PlainSpending

Saipan Municipality

$3,491 per resident in FY2025 ($151.5M total) - low intensity.

Northern Mariana Islands · FIPS 69110

In FY2025, Saipan Municipality carried a thin absolute book of $151.5M - $3,491 per capita for 43,385 residents. Intensity sits 77.7% below the national average (-3.6% vs Northern Mariana Islands). Leading tracked agency: Environmental Protection Agency. Per-capita rank in-state: #3/4.

Total spending
$151.5M
Per capita
$3,491
vs. national avg
-77.7%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Saipan Municipality residents see a thin $3,491 each (#3211 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

Saipan Municipality posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Environmental Protection Agency.

National per-capita rank
Top 100%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$3,491
Leading agency
Environmental Protection Agency
56.8% of tracked spending
Northern Mariana Islands rank
#3 of 4

How Saipan Municipality Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Saipan Municipality vs. Northern Mariana Islands and the nation

Saipan Municipality$3,491Northern Mariana Islands avg$3,621National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 43,385 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Saipan Municipality

Top awarding agencies in Saipan Municipality, FY2025

Environmental Protection Age…$65.4MDepartment of Education$35.3MDepartment of Defense$14.5M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Environmental Protection Agency is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0.1% of agency-tracked counties nationally -- often a sign of a single large federal facility rather than broad-based spending.

These 3 agencies together account for $115.2M (76%) of Saipan Municipality's $151.5M 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 - Saipan Municipality 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
Environmental Protection Agency $65.4M 56.8%
Department of Education $35.3M 30.6%
Department of Defense $14.5M 12.6%

How Saipan Municipality Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$3,491 Among the lowest in the bottom 1% 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

Saipan Municipality Among Northern Mariana Islands's Largest Counties

Population vs. per-capita spending: Northern Mariana Islands's biggest counties

The 4 largest-population counties in Northern Mariana Islands by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Saipan Municipality is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 4 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 010,00020,00030,00040,00050,000 $0$5,000,000$10,000,000$15,000,000 Population Spending per capita ($) Saipan MunicipalityTinian MunicipalityRota MunicipalityNorthern Islands Municipality
The 4 largest-population counties in Northern Mariana Islands by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Saipan Municipality is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Saipan Municipality (this county) 43,385 $3,491 $151.5M
Tinian Municipality 2,044 $8,138 $16.6M
Rota Municipality 1,893 $866 $1.6M
Northern Islands Municipality 7 $10,483,228 $73.4M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Saipan Municipality's $3,491 - prioritizing Northern Mariana Islands peers first.

Rota Municipality

Northern Mariana Islands

$866 per capita

$1.6M total

Tinian Municipality

Northern Mariana Islands

$8,138 per capita

$16.6M total

Northern Islands Municipality

Northern Mariana Islands

$10,483,228 per capita

$73.4M total

Eastern District

American Samoa

$3,511 per capita

$59.9M total

Utah County

Utah

$3,532 per capita

$2.3B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Northern Mariana Islands - 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 ($3,491 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($151.5M 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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