PlainSpending

St. Thomas Island

$237,831 per resident in FY2025 ($10.1B total) - high intensity.

U.S. Virgin Islands · FIPS 78030

In FY2025, St. Thomas Island in U.S. Virgin Islands posted a dense absolute book of $10.1B ($237,831 per capita across 42,261 residents). That is 1420.0% above the national average and 93.1% above the U.S. Virgin Islands average. Department of Homeland Security leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #1 of 3.

Total spending
$10.1B
Per capita
$237,831
vs. national avg
+1420.0%
Fiscal year
FY2025

High per-resident intensity

Per-capita intensity is the standout: $237,831 puts St. Thomas Island at #5 of 3,224.

High per-resident intensity

St. Thomas Island posts top-1% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Department of Homeland Security.

National per-capita rank
Top 1%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$237,831
Leading agency
Department of Homeland Security
97.4% of tracked spending
U.S. Virgin Islands rank
#1 of 3

How St. Thomas Island Compares

Per-capita federal spending: St. Thomas Island vs. U.S. Virgin Islands and the nation

St. Thomas Island$237,831U.S. Virgin Islands avg$123,194National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 42,261 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in St. Thomas Island

Top awarding agencies in St. Thomas Island, FY2025

Department of Homeland Secur…$9.7BSocial Security Administrati…$199.0MDepartment of Housing and Ur…$57.7M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Homeland Security is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0.3% 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 $9.9B (98.9%) of St. Thomas Island's $10.1B in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - St. Thomas Island 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
Department of Homeland Security $9.7B 97.4%
Social Security Administration $199.0M 2%
Department of Housing and Urban Development $57.7M 0.6%

How St. Thomas Island Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$237,831 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to St. Thomas Island's $237,831 - prioritizing U.S. Virgin Islands peers first.

St. Croix Island

U.S. Virgin Islands

$6,764 per capita

$277.4M total

St. John Island

U.S. Virgin Islands

$5,589 per capita

$21.7M total

Spotsylvania County

Virginia

$227,738 per capita

$31.9B total

Los Alamos County

New Mexico

$277,874 per capita

$5.4B total

Richland County

South Carolina

$192,829 per capita

$80.2B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside U.S. Virgin Islands - 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 ($237,831 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($10.1B 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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