PlainSpending

Weber County

$2.7B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $10,399 per capita.

Utah · FIPS 49057

In FY2025, Weber County in Utah posted a dense absolute book of $2.7B ($10,399 per capita across 262,223 residents). That is 33.5% below the national average and 16.9% above the Utah average. Department of Defense leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #4 of 29.

Total spending
$2.7B
Per capita
$10,399
vs. national avg
-33.5%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Weber County sits #249 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($2.7B).

Heavy absolute federal book

Weber County posts top-quartile federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Department of Defense.

National per-capita rank
Top 23%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$10,399
Leading agency
Department of Defense
53.5% of tracked spending
Utah rank
#4 of 29

How Weber County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Weber County vs. Utah and the nation

Weber County$10,399Utah avg$8,897National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 262,223 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Weber County

Top awarding agencies in Weber County, FY2025

Department of Defense$1.3BSocial Security Administrati…$924.8MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$238.4M
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Department of Defense is a comparatively unusual leading agency, topping only 2.6% 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 $2.5B (91.8%) of Weber County's $2.7B in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Weber 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
Department of Defense $1.3B 53.5%
Social Security Administration $924.8M 36.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs $238.4M 9.5%

How Weber County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$10,399 Top 23% higher than 77% 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

Weber County Among Utah's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Utah by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Weber 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 0500,0001,000,0001,500,000 $2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Utah by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Weber County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Salt Lake County 1,185,238 $7,965 $9.4B
Utah County 659,399 $3,532 $2.3B
Davis County 362,679 $8,306 $3.0B
Weber County (this county) 262,223 $10,399 $2.7B
Washington County 180,279 $7,679 $1.4B
Cache County 133,154 $7,056 $939.6M
Tooele County 72,698 $5,550 $403.5M
Box Elder County 57,666 $6,246 $360.2M
Iron County 57,289 $7,408 $424.4M
Summit County 42,357 $7,024 $297.5M
Uintah County 35,620 $5,442 $193.8M
Wasatch County 34,788 $5,199 $180.8M
Sanpete County 28,437 $6,185 $175.9M
Sevier County 21,522 $8,733 $188.0M
Carbon County 20,412 $7,595 $155.0M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Weber County's $10,399 - prioritizing Utah peers first.

Wayne County

Utah

$10,351 per capita

$25.7M total

San Juan County

Utah

$9,946 per capita

$144.4M total

Garfield County

Utah

$10,994 per capita

$55.9M total

Kane County

Utah

$9,013 per capita

$69.1M total

Sevier County

Utah

$8,733 per capita

$188.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Utah - 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 ($10,399 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($2.7B 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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