PlainSpending

Indiana Federal Spending

$207.1B in FY2025 (+95.3% vs national per-capita average).

$207.1B total · $30,517 per capita · FY2025 · Ranked #8 total, #8 per capita · 95.3% above national avg

In FY2025, Indiana received $207.1B in federal spending - $30,517 per capita, ranking #8 among 56 states and 95.3% above the national average. The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 64.2% of tracked awards. The top spending agency is Department of Health and Human Services.

Indiana · FY2025

Indiana received $207.1B in federal spending in FY2025 - $30,517 per resident, 95.3% above the national average, with direct payments the largest award category.

Total federal spending
$207.1B
#8 of 56 states
Per resident
$30,517
#8 per capita
Latest annual change
+$15.2B
FY2024 to FY2025 (+7.9%)
Top agency
Dept. of Health and Human Services
$152.2B

Well above national average

Indiana's $30,517 runs 95.3% above the $15,622 national average.

According to USASpending.gov, the federal government directed a dense absolute book of $207.1B to Indiana in FY2025 ($30,517 per resident across 6,785,528 people). Total-dollar rank #8 marks a heavy absolute footprint; per-capita rank is #8 (95.3% above the $15,622 national average).

High per-resident intensity shapes the award-count mix: 28,784 contracts, 11,315 grants, 10,072 loans, and 100,632 direct payments. The most common award type is direct payments at 64.2% of tracked awards in the state, with contracts a distant second at 28,784 awards. Department of Health and Human Services is the single largest federal agency operating in Indiana, with $152.2B in obligations - more than Social Security Administration's $34.9B.

Over the available history, federal spending in Indiana has grown 11.2% from $186.2B in FY2020 to $207.1B in FY2025 - against an already above-average intensity band. Combined with 92 counties and top recipient Indiana Family and Social Serv at $18.0B, the trail shows whether the heavy intensity is still rising.

Figures are award-transaction data from USASpending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury). See our methodology for per-capita denominators and award categories.

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) + System for Award Management (SAM) Indiana federal awards (contracts, grants, loans, direct payments) for FY2025 · 2025 USAspending.gov publishes award-level data within ~30 days of obligation; categories follow OMB Object Class Codes. Per-capita metrics use Census ACS population estimates as the denominator.

How far above the national average?

Total Spending

$207.1B

Rank #8

Per Capita

$30,517

Rank #8

Population

6,785,528

Contract Awards

28,784

Grant Awards

11,315

Total Federal Spending

$207.1B

FY2025 obligations

Per Capita

$30,517

Rank #8

Counties Receiving

92

federal dollars

Top Agency Share

$152.2B

Department of Health and Human

Indiana award-type mix by count (FY2025)

Awards64.2%18.4%Direct PaymentsContractsGrantsLoansOther
Per-state share of tracked federal awards BY COUNT across major OMB-aligned award types (not a dollar-value breakdown). Mandatory-vs-discretionary marker reflects the entitlement-vs-appropriated split.
Indiana per-capita federal spending vs. national average 83.3%
National average

Compared against the national average of $15,622 per resident.

Awards by Type

Direct Payments is the most common award type at 64.2% of tracked awards in Indiana (by count, not dollar value).

Direct Payments 100,632 awards (64.2%)
Contracts 28,784 awards (18.4%)
Grants 11,315 awards (7.2%)
Loans 10,072 awards (6.4%)
Other 6,055 awards (3.9%)

Comparison to National Average

Metric Indiana National Avg Difference
Per Capita Spending $30,517 $15,622 +95.3%
Contracts Share 0.0% - -
Grants Share 0.0% - -

Fiscal Resilience Score

A single derived score summarizing how diversified and stable Indiana's federal funding mix is, built from four signals already in this page.

F
Fiscal Resilience Score
32/100
Indiana

A transparent derived index from USASpending.gov federal award data, not an official government rating. It measures how diversified and stable Indiana's federal funding mix is across award types, agencies, and fiscal years, not whether that funding is well or poorly spent. Full formula and benchmark table: methodology.

Award-Type Mix D
54%
Diversification across contract/grant/loan/direct-payment/other award counts
Agency Mix F
42%
Diversification of obligated dollars across federal agencies operating in-state
Per-Capita Norm F
95% from avg
Distance of per-resident federal spending from the national average
Funding Stability C+
7.1% CV
Year-over-year spending volatility across 6 fiscal years

Top Federal Agencies in Indiana

Federal agencies ranked by total spending in Indiana during FY2025.

# Agency Spending % of Total
1 Department of Health and Human Services $152.2B 73.5%
2 Social Security Administration $34.9B 16.9%
3 Department of Defense $5.9B 2.8%
4 Department of Veterans Affairs $3.3B 1.6%
5 Department of Agriculture $2.8B 1.3%
6 Department of Transportation $2.2B 1.0%
7 Department of Education $1.7B 0.8%
8 Department of Energy $1.1B 0.5%
9 Department of Housing and Urban Development $901.1M 0.4%
10 Railroad Retirement Board $415.0M 0.2%

Top Recipients in Indiana

Organizations and entities receiving the most federal funds in Indiana.

# Recipient Total Awards
1 Indiana Family and Social Serv $18.0B
2 Indiana Department of Transportation $1.6B
3 Rolls-Royce Corporation $1.3B
4 Department of Education Indiana $1.2B
5 Am General LLC $1.1B
6 Heidelberg Materials US INC $499.7M
7 Undersea Sensor Systems, INC. $394.3M
8 Purdue University $307.3M
9 Department of Child Services $296.4M
10 Vertex Modernization and Sustainment LLC $275.5M
11 Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority $259.4M
12 Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation $255.4M
13 National Government Services, INC. $251.1M
14 Fca US LLC $250.0M

Spending Trends

The latest annual comparison is +$15.2B (+7.9%) from FY2024 to FY2025; this is a difference in recorded award obligations, not a claim about cause or local benefit. Federal spending in Indiana increased 11.2% from FY2020 to FY2025.

$160B$170B$180B$190B$200B$210B FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025 $207B
Fiscal Year Total Spending Per Capita Population
FY2025 $207.1B $30,517 6,785,528
FY2024 $191.9B $28,277 6,785,528
FY2023 $183.7B $27,076 6,785,528
FY2022 $163.9B $24,160 6,785,528
FY2021 $177.3B $26,126 6,785,528
FY2020 $186.2B $27,436 6,785,528

Counties in Indiana

92 counties ranked by federal spending in FY2025.

# County Total Spending Per Capita Population
1 Marion County $143.8B $147,172 977,203
2 Lake County $3.2B $6,356 498,700
3 St. Joseph County $3.0B $10,907 272,912
4 Allen County $2.8B $7,136 385,410
5 Hamilton County $1.9B $5,591 347,467
6 Vanderburgh County $1.5B $8,402 180,136
7 Porter County $1.2B $6,957 173,215
8 Tippecanoe County $1.2B $6,304 186,251
9 Elkhart County $1.1B $5,442 207,047
10 Monroe County $1.0B $7,186 139,718
11 Johnson County $1.0B $6,184 161,765
12 Hendricks County $992.2M $5,677 174,788
13 Madison County $901.4M $6,927 130,129
14 Martin County $899.7M $91,691 9,812
15 Howard County $885.1M $10,580 83,658
16 Lawrence County $881.0M $19,574 45,011
17 Laporte County $822.4M $7,316 112,417
18 Bartholomew County $804.9M $9,791 82,208
19 Clark County $797.5M $6,586 121,093
20 Wayne County $770.3M $11,574 66,553
21 Delaware County $757.8M $6,772 111,903
22 Floyd County $681.5M $8,468 80,484
23 Vigo County $660.2M $6,219 106,153
24 Whitley County $634.3M $18,553 34,191
25 Hancock County $610.5M $7,647 79,840
26 Grant County $545.1M $8,176 66,674
27 Kosciusko County $522.6M $6,513 80,240
28 Morgan County $511.7M $7,129 71,780
29 Warrick County $451.9M $7,072 63,898
30 Boone County $444.9M $6,283 70,812
31 Dearborn County $366.0M $7,222 50,679
32 Henry County $339.7M $6,945 48,914
33 Dubois County $317.5M $7,277 43,637
34 Shelby County $310.9M $6,900 45,055
35 Noble County $307.0M $6,470 47,457
36 Dekalb County $300.6M $6,949 43,265
37 Marshall County $299.8M $6,504 46,095
38 Harrison County $288.5M $7,275 39,654
39 Jasper County $283.3M $8,605 32,918
40 Jackson County $281.5M $6,063 46,428
41 Huntington County $278.0M $7,583 36,662
42 Knox County $277.3M $7,643 36,282
43 Wabash County $270.2M $8,724 30,976
44 Steuben County $264.8M $7,691 34,435
45 Montgomery County $262.6M $6,922 37,936
46 Miami County $259.9M $7,226 35,962
47 Cass County $243.8M $6,439 37,870
48 Putnam County $242.7M $6,609 36,726
49 Gibson County $238.2M $7,216 33,011
50 Jefferson County $234.4M $7,071 33,147
51 Greene County $221.0M $7,175 30,803
52 Fulton County $212.6M $10,379 20,480
53 Scott County $204.7M $8,396 24,384
54 Daviess County $204.7M $6,133 33,381
55 Franklin County $204.6M $8,980 22,785
56 Adams County $198.6M $5,546 35,809
57 Wells County $195.6M $6,943 28,180
58 Clay County $194.9M $7,362 26,466
59 Posey County $191.4M $7,588 25,222
60 Clinton County $190.2M $5,731 33,190
61 Ripley County $186.3M $6,424 28,995
62 Washington County $185.2M $6,572 28,182
63 Randolph County $177.5M $7,246 24,502
64 Decatur County $176.5M $6,666 26,472
65 White County $176.3M $7,141 24,688
66 Fayette County $176.3M $7,533 23,398
67 Starke County $174.1M $7,449 23,371
68 Jennings County $173.1M $6,270 27,613
69 Lagrange County $171.3M $4,236 40,446
70 Owen County $156.7M $7,347 21,321
71 Carroll County $148.3M $7,303 20,306
72 Jay County $145.2M $7,090 20,478
73 Spencer County $144.3M $7,284 19,810
74 Perry County $141.2M $7,363 19,170
75 Sullivan County $139.1M $6,681 20,817
76 Brown County $130.4M $8,426 15,475
77 Orange County $129.4M $6,513 19,867
78 Fountain County $122.3M $7,423 16,479
79 Tipton County $120.9M $7,870 15,359
80 Vermillion County $120.5M $7,805 15,439
81 Rush County $114.4M $6,831 16,752
82 Parke County $110.0M $6,807 16,156
83 Newton County $101.4M $7,333 13,830
84 Pulaski County $92.8M $7,413 12,514
85 Blackford County $89.2M $7,366 12,112
86 Pike County $88.9M $7,261 12,250
87 Crawford County $84.6M $8,033 10,526
88 Warren County $71.5M $8,467 8,440
89 Switzerland County $69.6M $7,151 9,737
90 Benton County $56.0M $6,425 8,719
91 Ohio County $51.0M $8,580 5,940
92 Union County $49.1M $6,926 7,087
DOGE impact for Indiana → Per-capita rankings → Why spending varies by state →

States With Similar Per Capita Spending

States with per capita federal spending closest to Indiana's $30,517.

Guam

$31,490 per capita

$4.8B total

South Carolina

$26,788 per capita

$137.1B total

Alaska

$25,101 per capita

$18.4B total

Virginia

$24,807 per capita

$214.1B total

Kentucky

$38,460 per capita

$173.3B total

Compare Indiana to another state side-by-side →

States with similar total federal spending

Nearest nationwide peers by total obligation volume ($207.1B here) - a different axis from the per-capita neighbors above.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Indiana's federal spending per capita compare to the national average?

Indiana's $30,517 runs 95.3% above the $15,622 national average (rank #8 of 56).

How many counties in Indiana receive federal spending?

92 counties in Indiana receive federal spending. The county receiving the most is Marion County with $143.8B.

How much federal spending did Indiana receive in FY2025?

Indiana received a heavy absolute book of $207.1B in FY2025 ($30,517 per capita; population 6,785,528).

Where does Indiana rank nationally in federal spending?

Indiana ranks #8 of 56 on per-capita intensity ($30,517) and #8 on absolute volume ($207.1B) in FY2025.

What is the largest category of federal spending in Indiana?

The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 100,632 awards (64.2% of tracked awards). The second-largest is contracts at 28,784 awards.

Which federal agencies spend the most in Indiana?

The top federal agency spending in Indiana is Department of Health and Human Services with $152.2B. Followed by Social Security Administration ($34.9B) and Department of Defense ($5.9B).

How has federal spending in Indiana changed over time?

Federal spending in Indiana increased by 11.2% from FY2020 ($186.2B) to FY2025 ($207.1B).

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and presented.

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