Sarasota County
$5.6B in FY2025 federal spending, $12,868 per capita.
Florida · FIPS 12115
In FY2025, Sarasota County in Florida received $5.6B in federal spending - $12,868 per capita for a population of 434,006. This is 17.8% below the national average and 14.7% below the Florida average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #10 of 67 Florida counties.
- Total spending
- $5.6B
- Per capita
- $12,868
- vs. national avg
- -17.8%
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
The verdict
Sarasota 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
- $12,868
- Leading agency
- Social Security Administration
- 87.9% of tracked spending
- Florida rank
- #10 of 67
How Sarasota County Compares
Per-capita federal spending: Sarasota County vs. Florida and the nation
Population: 434,006 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.
Leading Federal Agencies in Sarasota County
Top awarding agencies in Sarasota County, FY2025
Among the 1,150 US counties with agency-level spending data, Social Security Administration is the most common leading agency nationally, topping 86% of agency-tracked counties.
These 3 agencies together account for $4.4B (78.1%) of Sarasota County's $5.6B 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 - Sarasota 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 | $3.8B | 87.9% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $276.1M | 6.3% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $249.5M | 5.7% |
How Sarasota County Ranks Nationally
Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties
All 3,232 US counties, FY2025
$12,868 Top 12% higher than 88% of 3,224 US counties
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, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates
Sarasota County Among Florida's Largest Counties
Population vs. per-capita spending: Florida's biggest counties
Read the chart as a table
| County | Population | Per capita | Total spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Dade County | 2,701,767 | $9,300 | $25.1B |
| Broward County | 1,944,375 | $5,396 | $10.5B |
| Palm Beach County | 1,492,191 | $7,502 | $11.2B |
| Hillsborough County | 1,459,762 | $33,387 | $48.7B |
| Orange County | 1,429,908 | $11,609 | $16.6B |
| Duval County | 995,567 | $39,620 | $39.4B |
| Pinellas County | 959,107 | $14,578 | $14.0B |
| Lee County | 760,822 | $9,560 | $7.3B |
| Polk County | 725,046 | $7,501 | $5.4B |
| Brevard County | 606,612 | $22,151 | $13.4B |
| Pasco County | 561,891 | $10,245 | $5.8B |
| Volusia County | 553,543 | $10,359 | $5.7B |
| Seminole County | 470,856 | $6,152 | $2.9B |
| Sarasota County (this county) | 434,006 | $12,868 | $5.6B |
| Manatee County | 399,710 | $10,591 | $4.2B |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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