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Solano County

$3.4B in FY2025 federal spending, $7,432 per capita.

California · FIPS 06095

In FY2025, Solano County in California received $3.4B in federal spending - $7,432 per capita for a population of 453,491. This is 52.5% below the national average and 39.5% below the California average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #29 of 58 California counties.

Total spending
$3.4B
Per capita
$7,432
vs. national avg
-52.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

The verdict

Solano County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 65%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$7,432
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
73.7% of tracked spending
California rank
#29 of 58

How Solano County Compares

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

Top 65% nationally
Solano County$7,432California avg$12,283National avg$15,647

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

Population: 453,491 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Solano County

Top awarding agencies in Solano County, FY2025

Social Security Administration$1.9BDepartment of Veterans Affairs$401.0MDepartment of Defense$290.5M

Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

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 $2.6B (78%) of Solano County's $3.4B 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 - Solano 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 $1.9B 73.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs $401.0M 15.2%
Department of Defense $290.5M 11%

How Solano County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$7,432 Top 65% higher than 35% of 3,224 US counties

This county $0 $20K+ all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

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

Solano 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; Solano 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. 05,000,00010,000,00015,000,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000$30,000 Population Spending per capita ($) Large and spending-intensiveSmall population, outsized spendingLarge population, modest per-residentSmaller footprint both ways
The 16 largest-population counties in California by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Solano 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
Solano County (this county) 453,491 $7,432 $3.4B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much federal spending did Solano County, California receive?
Solano County received $3.4B in total federal spending during Fiscal Year 2025. This equates to $7,432 per capita for the county's population of 453,491.
How does Solano County's per capita spending compare to the national average?
Solano County's per capita federal spending of $7,432 is 52.5% below the national average of $15,647. Compared to the California average of $12,283, it is 39.5% below.
What is the population of Solano County, California?
Solano County has a population of 453,491 according to Census Bureau estimates. This population figure is used to calculate the per capita federal spending of $7,432.
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.

Every figure on PlainSpending is computed directly from USASpending.gov award-transaction data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page aggregates every federal award with a place-of-performance in this county, live from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.