Wayne County
$770.3M in FY2025 federal spending, $11,574 per capita.
Indiana · FIPS 18177
In FY2025, Wayne County in Indiana received $770.3M in federal spending - $11,574 per capita for a population of 66,553. This is 26.0% below the national average and 62.1% below the Indiana average. The leading federal agency by spending share is Social Security Administration. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #5 of 92 Indiana counties.
- Total spending
- $770.3M
- Per capita
- $11,574
- vs. national avg
- -26.0%
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
The verdict
Wayne County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.
- National per-capita rank
- Top 16%
- of 3,232 US counties
- Per-capita spending
- $11,574
- Leading agency
- Social Security Administration
- 83.3% of tracked spending
- Indiana rank
- #5 of 92
How Wayne County Compares
Per-capita federal spending: Wayne County vs. Indiana and the nation
Population: 66,553 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.
Leading Federal Agencies in Wayne County
Top awarding agencies in Wayne County, FY2025
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 $451.5M (58.6%) of Wayne County's $770.3M 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 - Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $375.9M | 83.3% |
| Department of Transportation | $48.3M | 10.7% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $27.3M | 6% |
How Wayne County Ranks Nationally
Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties
All 3,232 US counties, FY2025
$11,574 Top 16% higher than 84% of 3,224 US counties
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, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates
Wayne County Among Indiana's Largest Counties
Population vs. per-capita spending: Indiana's biggest counties
Read the chart as a table
| 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 | 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 |
| Wayne County (this county) | 66,553 | $11,574 | $770.3M |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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