PlainSpending

St. Joseph County

$3.0B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $10,907 per capita.

Indiana · FIPS 18141

In FY2025, St. Joseph County in Indiana posted a dense absolute book of $3.0B ($10,907 per capita across 272,912 residents). That is 30.3% below the national average and 64.3% below the Indiana average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #6 of 92.

Total spending
$3.0B
Per capita
$10,907
vs. national avg
-30.3%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

St. Joseph County sits #231 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($3.0B).

Heavy absolute federal book

St. Joseph County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending led by Social Security Administration, among several agencies.

National per-capita rank
Top 20%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,907
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
48.9% of tracked spending
Indiana rank
#6 of 92

How St. Joseph County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: St. Joseph County vs. Indiana and the nation

St. Joseph County$10,907Indiana avg$30,517National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 272,912 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in St. Joseph County

Top awarding agencies in St. Joseph County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$1.3BDepartment of Defense$1.3BDepartment of Veterans Affai…$98.7M
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 $2.7B (92.2%) of St. Joseph County's $3.0B in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - St. Joseph 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 $1.3B 48.9%
Department of Defense $1.3B 47.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs $98.7M 3.6%

How St. Joseph County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,907 Top 20% higher than 80% 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

St. Joseph County Among Indiana's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Indiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; St. Joseph County is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 15 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,0001,200,000 $0$50,000$100,000$150,000$200,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Indiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; St. Joseph County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Marion County 977,203 $147,172 $143.8B
Lake County 498,700 $6,356 $3.2B
Allen County 385,410 $7,136 $2.8B
Hamilton County 347,467 $5,591 $1.9B
St. Joseph County (this county) 272,912 $10,907 $3.0B
Elkhart County 207,047 $5,442 $1.1B
Tippecanoe County 186,251 $6,304 $1.2B
Vanderburgh County 180,136 $8,402 $1.5B
Hendricks County 174,788 $5,677 $992.2M
Porter County 173,215 $6,957 $1.2B
Johnson County 161,765 $6,184 $1.0B
Monroe County 139,718 $7,186 $1.0B
Madison County 130,129 $6,927 $901.4M
Clark County 121,093 $6,586 $797.5M
Laporte County 112,417 $7,316 $822.4M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to St. Joseph County's $10,907 - prioritizing Indiana peers first.

Howard County

Indiana

$10,580 per capita

$885.1M total

Fulton County

Indiana

$10,379 per capita

$212.6M total

Wayne County

Indiana

$11,574 per capita

$770.3M total

Bartholomew County

Indiana

$9,791 per capita

$804.9M total

Franklin County

Indiana

$8,980 per capita

$204.6M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Indiana - 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 ($10,907 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($3.0B 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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