PlainSpending

Phillips County

$48.8M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $11,578 per capita.

Montana · FIPS 30071

In FY2025, Phillips County carried a thin absolute book of $48.8M - $11,578 per capita for 4,217 residents. Intensity sits 26.0% below the national average (-18.1% vs Montana). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #26/56.

Total spending
$48.8M
Per capita
$11,578
vs. national avg
-26.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Phillips County is a light absolute book: #2896 of 3,224 with only $48.8M.

Thin absolute federal book

Phillips County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 16%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$11,578
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
50.7% of tracked spending
Montana rank
#26 of 56

How Phillips County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Phillips County vs. Montana and the nation

Phillips County$11,578Montana avg$14,143National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 4,217 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Phillips County

Top awarding agencies in Phillips County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$21.4MDepartment of Agriculture$16.8MDepartment of the Interior$4.1M
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 $42.3M (86.7%) of Phillips County's $48.8M 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 - Phillips 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 $21.4M 50.7%
Department of Agriculture $16.8M 39.6%
Department of the Interior $4.1M 9.8%

How Phillips County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$11,578 Top 16% higher than 84% 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

Phillips County Among Montana's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Montana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Phillips 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 050,000100,000150,000200,000 $5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000$30,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Montana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Phillips County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Yellowstone County 164,731 $7,203 $1.2B
Gallatin County 118,960 $7,050 $838.7M
Missoula County 117,922 $7,636 $900.5M
Flathead County 104,357 $9,159 $955.8M
Cascade County 84,414 $12,074 $1.0B
Lewis and Clark County 70,973 $24,304 $1.7B
Ravalli County 44,174 $11,242 $496.6M
Silver Bow County 35,133 $10,448 $367.1M
Lake County 31,134 $16,655 $518.5M
Lincoln County 19,677 $12,584 $247.6M
Park County 17,191 $9,669 $166.2M
Hill County 16,309 $16,115 $262.8M
Glacier County 13,778 $12,084 $166.5M
Big Horn County 13,124 $12,537 $164.5M
Sanders County 12,400 $12,143 $150.6M
Phillips County (this county) 4,217 $11,578 $48.8M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Phillips County's $11,578 - prioritizing Montana peers first.

Stillwater County

Montana

$11,565 per capita

$103.7M total

Beaverhead County

Montana

$11,608 per capita

$108.8M total

Meagher County

Montana

$11,489 per capita

$22.1M total

Golden Valley County

Montana

$11,712 per capita

$9.6M total

Ravalli County

Montana

$11,242 per capita

$496.6M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Montana - 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 ($11,578 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($48.8M 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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