How much federal spending did Tolland County, Connecticut receive?

Tolland County posted a thin absolute book of $487.8K in FY2025 ($3 per capita; population 149,788).

How does Tolland County's per capita spending compare to the national average?

Tolland County's $3 sits 100.0% below the $15,647 national average (-100.0% vs Connecticut).

What is the population of Tolland County, Connecticut?

Census estimates put Tolland County at 149,788 residents, the denominator behind a low $3 intensity.

Tolland County

$487.8K in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $3 per capita.

Connecticut · FIPS 09013

Compiled by PlainSpending

Data updated September 2025

In FY2025, Tolland County carried a thin absolute book of $487.8K - $3 per capita for 149,788 residents. Intensity sits 100.0% below the national average (-100.0% vs Connecticut). Leading tracked agency: Small Business Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #2/8.

Total spending: $487.8K
Per capita: $3
vs. national avg: -100.0%
Fiscal year: FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Tolland County is a light absolute book: #3223 of 3,224 with only $487.8K.

Thin absolute federal book

Tolland County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Small Business Administration.

National per-capita rank: Top 100%; of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending: $3
Leading agency: Small Business Administration; 69.8% of tracked spending
Connecticut rank: #2 of 8

Understanding Tolland County's federal spending

Thin absolute book vs. peers

USASpending.gov (Treasury) records only $487.8K in FY2025 place-of-performance awards for Tolland County, Connecticut (FIPS 09013) - a thin absolute book at $3 for 149,788 residents. Intensity sits 100.0% below the $15,647 national average.

Inside Connecticut ($153.6B statewide), Tolland County's low $3 sits 100.0% below the $42,600 state average.

By per-capita federal spending alone, Tolland County ranks #2 of 8 Connecticut counties.

Spending concentration

Set against Connecticut's full statewide total, Tolland County's piece works out to a modest 0.00%, unsurprising for a county its size relative to bigger recipients elsewhere in the state.

Reading this number carefully

A per-capita figure this far from the norm is worth a second look before drawing conclusions. Nationally, county-level federal spending concentrates around a small number of drivers: a major military installation, a large VA medical center or federal hospital, a national laboratory, a federal prison, or a small resident population inflating an otherwise ordinary per-capita number. The dataset records dollars by place of performance only, it does not identify which of these applies to Tolland County, so this figure is best read as a prompt for further research rather than a stand-alone measure of local prosperity or federal favoritism. Readers comparing Tolland County to neighboring counties should also check population size before assuming the gap reflects total dollars rather than a small denominator.

Federal spending is attributed by place of performance, not recipient headquarters. See our methodology for the full population-source, attribution, and data-vintage rules.

How Tolland County Compares

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

Population: 149,788 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Tolland County

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

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Small Business Administration is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 0% 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 $442.7K (90.7%) of Tolland County's $487.8K in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Tolland County 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
Small Business Administration	$309.2K	69.8%
Department of Justice	$83.5K	18.9%
Department of Agriculture	$50.0K	11.3%

How Tolland County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$3 Among the lowest in the bottom 1% of 3,224 US counties

all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $1K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Tolland County's $3 - prioritizing Connecticut peers first.

New London County

Connecticut

$6 per capita

$1.5M total

New Haven County

Connecticut

$-6 per capita

$-5.6M total

Fairfield County

Connecticut

$-13 per capita

$-12.3M total

Windham County

Connecticut

$-13 per capita

$-1.5M total

Litchfield County

Connecticut

$-38 per capita

$-7.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Connecticut - 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 ($3 here).

Luna County, New Mexico · $11
Manassas Park City, Virginia · $2,268
Loíza Municipio, Puerto Rico · $2,588
Río Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico · $2,600

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($487.8K 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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Tolland County

How Tolland County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Tolland County vs. Connecticut and the nation

Leading Federal Agencies in Tolland County

Top awarding agencies in Tolland County, FY2025

How Tolland County Ranks Nationally

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Similar per-capita spending

Similar total federal spending