PlainSpending

Tensas Parish

$45.0M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $10,840 per capita.

Louisiana · FIPS 22107

In FY2025, Tensas Parish carried a thin absolute book of $45.0M - $10,840 per capita for 4,147 residents. Intensity sits 30.7% below the national average (-15.6% vs Louisiana). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #10/64.

Total spending
$45.0M
Per capita
$10,840
vs. national avg
-30.7%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Tensas Parish is a light absolute book: #2941 of 3,224 with only $45.0M.

Thin absolute federal book

Tensas Parish posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 20%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,840
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
57.3% of tracked spending
Louisiana rank
#10 of 64

How Tensas Parish Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Tensas Parish vs. Louisiana and the nation

Tensas Parish$10,840Louisiana avg$12,840National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 4,147 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Tensas Parish

Top awarding agencies in Tensas Parish, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$23.6MDepartment of Agriculture$15.5MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$2.0M
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 $41.1M (91.5%) of Tensas Parish's $45.0M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Tensas Parish 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 $23.6M 57.3%
Department of Agriculture $15.5M 37.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs $2.0M 5%

How Tensas Parish Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,840 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

Tensas Parish Among Louisiana's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Louisiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Tensas Parish 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 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000 $4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Louisiana by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Tensas Parish is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
East Baton Rouge Parish 456,781 $11,976 $5.5B
Jefferson Parish 440,781 $13,470 $5.9B
Orleans Parish 383,997 $11,854 $4.6B
St. Tammany Parish 264,570 $7,885 $2.1B
Lafayette Parish 241,753 $6,169 $1.5B
Caddo Parish 237,848 $7,068 $1.7B
Calcasieu Parish 216,785 $6,131 $1.3B
Ouachita Parish 160,368 $6,653 $1.1B
Livingston Parish 142,282 $5,780 $822.4M
Tangipahoa Parish 133,157 $6,092 $811.2M
Rapides Parish 130,023 $7,431 $966.2M
Bossier Parish 128,746 $9,263 $1.2B
Ascension Parish 126,500 $6,304 $797.5M
Terrebonne Parish 109,580 $7,045 $772.0M
Lafourche Parish 97,557 $8,593 $838.3M
Tensas Parish (this county) 4,147 $10,840 $45.0M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Tensas Parish's $10,840 - prioritizing Louisiana peers first.

St. Mary Parish

Louisiana

$11,507 per capita

$568.5M total

Orleans Parish

Louisiana

$11,854 per capita

$4.6B total

East Baton Rouge Parish

Louisiana

$11,976 per capita

$5.5B total

Cameron Parish

Louisiana

$12,056 per capita

$67.7M total

Vernon Parish

Louisiana

$12,217 per capita

$595.6M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Louisiana - 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 ($10,840 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($45.0M 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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