PlainSpending

Rusk County

$121.0M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $8,527 per capita.

Wisconsin · FIPS 55107

In FY2025, Rusk County carried a thin absolute book of $121.0M - $8,527 per capita for 14,188 residents. Intensity sits 45.5% below the national average (-55.5% vs Wisconsin). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #29/72.

Total spending
$121.0M
Per capita
$8,527
vs. national avg
-45.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Rusk County is a light absolute book: #2162 of 3,224 with only $121.0M.

Thin absolute federal book

Rusk County posts above-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 43%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$8,527
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
87.2% of tracked spending
Wisconsin rank
#29 of 72

How Rusk County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Rusk County vs. Wisconsin and the nation

Rusk County$8,527Wisconsin avg$19,169National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 14,188 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Rusk County

Top awarding agencies in Rusk County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$101.4MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$9.2MDepartment of Health and Hum…$5.7M
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 $116.3M (96.2%) of Rusk County's $121.0M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Rusk 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 $101.4M 87.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs $9.2M 7.9%
Department of Health and Human Services $5.7M 4.9%

How Rusk County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$8,527 Higher than most higher than 57% 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

Rusk County Among Wisconsin's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Wisconsin by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Rusk 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,000 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000$100,000$120,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Wisconsin by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Rusk County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Milwaukee County 939,489 $6,376 $6.0B
Dane County 561,504 $96,863 $54.4B
Waukesha County 406,978 $7,959 $3.2B
Brown County 268,740 $6,595 $1.8B
Racine County 197,727 $6,617 $1.3B
Outagamie County 190,705 $7,226 $1.4B
Winnebago County 171,730 $21,391 $3.7B
Kenosha County 169,151 $6,400 $1.1B
Rock County 163,687 $9,463 $1.5B
Marathon County 138,013 $6,581 $908.3M
Washington County 136,761 $7,004 $957.9M
La Crosse County 120,784 $28,100 $3.4B
Sheboygan County 118,034 $6,979 $823.8M
Walworth County 106,478 $6,885 $733.1M
Eau Claire County 105,710 $6,379 $674.3M
Rusk County (this county) 14,188 $8,527 $121.0M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Rusk County's $8,527 - prioritizing Wisconsin peers first.

Pepin County

Wisconsin

$8,559 per capita

$62.6M total

Waushara County

Wisconsin

$8,581 per capita

$210.4M total

Lincoln County

Wisconsin

$8,404 per capita

$238.8M total

Langlade County

Wisconsin

$8,659 per capita

$168.8M total

Kewaunee County

Wisconsin

$8,229 per capita

$169.2M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Wisconsin - 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 ($8,527 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($121.0M 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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