PlainSpending

Platte County

$11,412 per resident in FY2025 ($98.2M total) - high intensity.

Wyoming · FIPS 56031

In FY2025, Platte County carried a thin absolute book of $98.2M - $11,412 per capita for 8,605 residents. Intensity sits 27.1% below the national average (-5.8% vs Wyoming). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #8/23.

Total spending
$98.2M
Per capita
$11,412
vs. national avg
-27.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $11,412 puts Platte County at #543 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

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

National per-capita rank
Top 17%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$11,412
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
72.9% of tracked spending
Wyoming rank
#8 of 23

How Platte County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Platte County vs. Wyoming and the nation

Platte County$11,412Wyoming avg$12,119National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 8,605 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Platte County

Top awarding agencies in Platte County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$58.1MDepartment of Health and Hum…$11.7MDepartment of Transportation$9.9M
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 $79.7M (81.2%) of Platte County's $98.2M 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 - Platte 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 $58.1M 72.9%
Department of Health and Human Services $11.7M 14.6%
Department of Transportation $9.9M 12.5%

How Platte County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$11,412 Top 17% higher than 83% 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

Platte County Among Wyoming's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Wyoming by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Platte 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 050,000100,000150,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Wyoming by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Platte County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Laramie County 100,512 $11,993 $1.2B
Natrona County 79,955 $6,964 $556.8M
Campbell County 47,026 $5,619 $264.2M
Sweetwater County 42,272 $7,562 $319.7M
Fremont County 39,234 $10,648 $417.8M
Albany County 37,066 $7,850 $291.0M
Sheridan County 30,921 $11,976 $370.3M
Park County 29,624 $12,194 $361.2M
Teton County 23,331 $10,376 $242.1M
Uinta County 20,450 $7,208 $147.4M
Lincoln County 19,581 $7,235 $141.7M
Carbon County 14,537 $9,818 $142.7M
Converse County 13,751 $11,856 $163.0M
Goshen County 12,498 $9,130 $114.1M
Big Horn County 11,521 $7,263 $83.7M
Platte County (this county) 8,605 $11,412 $98.2M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Platte County's $11,412 - prioritizing Wyoming peers first.

Converse County

Wyoming

$11,856 per capita

$163.0M total

Hot Springs County

Wyoming

$11,885 per capita

$54.9M total

Sheridan County

Wyoming

$11,976 per capita

$370.3M total

Laramie County

Wyoming

$11,993 per capita

$1.2B total

Fremont County

Wyoming

$10,648 per capita

$417.8M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Wyoming - 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 ($11,412 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($98.2M 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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