PlainSpending

Sioux County

$148.2M in FY2025 federal spending, $38,019 per capita (+143.0% vs national).

North Dakota · FIPS 38085

In FY2025, Sioux County carried a thin absolute book of $148.2M - $38,019 per capita for 3,898 residents. Intensity sits 143.0% above the national average (-69.9% vs North Dakota). Leading tracked agency: Department of the Interior. Per-capita rank in-state: #3/53.

Total spending
$148.2M
Per capita
$38,019
vs. national avg
+143.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Well above national average

Sioux County runs 143.0% above the $15,647 national average.

Well above national average

Sioux County posts top-5% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Department of the Interior.

National per-capita rank
Top 2%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$38,019
Leading agency
Department of the Interior
58.3% of tracked spending
North Dakota rank
#3 of 53

How Sioux County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Sioux County vs. North Dakota and the nation

Sioux County$38,019North Dakota avg$126,315National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 3,898 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Sioux County

Top awarding agencies in Sioux County, FY2025

Department of the Interior$63.8MDepartment of Agriculture$31.2MDepartment of Health and Hum…$14.4M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of the Interior is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0.6% 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 $109.4M (73.8%) of Sioux County's $148.2M 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 - Sioux 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
Department of the Interior $63.8M 58.3%
Department of Agriculture $31.2M 28.5%
Department of Health and Human Services $14.4M 13.2%

How Sioux County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$38,019 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Sioux County Among North Dakota's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in North Dakota by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Sioux 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 050,000100,000150,000200,000 $0$200,000$400,000$600,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in North Dakota by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Sioux County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Cass County 184,525 $483,874 $89.3B
Burleigh County 98,458 $15,671 $1.5B
Grand Forks County 73,170 $13,298 $973.0M
Ward County 69,919 $8,166 $571.0M
Williams County 40,950 $4,914 $201.2M
Stark County 33,646 $5,649 $190.1M
Morton County 33,291 $7,403 $246.5M
Stutsman County 21,593 $11,682 $252.2M
Richland County 16,529 $10,136 $167.5M
Mckenzie County 14,704 $9,218 $135.5M
Rolette County 12,187 $16,670 $203.2M
Ramsey County 11,605 $12,750 $148.0M
Barnes County 10,853 $10,613 $115.2M
Walsh County 10,563 $9,489 $100.2M
Mountrail County 9,809 $11,782 $115.6M
Sioux County (this county) 3,898 $38,019 $148.2M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Sioux County's $38,019 - prioritizing North Dakota peers first.

Billings County

North Dakota

$40,921 per capita

$38.7M total

Cavalier County

North Dakota

$26,116 per capita

$96.7M total

Burke County

North Dakota

$25,124 per capita

$55.3M total

Adams County

North Dakota

$23,248 per capita

$51.1M total

Benson County

North Dakota

$20,844 per capita

$124.3M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside North Dakota - 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 ($38,019 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($148.2M 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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