PlainSpending

Kansas Federal Spending

$10,560 per resident in FY2025 - low intensity (rank #52).

$31.0B total · $10,560 per capita · FY2025 · Ranked #39 total, #52 per capita · 32.5% below national avg

In FY2025, Kansas received $31.0B in federal spending - $10,560 per capita, ranking #52 among 57 states and 32.5% below the national average. The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 87.0% of tracked awards. The top spending agency is Social Security Administration.

Kansas · FY2025

Kansas received $31.0B in federal spending in FY2025 - $10,560 per resident, 32.5% below the national average, with direct payments the largest award category.

Total federal spending
$31.0B
#39 of 57 states
Per resident
$10,560
#52 per capita
Latest annual change
+$3.2B
FY2024 to FY2025 (+11.4%)
Top agency
Social Security Administration
$14.6B

Low per-resident intensity

Kansas ranks #51 of 56 by per-capita spending ($10,560) - a light intensity band.

According to USASpending.gov, Kansas carried a thin absolute federal book of $31.0B in FY2025 ($10,560 per resident; population 2,937,880). Total-dollar rank #39 is a light absolute footprint; per-capita rank #52 sits 32.5% below the national average.

Low per-resident intensity still shows a full award-count mix: 30,312 contracts, 4,530 grants, 4,699 loans, and 301,409 direct payments. The most common award type is direct payments at 87.0% of tracked awards in the state, with contracts a distant second at 30,312 awards. Social Security Administration is the single largest federal agency operating in Kansas, with $14.6B in obligations - more than Department of Health and Human Services's $5.4B.

Over the available history, federal spending in Kansas has grown 2.8% from $30.2B in FY2020 to $31.0B in FY2025 - from a below-average intensity baseline. Combined with 105 counties and top recipient Kansas Department of Health && Environment at $4.6B, the trail shows whether the light intensity is closing the gap.

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) Kansas 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.

Where this low-intensity state sits

Total Spending

$31.0B

Rank #39

Per Capita

$10,560

Rank #52

Population

2,937,880

Contract Awards

30,312

Grant Awards

4,530

Total Federal Spending

$31.0B

FY2025 obligations

Per Capita

$10,560

Rank #52

Counties Receiving

105

federal dollars

Top Agency Share

$14.6B

Social Security Administration

Kansas award-type mix by count (FY2025)

Awards87%8.8%Direct PaymentsContractsOtherLoansGrants
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.
Kansas per-capita federal spending vs. national average 56.2%
National average

Compared against the national average of $15,647 per resident.

Awards by Type

Direct Payments is the most common award type at 87.0% of tracked awards in Kansas (by count, not dollar value).

Direct Payments 301,409 awards (87.0%)
Contracts 30,312 awards (8.8%)
Other 5,408 awards (1.6%)
Loans 4,699 awards (1.4%)
Grants 4,530 awards (1.3%)

Comparison to National Average

Metric Kansas National Avg Difference
Per Capita Spending $10,560 $15,647 -32.5%
Contracts Share 0.0% - -
Grants Share 0.0% - -

Top Federal Agencies in Kansas

Federal agencies ranked by total spending in Kansas during FY2025.

# Agency Spending % of Total
1 Social Security Administration $14.6B 47.1%
2 Department of Health and Human Services $5.4B 17.4%
3 Department of Veterans Affairs $3.0B 9.8%
4 Department of Agriculture $2.6B 8.5%
5 Department of Defense $1.6B 5.2%
6 Department of Transportation $1.1B 3.5%
7 Department of Education $755.3M 2.4%
8 Railroad Retirement Board $380.2M 1.2%
9 Department of Housing and Urban Development $303.2M 1.0%
10 Department of Homeland Security $245.1M 0.8%

Top Recipients in Kansas

Organizations and entities receiving the most federal funds in Kansas.

# Recipient Total Awards
1 Kansas Department of Health && Environment $4.6B
2 Oracle Health Government Services, INC. $1.0B
3 Kansas Department for Children and Families $782.7M
4 Kansas Department of Transportation $579.8M
5 Kansas State Department of Education $561.4M
6 Textron Aviation INC $467.3M
7 Leading Technology Composites INC $191.4M
8 Indra Air Traffic, INC. $142.0M
9 Kansas Adjutant General Department $129.2M
10 General Electric Company $129.0M
11 University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, INC. $120.4M
12 Kansas CORP Commission $105.5M
13 University of Kansas Center for Research INC $97.3M

Spending Trends

The latest annual comparison is +$3.2B (+11.4%) from FY2024 to FY2025; this is a difference in recorded award obligations, not a claim about cause or local benefit. Federal spending in Kansas increased 2.8% from FY2020 to FY2025.

$26B$28B$30B$32B$34B FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025 $31B
Fiscal Year Total Spending Per Capita Population
FY2025 $31.0B $10,560 2,937,880
FY2024 $27.9B $9,481 2,937,880
FY2023 $26.9B $9,145 2,937,880
FY2022 $27.5B $9,363 2,937,880
FY2021 $32.8B $11,178 2,937,880
FY2020 $30.2B $10,273 2,937,880

Counties in Kansas

105 counties ranked by federal spending in FY2025.

# County Total Spending Per Capita Population
1 Sedgwick County $4.3B $8,235 523,824
2 Johnson County $4.0B $6,636 609,863
3 Shawnee County $2.2B $12,052 178,909
4 Wyandotte County $1.9B $11,459 169,245
5 Leavenworth County $941.3M $11,496 81,881
6 Douglas County $781.1M $6,576 118,785
7 Riley County $551.8M $7,669 71,959
8 Butler County $508.8M $7,552 67,380
9 Reno County $456.7M $7,379 61,898
10 Cowley County $454.9M $13,167 34,549
11 Geary County $413.9M $11,266 36,739
12 Saline County $362.1M $6,667 54,303
13 Harvey County $268.5M $7,891 34,024
14 Crawford County $249.7M $6,408 38,972
15 Montgomery County $236.6M $7,513 31,486
16 Ellis County $234.2M $8,095 28,934
17 Mcpherson County $227.0M $7,511 30,223
18 Miami County $218.5M $6,391 34,191
19 Lyon County $208.1M $6,467 32,179
20 Franklin County $207.4M $7,979 25,996
21 Finney County $205.6M $5,345 38,470
22 Sumner County $203.7M $9,100 22,382
23 Barton County $202.0M $7,925 25,493
24 Dickinson County $170.8M $9,284 18,402
25 Ford County $168.0M $4,900 34,287
26 Labette County $162.9M $8,069 20,184
27 Cherokee County $154.8M $7,994 19,362
28 Pottawatomie County $151.4M $5,973 25,348
29 Osage County $136.5M $8,660 15,766
30 Jefferson County $136.5M $7,430 18,368
31 Marion County $115.6M $9,780 11,823
32 Neosho County $114.6M $7,203 15,904
33 Seward County $114.4M $5,210 21,964
34 Atchison County $105.4M $6,449 16,348
35 Jackson County $104.1M $7,867 13,232
36 Bourbon County $104.0M $7,245 14,360
37 Brown County $100.0M $10,513 9,508
38 Allen County $99.1M $7,909 12,526
39 Pratt County $93.1M $10,162 9,157
40 Marshall County $91.6M $9,124 10,038
41 Cloud County $88.8M $9,829 9,032
42 Clay County $84.7M $10,437 8,117
43 Rice County $81.3M $8,625 9,427
44 Russell County $79.5M $11,882 6,691
45 Linn County $77.9M $8,118 9,591
46 Wilson County $76.8M $8,909 8,624
47 Coffey County $76.4M $9,142 8,360
48 Nemaha County $75.2M $7,324 10,273
49 Ottawa County $74.4M $12,965 5,735
50 Greenwood County $71.4M $11,871 6,016
51 Republic County $68.6M $14,684 4,674
52 Kingman County $68.3M $9,146 7,470
53 Thomas County $68.3M $8,607 7,930
54 Rawlins County $66.8M $26,078 2,561
55 Wabaunsee County $66.7M $9,700 6,877
56 Mitchell County $66.6M $11,484 5,796
57 Gove County $66.1M $24,328 2,718
58 Stafford County $65.7M $16,133 4,072
59 Anderson County $65.0M $8,301 7,836
60 Doniphan County $64.1M $8,536 7,510
61 Harper County $62.3M $11,364 5,485
62 Washington County $61.3M $11,085 5,530
63 Ellsworth County $60.5M $9,483 6,376
64 Graham County $60.3M $24,966 2,415
65 Pawnee County $56.6M $9,056 6,253
66 Cheyenne County $54.8M $20,953 2,616
67 Norton County $54.2M $9,924 5,459
68 Grant County $53.2M $7,230 7,352
69 Rooks County $51.4M $10,446 4,919
70 Morris County $50.3M $9,330 5,386
71 Smith County $50.2M $14,070 3,570
72 Jewell County $49.3M $16,822 2,932
73 Phillips County $48.4M $9,708 4,981
74 Lincoln County $47.7M $16,221 2,939
75 Barber County $47.5M $11,225 4,228
76 Sherman County $46.2M $7,789 5,927
77 Hodgeman County $45.9M $26,619 1,723
78 Osborne County $45.7M $13,068 3,500
79 Edwards County $41.5M $14,271 2,907
80 Clark County $41.4M $20,783 1,991
81 Stevens County $41.0M $7,819 5,250
82 Meade County $40.9M $10,093 4,055
83 Gray County $40.4M $7,142 5,653
84 Sheridan County $38.6M $15,782 2,447
85 Scott County $37.9M $7,361 5,151
86 Decatur County $37.5M $13,569 2,764
87 Ness County $36.9M $13,723 2,687
88 Wallace County $34.8M $23,041 1,512
89 Kearny County $34.6M $8,676 3,983
90 Chautauqua County $33.1M $9,794 3,379
91 Trego County $32.1M $11,417 2,808
92 Logan County $31.2M $11,295 2,762
93 Rush County $29.5M $9,982 2,956
94 Greeley County $28.2M $21,998 1,284
95 Wichita County $28.1M $13,078 2,152
96 Hamilton County $26.0M $10,342 2,518
97 Woodson County $25.8M $8,282 3,115
98 Elk County $25.3M $10,191 2,483
99 Morton County $24.9M $9,207 2,701
100 Haskell County $23.5M $6,215 3,780
101 Kiowa County $23.0M $9,349 2,460
102 Chase County $20.5M $7,967 2,572
103 Lane County $19.3M $12,272 1,574
104 Stanton County $17.7M $8,517 2,084
105 Comanche County $16.0M $9,481 1,689
DOGE impact for Kansas → Per-capita rankings → Why spending varies by state →

States With Similar Per Capita Spending

States with per capita federal spending closest to Kansas's $10,560.

Illinois

$10,503 per capita

$134.6B total

Texas

$10,686 per capita

$311.4B total

New Jersey

$10,394 per capita

$96.5B total

Nevada

$10,929 per capita

$33.9B total

Ohio

$10,938 per capita

$129.1B total

Compare Kansas to another state side-by-side →

States with similar total federal spending

Nearest nationwide peers by total obligation volume ($31.0B here) - a different axis from the per-capita neighbors above.

  • Utah · $29.1B total · $8,897 per capita
  • Nevada · $33.9B total · $10,929 per capita
  • Nebraska · $27.7B total · $14,140 per capita
  • Arkansas · $34.9B total · $11,603 per capita

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Kansas rank nationally in federal spending?

Kansas ranks #52 of 57 on per-capita intensity ($10,560 - a light band) and #39 on absolute volume ($31.0B) in FY2025.

Which federal agencies spend the most in Kansas?

The top federal agency spending in Kansas is Social Security Administration with $14.6B. Followed by Department of Health and Human Services ($5.4B) and Department of Veterans Affairs ($3.0B).

How much federal spending did Kansas receive in FY2025?

Kansas received a thin absolute book of $31.0B in FY2025 ($10,560 per capita; population 2,937,880).

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

Kansas's $10,560 runs 32.5% below the $15,647 national average (rank #52 of 57).

What is the largest category of federal spending in Kansas?

The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 301,409 awards (87.0% of tracked awards). The second-largest is contracts at 30,312 awards.

How many counties in Kansas receive federal spending?

105 counties in Kansas receive federal spending. The county receiving the most is Sedgwick County with $4.3B.

How has federal spending in Kansas changed over time?

Federal spending in Kansas increased by 2.8% from FY2020 ($30.2B) to FY2025 ($31.0B).

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

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