PlainSpending

Wheeler County

$20.7M in FY2025 - a thin absolute book at $14,291 per capita.

Oregon · FIPS 41069

In FY2025, Wheeler County carried a thin absolute book of $20.7M - $14,291 per capita for 1,451 residents. Intensity sits 8.7% below the national average (+5.9% vs Oregon). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #4/36.

Total spending
$20.7M
Per capita
$14,291
vs. national avg
-8.7%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Thin absolute federal book

Wheeler County is a light absolute book: #3143 of 3,224 with only $20.7M.

Thin absolute federal book

Wheeler County posts top-10% federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending dominated by Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 9%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$14,291
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
62.9% of tracked spending
Oregon rank
#4 of 36

How Wheeler County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Wheeler County vs. Oregon and the nation

Wheeler County$14,291Oregon avg$13,499National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 1,451 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Wheeler County

Top awarding agencies in Wheeler County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$11.7MDepartment of Agriculture$5.1MDepartment of Health and Hum…$1.8M
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 $18.7M (90%) of Wheeler County's $20.7M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Wheeler 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
Social Security Administration $11.7M 62.9%
Department of Agriculture $5.1M 27.3%
Department of Health and Human Services $1.8M 9.9%

How Wheeler County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$14,291 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Wheeler County Among Oregon's Largest Counties

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

The 16 largest-population counties in Oregon by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Wheeler County 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 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Oregon by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Wheeler County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Multnomah County 815,428 $10,147 $8.3B
Washington County 600,372 $5,143 $3.1B
Clackamas County 421,401 $10,354 $4.4B
Lane County 382,971 $9,735 $3.7B
Marion County 345,920 $10,395 $3.6B
Jackson County 223,259 $8,283 $1.8B
Deschutes County 198,253 $7,600 $1.5B
Linn County 128,610 $7,742 $995.7M
Douglas County 111,201 $14,850 $1.7B
Yamhill County 107,722 $7,040 $758.3M
Benton County 95,184 $10,473 $996.9M
Josephine County 88,090 $10,071 $887.2M
Polk County 87,433 $7,089 $619.8M
Umatilla County 80,075 $8,698 $696.5M
Klamath County 69,413 $9,929 $689.2M
Wheeler County (this county) 1,451 $14,291 $20.7M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Wheeler County's $14,291 - prioritizing Oregon peers first.

Douglas County

Oregon

$14,850 per capita

$1.7B total

Grant County

Oregon

$12,918 per capita

$93.4M total

Crook County

Oregon

$12,854 per capita

$318.0M total

Lincoln County

Oregon

$12,647 per capita

$637.3M total

Gilliam County

Oregon

$16,004 per capita

$31.9M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Oregon - 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 ($14,291 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($20.7M 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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