PlainSpending

Outagamie County

$1.4B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $7,226 per capita.

Wisconsin · FIPS 55087

In FY2025, Outagamie County in Wisconsin posted a dense absolute book of $1.4B ($7,226 per capita across 190,705 residents). That is 53.8% below the national average and 62.3% below the Wisconsin average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #46 of 72.

Total spending
$1.4B
Per capita
$7,226
vs. national avg
-53.8%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Outagamie County sits #419 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($1.4B).

Heavy absolute federal book

Outagamie County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 70%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,226
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
79.3% of tracked spending
Wisconsin rank
#46 of 72

How Outagamie County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Outagamie County vs. Wisconsin and the nation

Outagamie County$7,226Wisconsin avg$19,169National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 190,705 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Outagamie County

Top awarding agencies in Outagamie County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$1.0BDepartment of Transportation$176.8MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$93.3M
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 $1.3B (94.5%) of Outagamie County's $1.4B in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Outagamie 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 $1.0B 79.3%
Department of Transportation $176.8M 13.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs $93.3M 7.2%

How Outagamie County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,226 Around the middle higher than 30% 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

Outagamie County Among Wisconsin's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Wisconsin by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Outagamie 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$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000$100,000$120,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Wisconsin by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Outagamie County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Milwaukee County 939,489 $6,376 $6.0B
Dane County 561,504 $96,863 $54.4B
Waukesha County 406,978 $7,959 $3.2B
Brown County 268,740 $6,595 $1.8B
Racine County 197,727 $6,617 $1.3B
Outagamie County (this county) 190,705 $7,226 $1.4B
Winnebago County 171,730 $21,391 $3.7B
Kenosha County 169,151 $6,400 $1.1B
Rock County 163,687 $9,463 $1.5B
Marathon County 138,013 $6,581 $908.3M
Washington County 136,761 $7,004 $957.9M
La Crosse County 120,784 $28,100 $3.4B
Sheboygan County 118,034 $6,979 $823.8M
Walworth County 106,478 $6,885 $733.1M
Eau Claire County 105,710 $6,379 $674.3M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Outagamie County's $7,226 - prioritizing Wisconsin peers first.

Vernon County

Wisconsin

$7,227 per capita

$222.0M total

Green County

Wisconsin

$7,229 per capita

$268.1M total

Sauk County

Wisconsin

$7,184 per capita

$472.5M total

Lafayette County

Wisconsin

$7,144 per capita

$118.7M total

Chippewa County

Wisconsin

$7,104 per capita

$471.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Wisconsin - 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 ($7,226 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($1.4B 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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