PlainSpending

Pike County

$8,710 per resident in FY2025 ($153.2M total) - high intensity.

Missouri · FIPS 29163

In FY2025, Pike County carried a thin absolute book of $153.2M - $8,710 per capita for 17,587 residents. Intensity sits 44.3% below the national average (-42.8% vs Missouri). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #34/115.

Total spending
$153.2M
Per capita
$8,710
vs. national avg
-44.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $8,710 puts Pike County at #1284 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

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

National per-capita rank
Top 40%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$8,710
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
71.3% of tracked spending
Missouri rank
#34 of 115

How Pike County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Pike County vs. Missouri and the nation

Pike County$8,710Missouri avg$15,232National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 17,587 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Pike County

Top awarding agencies in Pike County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$93.3MDepartment of Defense$24.5MDepartment of Housing and Ur…$13.1M
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 $130.9M (85.5%) of Pike County's $153.2M 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 - Pike 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 $93.3M 71.3%
Department of Defense $24.5M 18.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development $13.1M 10%

How Pike County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$8,710 Higher than most higher than 60% 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

Pike County Among Missouri's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Missouri by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Pike 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 0500,0001,000,0001,500,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Missouri by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Pike County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
St. Louis County 1,004,125 $16,891 $17.0B
Jackson County 717,204 $11,265 $8.1B
St. Charles County 405,262 $6,465 $2.6B
St. Louis City 301,578 $68,810 $20.8B
Greene County 298,915 $6,701 $2.0B
Clay County 253,335 $6,058 $1.5B
Jefferson County 226,739 $6,590 $1.5B
Boone County 183,610 $6,290 $1.2B
Jasper County 122,761 $6,552 $804.4M
Cass County 107,824 $6,793 $732.4M
Platte County 106,718 $7,158 $763.8M
Franklin County 104,682 $7,263 $760.3M
Christian County 88,842 $6,297 $559.4M
Buchanan County 84,793 $6,505 $551.6M
Cape Girardeau County 81,710 $6,784 $554.3M
Pike County (this county) 17,587 $8,710 $153.2M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Pike County's $8,710 - prioritizing Missouri peers first.

Iron County

Missouri

$8,708 per capita

$83.0M total

Butler County

Missouri

$8,694 per capita

$366.3M total

Worth County

Missouri

$8,741 per capita

$17.2M total

Ralls County

Missouri

$8,654 per capita

$89.6M total

Stoddard County

Missouri

$8,804 per capita

$252.4M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Missouri - 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 ($8,710 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($153.2M 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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