PlainSpending

Yavapai County

$2.8B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book at $11,717 per capita.

Arizona · FIPS 04025

In FY2025, Yavapai County in Arizona posted a dense absolute book of $2.8B ($11,717 per capita across 236,209 residents). That is 25.1% below the national average and 25.3% below the Arizona average. Social Security Administration leads tracked agency share. Statewide per-capita rank: #7 of 15.

Total spending
$2.8B
Per capita
$11,717
vs. national avg
-25.1%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Heavy absolute federal book

Yavapai County sits #247 of 3,224 counties by total obligations ($2.8B).

Heavy absolute federal book

Yavapai 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
$11,717
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
85.4% of tracked spending
Arizona rank
#7 of 15

How Yavapai County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Yavapai County vs. Arizona and the nation

Yavapai County$11,717Arizona avg$15,678National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 236,209 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Yavapai County

Top awarding agencies in Yavapai County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$2.3BDepartment of Veterans Affai…$275.3MDepartment of Transportation$117.5M
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 $2.7B (97.3%) of Yavapai County's $2.8B in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Yavapai 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 $2.3B 85.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs $275.3M 10.2%
Department of Transportation $117.5M 4.4%

How Yavapai County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$11,717 Top 16% higher than 84% 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

Yavapai County Among Arizona's Largest Counties

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

The 15 largest-population counties in Arizona by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Yavapai 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 01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 15 largest-population counties in Arizona by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Yavapai County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Maricopa County 4,420,568 $11,249 $49.7B
Pima County 1,043,433 $20,138 $21.0B
Pinal County 425,264 $8,243 $3.5B
Yavapai County (this county) 236,209 $11,717 $2.8B
Mohave County 213,267 $10,948 $2.3B
Yuma County 203,881 $11,045 $2.3B
Coconino County 145,101 $8,250 $1.2B
Cochise County 125,447 $18,686 $2.3B
Navajo County 106,717 $11,096 $1.2B
Apache County 66,021 $19,421 $1.3B
Gila County 53,272 $11,771 $627.0M
Santa Cruz County 47,669 $13,805 $658.1M
Graham County 38,533 $5,740 $221.2M
La Paz County 16,557 $17,353 $287.3M
Greenlee County 9,563 $3,911 $37.4M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Yavapai County's $11,717 - prioritizing Arizona peers first.

Gila County

Arizona

$11,771 per capita

$627.0M total

Maricopa County

Arizona

$11,249 per capita

$49.7B total

Navajo County

Arizona

$11,096 per capita

$1.2B total

Yuma County

Arizona

$11,045 per capita

$2.3B total

Mohave County

Arizona

$10,948 per capita

$2.3B total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Arizona - 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 ($11,717 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($2.8B 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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