,704 per capita

$654.7M total

Richmond County

New York

$6,713 per capita

$3.3B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside New York - 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 ($6,298 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($2.5B 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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