PlainSpending

Sierra County

$26.1M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $8,057 per capita.

California · FIPS 06091

In FY2025, Sierra County carried a thin absolute book of $26.1M - $8,057 per capita for 3,236 residents. Intensity sits 48.5% below the national average (-34.4% vs California). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #22/58.

Total spending
$26.1M
Per capita
$8,057
vs. national avg
-48.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Sierra County is a light absolute book: #3104 of 3,224 with only $26.1M.

Thin absolute federal book

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

National per-capita rank
Top 52%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$8,057
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
84.2% of tracked spending
California rank
#22 of 58

How Sierra County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Sierra County vs. California and the nation

Sierra County$8,057California avg$12,283National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 3,236 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Sierra County

Top awarding agencies in Sierra County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$19.7MEnvironmental Protection Age…$2.0MDepartment of Transportation$1.7M
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 $23.4M (89.6%) of Sierra County's $26.1M 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 - Sierra 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 $19.7M 84.2%
Environmental Protection Agency $2.0M 8.6%
Department of Transportation $1.7M 7.2%

How Sierra County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$8,057 Around the middle higher than 48% 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

Sierra County Among California's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in California by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Sierra 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 05,000,00010,000,00015,000,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000$30,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in California by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Sierra County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Los Angeles County 10,014,009 $7,997 $80.1B
San Diego County 3,298,634 $10,723 $35.4B
Orange County 3,186,989 $7,341 $23.4B
Riverside County 2,418,185 $6,140 $14.8B
San Bernardino County 2,181,654 $5,778 $12.6B
Santa Clara County 1,936,259 $7,000 $13.6B
Alameda County 1,682,353 $25,252 $42.5B
Sacramento County 1,585,055 $14,781 $23.4B
Contra Costa County 1,165,927 $6,139 $7.2B
Fresno County 1,008,654 $4,949 $5.0B
Kern County 909,235 $6,502 $5.9B
San Francisco County 873,965 $9,698 $8.5B
Ventura County 843,843 $7,141 $6.0B
San Joaquin County 779,233 $5,595 $4.4B
San Mateo County 764,442 $5,783 $4.4B
Sierra County (this county) 3,236 $8,057 $26.1M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Sierra County's $8,057 - prioritizing California peers first.

Los Angeles County

California

$7,997 per capita

$80.1B total

San Luis Obispo County

California

$7,858 per capita

$2.2B total

El Dorado County

California

$7,746 per capita

$1.5B total

Shasta County

California

$8,377 per capita

$1.5B total

Tuolumne County

California

$8,416 per capita

$468.1M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside California - 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 ($8,057 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($26.1M 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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