PlainSpending

Saluda County

$6,888 per resident in FY2025 ($129.9M total) - low intensity.

South Carolina · FIPS 45081

In FY2025, Saluda County carried a thin absolute book of $129.9M - $6,888 per capita for 18,862 residents. Intensity sits 56.0% below the national average (-74.3% vs South Carolina). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #41/46.

Total spending
$129.9M
Per capita
$6,888
vs. national avg
-56.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Saluda County residents see a thin $6,888 each (#2508 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

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

National per-capita rank
Top 78%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$6,888
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
90.2% of tracked spending
South Carolina rank
#41 of 46

How Saluda County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Saluda County vs. South Carolina and the nation

Saluda County$6,888South Carolina avg$26,788National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 18,862 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Saluda County

Top awarding agencies in Saluda County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$116.5MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$9.4MDepartment of Agriculture$3.2M
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 $129.1M (99.3%) of Saluda County's $129.9M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Saluda 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 $116.5M 90.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs $9.4M 7.3%
Department of Agriculture $3.2M 2.5%

How Saluda County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$6,888 Among the lowest higher than 22% of 3,224 US counties

all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $1K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates

Saluda County Among South Carolina's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in South Carolina by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Saluda 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 0200,000400,000600,000 $0$50,000$100,000$150,000$200,000$250,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in South Carolina by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Saluda County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Greenville County 525,534 $7,449 $3.9B
Richland County 416,147 $192,829 $80.2B
Charleston County 408,235 $12,584 $5.1B
Horry County 351,029 $11,512 $4.0B
Spartanburg County 327,997 $6,888 $2.3B
Lexington County 293,991 $8,070 $2.4B
York County 282,090 $6,524 $1.8B
Berkeley County 229,861 $10,111 $2.3B
Anderson County 203,718 $7,499 $1.5B
Beaufort County 187,117 $10,683 $2.0B
Aiken County 168,808 $28,549 $4.8B
Dorchester County 161,540 $6,878 $1.1B
Florence County 137,059 $7,201 $987.0M
Pickens County 131,404 $7,711 $1.0B
Sumter County 105,556 $11,961 $1.3B
Saluda County (this county) 18,862 $6,888 $129.9M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Saluda County's $6,888 - prioritizing South Carolina peers first.

Spartanburg County

South Carolina

$6,888 per capita

$2.3B total

Dorchester County

South Carolina

$6,878 per capita

$1.1B total

Marlboro County

South Carolina

$6,870 per capita

$183.2M total

Cherokee County

South Carolina

$6,836 per capita

$384.3M total

Dillon County

South Carolina

$6,998 per capita

$198.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside South Carolina - 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 ($6,888 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($129.9M 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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