PlainSpending

Ohio Federal Spending

$10,938 per resident in FY2025 - low intensity (rank #49).

$129.1B total · $10,938 per capita · FY2025 · Ranked #14 total, #49 per capita · 30.1% below national avg

In FY2025, Ohio received $129.1B in federal spending - $10,938 per capita, ranking #49 among 57 states and 30.1% below the national average. The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 45.6% of tracked awards. The top spending agency is Social Security Administration.

Ohio · FY2025

Ohio received $129.1B in federal spending in FY2025 - $10,938 per resident, 30.1% below the national average, with direct payments the largest award category.

Total federal spending
$129.1B
#14 of 57 states
Per resident
$10,938
#49 per capita
Latest annual change
+$12.6B
FY2024 to FY2025 (+10.8%)
Top agency
Social Security Administration
$59.2B

Low per-resident intensity

Ohio ranks #48 of 56 by per-capita spending ($10,938) - a light intensity band.

According to USASpending.gov, the federal government directed a dense absolute book of $129.1B to Ohio in FY2025 ($10,938 per resident across 11,799,448 people). Total-dollar rank #14 marks a heavy absolute footprint; per-capita rank is #49 (30.1% below the $15,647 national average).

Low per-resident intensity still shows a full award-count mix: 80,110 contracts, 15,308 grants, 41,835 loans, and 120,902 direct payments. The most common award type is direct payments at 45.6% of tracked awards in the state, with contracts a distant second at 80,110 awards. Social Security Administration is the single largest federal agency operating in Ohio, with $59.2B in obligations - more than Department of Health and Human Services's $37.0B.

Over the available history, federal spending in Ohio has grown 1.4% from $127.2B in FY2020 to $129.1B in FY2025 - from a below-average intensity baseline. Combined with 88 counties and top recipient Ohio Department of Medicaid at $27.7B, 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) Ohio 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

$129.1B

Rank #14

Per Capita

$10,938

Rank #49

Population

11,799,448

Contract Awards

80,110

Grant Awards

15,308

Total Federal Spending

$129.1B

FY2025 obligations

Per Capita

$10,938

Rank #49

Counties Receiving

88

federal dollars

Top Agency Share

$59.2B

Social Security Administration

Ohio award-type mix by count (FY2025)

Awards45.6%30.2%15.8%Direct PaymentsContractsLoansGrantsOther
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.
Ohio per-capita federal spending vs. national average 58.3%
National average

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

Awards by Type

Direct Payments is the most common award type at 45.6% of tracked awards in Ohio (by count, not dollar value).

Direct Payments 120,902 awards (45.6%)
Contracts 80,110 awards (30.2%)
Loans 41,835 awards (15.8%)
Grants 15,308 awards (5.8%)
Other 6,805 awards (2.6%)

Comparison to National Average

Metric Ohio National Avg Difference
Per Capita Spending $10,938 $15,647 -30.1%
Contracts Share 0.0% - -
Grants Share 0.0% - -

Top Federal Agencies in Ohio

Federal agencies ranked by total spending in Ohio during FY2025.

# Agency Spending % of Total
1 Social Security Administration $59.2B 45.9%
2 Department of Health and Human Services $37.0B 28.6%
3 Department of Defense $7.0B 5.4%
4 Department of Veterans Affairs $6.0B 4.6%
5 Department of Agriculture $5.2B 4.0%
6 Department of Transportation $3.1B 2.4%
7 Department of Education $2.8B 2.2%
8 Department of Housing and Urban Development $2.3B 1.8%
9 Department of Energy $2.0B 1.5%
10 Department of Commerce $920.3M 0.7%

Top Recipients in Ohio

Organizations and entities receiving the most federal funds in Ohio.

# Recipient Total Awards
1 Ohio Department of Medicaid $27.7B
2 Ohio Department of Job && Family Services $4.4B
3 Ohio Department of Transportation $2.3B
4 Ohio Department of Education $2.2B
5 Ohio Department of Development $1.5B
6 General Electric Company $957.4M
7 Department of Children and Youth Services $845.3M
8 Ohio Department of Children and Youth $845.3M
9 Marathon Petroleum Company LP $542.1M
10 Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation $490.2M
11 Ohio State University, The $471.5M
12 Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth LLC $427.2M
13 The State of Ohio Office of Budget and Management $385.8M
14 Battelle Memorial Institute $385.7M

Spending Trends

The latest annual comparison is +$12.6B (+10.8%) from FY2024 to FY2025; this is a difference in recorded award obligations, not a claim about cause or local benefit. Federal spending in Ohio increased 1.4% from FY2020 to FY2025.

$110B$120B$130B$140B$150B FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025 $129B
Fiscal Year Total Spending Per Capita Population
FY2025 $129.1B $10,938 11,799,448
FY2024 $116.5B $9,874 11,799,448
FY2023 $116.8B $9,897 11,799,448
FY2022 $113.0B $9,580 11,799,448
FY2021 $139.9B $11,854 11,799,448
FY2020 $127.2B $10,782 11,799,448

Counties in Ohio

88 counties ranked by federal spending in FY2025.

# County Total Spending Per Capita Population
1 Franklin County $11.2B $8,478 1,323,807
2 Cuyahoga County $9.9B $7,806 1,264,817
3 Hamilton County $6.9B $8,265 830,639
4 Montgomery County $5.2B $9,665 537,309
5 Summit County $4.6B $8,437 540,428
6 Greene County $3.4B $20,445 167,966
7 Lucas County $3.0B $7,033 431,279
8 Butler County $2.8B $7,209 390,357
9 Stark County $2.8B $7,432 374,853
10 Lorain County $2.3B $7,261 312,964
11 Delaware County $2.0B $9,304 214,124
12 Lake County $1.7B $7,521 232,603
13 Mahoning County $1.6B $7,118 228,614
14 Warren County $1.6B $6,414 242,337
15 Clermont County $1.5B $7,398 208,601
16 Trumbull County $1.5B $7,330 201,977
17 Licking County $1.3B $7,326 178,519
18 Medina County $1.2B $6,605 182,470
19 Portage County $1.1B $6,758 161,791
20 Hancock County $1.0B $13,718 74,920
21 Pike County $972.6M $35,905 27,088
22 Fairfield County $936.7M $5,894 158,921
23 Clark County $909.6M $6,688 136,001
24 Miami County $865.9M $7,961 108,774
25 Richland County $833.6M $6,672 124,936
26 Wood County $802.6M $6,069 132,248
27 Columbiana County $746.7M $7,330 101,877
28 Ashtabula County $699.4M $7,168 97,574
29 Geauga County $683.4M $7,164 95,397
30 Wayne County $677.3M $5,794 116,894
31 Allen County $668.3M $6,538 102,206
32 Belmont County $652.5M $9,812 66,497
33 Muskingum County $633.7M $7,334 86,410
34 Erie County $615.4M $8,137 75,622
35 Tuscarawas County $568.4M $6,095 93,263
36 Ross County $548.5M $7,114 77,093
37 Seneca County $544.1M $9,881 55,069
38 Scioto County $521.7M $7,049 74,008
39 Jefferson County $471.0M $7,218 65,249
40 Lawrence County $456.9M $7,846 58,240
41 Washington County $448.7M $7,507 59,771
42 Sandusky County $431.0M $7,318 58,896
43 Marion County $428.3M $6,553 65,359
44 Huron County $398.1M $6,797 58,565
45 Darke County $394.2M $7,598 51,881
46 Knox County $392.9M $6,264 62,721
47 Ottawa County $386.6M $9,578 40,364
48 Athens County $381.5M $6,110 62,431
49 Pickaway County $361.7M $6,179 58,539
50 Ashland County $361.5M $6,894 52,447
51 Union County $340.2M $5,419 62,784
52 Auglaize County $330.7M $7,124 46,422
53 Logan County $329.5M $7,140 46,150
54 Clinton County $305.4M $7,269 42,018
55 Crawford County $300.8M $7,159 42,025
56 Brown County $295.2M $6,759 43,676
57 Shelby County $288.7M $5,986 48,230
58 Mercer County $288.1M $6,775 42,528
59 Fulton County $280.1M $6,558 42,713
60 Defiance County $279.2M $7,293 38,286
61 Champaign County $277.3M $7,164 38,714
62 Preble County $273.7M $6,675 40,999
63 Highland County $263.4M $6,081 43,317
64 Guernsey County $262.2M $6,822 38,438
65 Madison County $251.1M $5,731 43,824
66 Williams County $249.8M $6,732 37,102
67 Coshocton County $246.8M $6,741 36,612
68 Perry County $221.0M $6,242 35,408
69 Jackson County $213.6M $6,541 32,653
70 Morrow County $213.1M $6,097 34,950
71 Gallia County $209.1M $7,155 29,220
72 Putnam County $209.0M $6,068 34,451
73 Henry County $201.9M $7,299 27,662
74 Hocking County $194.1M $6,920 28,050
75 Hardin County $187.5M $6,109 30,696
76 Fayette County $186.3M $6,436 28,951
77 Van Wert County $185.4M $6,408 28,931
78 Carroll County $178.5M $6,679 26,721
79 Adams County $170.3M $6,199 27,477
80 Meigs County $168.6M $7,590 22,210
81 Wyandot County $155.2M $7,087 21,900
82 Holmes County $127.4M $2,881 44,223
83 Paulding County $126.6M $6,733 18,806
84 Harrison County $115.6M $7,985 14,483
85 Monroe County $111.1M $8,300 13,385
86 Morgan County $100.3M $7,265 13,802
87 Vinton County $81.6M $6,374 12,800
88 Noble County $69.8M $4,946 14,115
DOGE impact for Ohio → Per-capita rankings → Why spending varies by state →

States With Similar Per Capita Spending

States with per capita federal spending closest to Ohio's $10,938.

Nevada

$10,929 per capita

$33.9B total

Texas

$10,686 per capita

$311.4B total

Kansas

$10,560 per capita

$31.0B total

Illinois

$10,503 per capita

$134.6B total

Iowa

$11,432 per capita

$36.5B total

Compare Ohio to another state side-by-side →

States with similar total federal spending

Nearest nationwide peers by total obligation volume ($129.1B here) - a different axis from the per-capita neighbors above.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Ohio rank nationally in federal spending?

Ohio ranks #49 of 57 on per-capita intensity ($10,938 - a light band) and #14 on absolute volume ($129.1B) in FY2025.

Which federal agencies spend the most in Ohio?

The top federal agency spending in Ohio is Social Security Administration with $59.2B. Followed by Department of Health and Human Services ($37.0B) and Department of Defense ($7.0B).

How much federal spending did Ohio receive in FY2025?

Ohio received a heavy absolute book of $129.1B in FY2025 ($10,938 per capita; population 11,799,448).

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

Ohio's $10,938 runs 30.1% below the $15,647 national average (rank #49 of 57).

What is the largest category of federal spending in Ohio?

The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 120,902 awards (45.6% of tracked awards). The second-largest is contracts at 80,110 awards.

How many counties in Ohio receive federal spending?

88 counties in Ohio receive federal spending. The county receiving the most is Franklin County with $11.2B.

How has federal spending in Ohio changed over time?

Federal spending in Ohio increased by 1.4% from FY2020 ($127.2B) to FY2025 ($129.1B).

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

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