PlainSpending

Pend Oreille County

$10,737 per resident in FY2025 ($143.9M total) - high intensity.

Washington · FIPS 53051

In FY2025, Pend Oreille County carried a thin absolute book of $143.9M - $10,737 per capita for 13,401 residents. Intensity sits 31.4% below the national average (-7.6% vs Washington). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #13/39.

Total spending
$143.9M
Per capita
$10,737
vs. national avg
-31.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $10,737 puts Pend Oreille County at #655 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

Pend Oreille County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 21%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,737
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
84.1% of tracked spending
Washington rank
#13 of 39

How Pend Oreille County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Pend Oreille County vs. Washington and the nation

Pend Oreille County$10,737Washington avg$11,619National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 13,401 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Pend Oreille County

Top awarding agencies in Pend Oreille County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$109.2MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$14.3MDepartment of Transportation$6.4M
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 $129.8M (90.2%) of Pend Oreille County's $143.9M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Pend Oreille 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 $109.2M 84.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs $14.3M 11%
Department of Transportation $6.4M 4.9%

How Pend Oreille County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,737 Top 21% higher than 79% 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

Pend Oreille County Among Washington's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Washington by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Pend Oreille County is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 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 0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,000 $0$10,000$20,000$30,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Washington by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Pend Oreille County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
King County 2,269,675 $9,117 $20.7B
Pierce County 921,130 $7,598 $7.0B
Snohomish County 827,957 $5,959 $4.9B
Spokane County 539,339 $7,955 $4.3B
Clark County 503,311 $6,557 $3.3B
Thurston County 294,793 $12,033 $3.5B
Kitsap County 275,611 $13,725 $3.8B
Yakima County 256,728 $6,350 $1.6B
Whatcom County 226,847 $7,105 $1.6B
Benton County 206,873 $27,737 $5.7B
Skagit County 129,523 $9,714 $1.3B
Cowlitz County 110,730 $8,563 $948.2M
Grant County 99,123 $7,281 $721.7M
Franklin County 96,749 $4,360 $421.9M
Island County 86,857 $11,572 $1.0B
Pend Oreille County (this county) 13,401 $10,737 $143.9M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Pend Oreille County's $10,737 - prioritizing Washington peers first.

San Juan County

Washington

$10,815 per capita

$192.4M total

Ferry County

Washington

$10,424 per capita

$74.8M total

Wahkiakum County

Washington

$10,255 per capita

$45.3M total

Okanogan County

Washington

$10,163 per capita

$427.9M total

Pacific County

Washington

$11,521 per capita

$269.2M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Washington - 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 ($10,737 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($143.9M 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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