PlainSpending

Real County

$35.7M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $12,928 per capita.

Texas · FIPS 48385

In FY2025, Real County carried a thin absolute book of $35.7M - $12,928 per capita for 2,758 residents. Intensity sits 17.4% below the national average (+21.0% vs Texas). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #32/254.

Total spending
$35.7M
Per capita
$12,928
vs. national avg
-17.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Real County is a light absolute book: #3018 of 3,224 with only $35.7M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 12%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$12,928
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
85% of tracked spending
Texas rank
#32 of 254

How Real County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Real County vs. Texas and the nation

Real County$12,928Texas avg$10,686National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 2,758 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Real County

Top awarding agencies in Real County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$29.9MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$3.3MDepartment of Agriculture$1.9M
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 $35.1M (98.5%) of Real County's $35.7M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Real County has no smaller residual awarding agencies broken out beyond this set, a compact agency footprint rather than a long tail of minor awardees.

Read the agency breakdown as a table
Agency Spending Share
Social Security Administration $29.9M 85%
Department of Veterans Affairs $3.3M 9.5%
Department of Agriculture $1.9M 5.5%

How Real County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$12,928 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Real County Among Texas's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Texas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Real 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 01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Texas by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Real County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Harris County 4,731,145 $5,433 $25.7B
Dallas County 2,613,539 $13,618 $35.6B
Tarrant County 2,110,640 $20,556 $43.4B
Bexar County 2,009,324 $8,940 $18.0B
Travis County 1,290,188 $12,831 $16.6B
Collin County 1,064,465 $5,934 $6.3B
Denton County 906,422 $4,917 $4.5B
Hidalgo County 870,781 $7,211 $6.3B
El Paso County 865,657 $6,774 $5.9B
Fort Bend County 822,779 $6,138 $5.1B
Montgomery County 620,443 $8,004 $5.0B
Williamson County 609,017 $8,655 $5.3B
Cameron County 421,017 $5,886 $2.5B
Brazoria County 372,031 $6,072 $2.3B
Bell County 370,647 $11,862 $4.4B
Real County (this county) 2,758 $12,928 $35.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Real County's $12,928 - prioritizing Texas peers first.

Dallam County

Texas

$12,938 per capita

$92.1M total

Hall County

Texas

$12,967 per capita

$36.6M total

Travis County

Texas

$12,831 per capita

$16.6B total

Chambers County

Texas

$13,309 per capita

$619.8M total

Blanco County

Texas

$12,486 per capita

$142.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Texas - 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 ($12,928 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($35.7M 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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