PlainSpending

Pointe Coupee Parish

$154.5M in FY2025 federal spending, $7,442 per capita.

Louisiana · FIPS 22077

In FY2025, Pointe Coupee Parish carried a thin absolute book of $154.5M - $7,442 per capita for 20,758 residents. Intensity sits 52.4% below the national average (-42.0% vs Louisiana). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #24/64.

Total spending
$154.5M
Per capita
$7,442
vs. national avg
-52.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Mid per-resident intensity

Pointe Coupee Parish's intensity is $7,442 (#2082 of 3,224).

Mid per-resident intensity

Pointe Coupee Parish posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 65%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,442
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
80.2% of tracked spending
Louisiana rank
#24 of 64

How Pointe Coupee Parish Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Pointe Coupee Parish vs. Louisiana and the nation

Pointe Coupee Parish$7,442Louisiana avg$12,840National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 20,758 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Pointe Coupee Parish

Top awarding agencies in Pointe Coupee Parish, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$114.1MDepartment of Agriculture$18.3MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$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 $142.3M (92.1%) of Pointe Coupee Parish's $154.5M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Pointe Coupee Parish 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 $114.1M 80.2%
Department of Agriculture $18.3M 12.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs $9.9M 7%

How Pointe Coupee Parish Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,442 Around the middle higher than 35% 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

Pointe Coupee Parish Among Louisiana's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Louisiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Pointe Coupee Parish 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Louisiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Pointe Coupee Parish is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
East Baton Rouge Parish 456,781 $11,976 $5.5B
Jefferson Parish 440,781 $13,470 $5.9B
Orleans Parish 383,997 $11,854 $4.6B
St. Tammany Parish 264,570 $7,885 $2.1B
Lafayette Parish 241,753 $6,169 $1.5B
Caddo Parish 237,848 $7,068 $1.7B
Calcasieu Parish 216,785 $6,131 $1.3B
Ouachita Parish 160,368 $6,653 $1.1B
Livingston Parish 142,282 $5,780 $822.4M
Tangipahoa Parish 133,157 $6,092 $811.2M
Rapides Parish 130,023 $7,431 $966.2M
Bossier Parish 128,746 $9,263 $1.2B
Ascension Parish 126,500 $6,304 $797.5M
Terrebonne Parish 109,580 $7,045 $772.0M
Lafourche Parish 97,557 $8,593 $838.3M
Pointe Coupee Parish (this county) 20,758 $7,442 $154.5M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Pointe Coupee Parish's $7,442 - prioritizing Louisiana peers first.

Rapides Parish

Louisiana

$7,431 per capita

$966.2M total

Webster Parish

Louisiana

$7,396 per capita

$273.4M total

St. Helena Parish

Louisiana

$7,499 per capita

$81.9M total

Natchitoches Parish

Louisiana

$7,530 per capita

$282.5M total

East Feliciana Parish

Louisiana

$7,580 per capita

$148.1M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Louisiana - 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 ($7,442 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($154.5M 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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