PlainSpending

West Virginia Federal Spending

$23.8B in FY2025 - a thin absolute book (rank #41 of 56).

$23.8B total · $13,273 per capita · FY2025 · Ranked #41 total, #29 per capita · 15.0% below national avg

In FY2025, West Virginia received $23.8B in federal spending - $13,273 per capita, ranking #29 among 56 states and 15.0% below the national average. The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 54.1% of tracked awards. The top spending agency is Social Security Administration.

West Virginia · FY2025

West Virginia received $23.8B in federal spending in FY2025 - $13,273 per resident, 15.0% below the national average, with direct payments the largest award category.

Total federal spending
$23.8B
#41 of 56 states
Per resident
$13,273
#29 per capita
Latest annual change
-$129.1M
FY2024 to FY2025 (-0.5%)
Top agency
Social Security Administration
$10.8B

Thin absolute federal book

West Virginia is a light absolute book: #41 of 56 with $23.8B.

According to USASpending.gov, West Virginia carried a thin absolute federal book of $23.8B in FY2025 ($13,273 per resident; population 1,793,716). Total-dollar rank #41 is a light absolute footprint; per-capita rank #29 sits 15.0% below the national average.

The award-type mix by count: 7,019 contracts, 5,952 grants, 2,554 loans, and 22,367 direct payments. The most common award type is direct payments at 54.1% of tracked awards in the state, with contracts a distant second at 7,019 awards. Social Security Administration is the single largest federal agency operating in West Virginia, with $10.8B in obligations - more than Department of Health and Human Services's $5.5B.

Over the available history, federal spending in West Virginia has grown 1.7% from $23.4B in FY2020 to $23.8B in FY2025 - from a below-average intensity baseline. Combined with 55 counties and top recipient Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department Of at $4.7B, 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) West Virginia 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 thin absolute book sits

Total Spending

$23.8B

Rank #41

Per Capita

$13,273

Rank #29

Population

1,793,716

Contract Awards

7,019

Grant Awards

5,952

Total Federal Spending

$23.8B

FY2025 obligations

Per Capita

$13,273

Rank #29

Counties Receiving

55

federal dollars

Top Agency Share

$10.8B

Social Security Administration

West Virginia award-type mix by count (FY2025)

Awards54.1%17%14.4%8.4%Direct PaymentsContractsGrantsOtherLoans
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.
West Virginia per-capita federal spending vs. national average 70.8%
National average

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

Awards by Type

Direct Payments is the most common award type at 54.1% of tracked awards in West Virginia (by count, not dollar value).

Direct Payments 22,367 awards (54.1%)
Contracts 7,019 awards (17.0%)
Grants 5,952 awards (14.4%)
Other 3,481 awards (8.4%)
Loans 2,554 awards (6.2%)

Comparison to National Average

Metric West Virginia National Avg Difference
Per Capita Spending $13,273 $15,622 -15.0%
Contracts Share 0.0% - -
Grants Share 0.0% - -

Fiscal Resilience Score

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

B-
Fiscal Resilience Score
67/100
West Virginia

A transparent derived index from USASpending.gov federal award data, not an official government rating. It measures how diversified and stable West Virginia'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 B-
65%
Diversification across contract/grant/loan/direct-payment/other award counts
Agency Mix F
70%
Diversification of obligated dollars across federal agencies operating in-state
Per-Capita Norm B+
15% from avg
Distance of per-resident federal spending from the national average
Funding Stability A+
5.0% CV
Year-over-year spending volatility across 6 fiscal years

Top Federal Agencies in West Virginia

Federal agencies ranked by total spending in West Virginia during FY2025.

# Agency Spending % of Total
1 Social Security Administration $10.8B 45.5%
2 Department of Health and Human Services $5.5B 23.1%
3 Department of Veterans Affairs $1.7B 7.1%
4 Department of Transportation $930.2M 3.9%
5 Department of Agriculture $909.9M 3.8%
6 Department of Energy $761.5M 3.2%
7 Department of Defense $691.7M 2.9%
8 Department of Education $592.3M 2.5%
9 Department of Homeland Security $316.9M 1.3%
10 Department of Housing and Urban Development $268.2M 1.1%

Top Recipients in West Virginia

Organizations and entities receiving the most federal funds in West Virginia.

# Recipient Total Awards
1 Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department Of $4.7B
2 West Virginia Dept of Human Services $907.6M
3 Wvdot Division of Highways $795.7M
4 West Virginia Department of Education $428.7M
5 Northrop Grumman Systems CORP $391.2M
6 West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection $316.3M
7 Leidos, INC. $174.6M
8 Form Factory 1, LLC $150.0M
9 Division of Emergency Management $125.4M
10 Maveris LLC $98.0M
11 West Virginia Office of Energy $94.2M
12 American Public University System, INC $78.0M
13 West Virginia University Research Corporation $76.5M
14 West Virginia State Health Department $71.4M

Spending Trends

The latest annual comparison is -$129.1M (-0.5%) from FY2024 to FY2025; this is a difference in recorded award obligations, not a claim about cause or local benefit. Federal spending in West Virginia increased 1.7% from FY2020 to FY2025.

$21B$22B$23B$24B$25B$26B$27B FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025 $24B
Fiscal Year Total Spending Per Capita Population
FY2025 $23.8B $13,273 1,793,716
FY2024 $23.9B $13,345 1,793,716
FY2023 $22.8B $12,720 1,793,716
FY2022 $22.4B $12,466 1,793,716
FY2021 $26.1B $14,532 1,793,716
FY2020 $23.4B $13,052 1,793,716

Counties in West Virginia

55 counties ranked by federal spending in FY2025.

# County Total Spending Per Capita Population
1 Kanawha County $2.1B $11,508 180,745
2 Berkeley County $1.1B $9,041 122,076
3 Monongalia County $1.0B $9,699 105,822
4 Cabell County $716.4M $7,593 94,350
5 Jefferson County $704.2M $12,205 57,701
6 Harrison County $698.8M $10,600 65,921
7 Wood County $685.3M $8,129 84,296
8 Raleigh County $682.8M $9,154 74,591
9 Mineral County $631.1M $23,426 26,938
10 Mercer County $526.1M $8,818 59,664
11 Marion County $510.3M $9,080 56,205
12 Putnam County $426.2M $7,420 57,440
13 Hancock County $391.1M $13,442 29,095
14 Wayne County $368.1M $9,444 38,982
15 Fayette County $355.8M $8,789 40,488
16 Ohio County $350.5M $8,262 42,425
17 Greenbrier County $302.2M $9,163 32,977
18 Jackson County $297.4M $10,700 27,791
19 Logan County $281.4M $8,640 32,567
20 Wyoming County $256.5M $11,996 21,382
21 Preston County $253.4M $7,407 34,216
22 Mingo County $241.6M $10,253 23,568
23 Nicholas County $241.4M $9,811 24,604
24 Randolph County $230.3M $8,245 27,932
25 Marshall County $204.9M $6,698 30,591
26 Mason County $197.4M $7,754 25,453
27 Brooke County $187.0M $8,289 22,559
28 Upshur County $185.2M $7,778 23,816
29 Boone County $184.6M $8,465 21,809
30 Hampshire County $177.5M $7,686 23,093
31 Mcdowell County $167.5M $8,764 19,111
32 Roane County $160.4M $11,436 14,028
33 Lewis County $158.8M $9,325 17,033
34 Morgan County $158.6M $9,297 17,063
35 Lincoln County $151.6M $7,409 20,463
36 Taylor County $136.8M $8,188 16,705
37 Barbour County $126.1M $8,155 15,465
38 Braxton County $119.9M $9,630 12,447
39 Monroe County $117.9M $9,530 12,376
40 Wetzel County $111.7M $7,735 14,442
41 Summers County $109.0M $9,115 11,959
42 Hardy County $107.8M $7,537 14,299
43 Grant County $87.5M $7,968 10,976
44 Ritchie County $75.8M $8,981 8,444
45 Webster County $75.0M $8,955 8,378
46 Pocahontas County $70.2M $8,925 7,869
47 Clay County $66.7M $8,279 8,051
48 Tucker County $64.8M $9,578 6,762
49 Tyler County $63.2M $7,599 8,313
50 Calhoun County $62.2M $9,990 6,229
51 Pendleton County $55.0M $8,958 6,143
52 Doddridge County $54.2M $6,946 7,808
53 Pleasants County $50.7M $6,619 7,653
54 Gilmer County $49.1M $6,631 7,408
55 Wirt County $47.5M $9,138 5,194
DOGE impact for West Virginia → Per-capita rankings → Why spending varies by state →

States With Similar Per Capita Spending

States with per capita federal spending closest to West Virginia's $13,273.

Oregon

$13,499 per capita

$57.2B total

Mississippi

$13,008 per capita

$38.5B total

New York

$12,978 per capita

$262.2B total

South Dakota

$12,944 per capita

$11.5B total

Louisiana

$12,840 per capita

$59.8B total

Compare West Virginia to another state side-by-side →

States with similar total federal spending

Nearest nationwide peers by total obligation volume ($23.8B here) - a different axis from the per-capita neighbors above.

  • Idaho · $22.8B total · $12,406 per capita
  • Hawaii · $22.6B total · $15,554 per capita
  • Maine · $22.0B total · $16,154 per capita
  • Nebraska · $27.7B total · $14,140 per capita

Frequently Asked Questions

How much federal spending did West Virginia receive in FY2025?

West Virginia received a thin absolute book of $23.8B in FY2025 ($13,273 per capita; population 1,793,716).

What is the largest category of federal spending in West Virginia?

The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 22,367 awards (54.1% of tracked awards). The second-largest is contracts at 7,019 awards.

How has federal spending in West Virginia changed over time?

Federal spending in West Virginia increased by 1.7% from FY2020 ($23.4B) to FY2025 ($23.8B).

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

West Virginia's $13,273 runs 15.0% below the $15,622 national average (rank #29 of 56).

Where does West Virginia rank nationally in federal spending?

West Virginia ranks #41 out of 56 states in total federal spending and #29 in per capita spending. The state received $23.8B total ($13,273 per person) in FY2025.

Which federal agencies spend the most in West Virginia?

The top federal agency spending in West Virginia is Social Security Administration with $10.8B. Followed by Department of Health and Human Services ($5.5B) and Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.7B).

How many counties in West Virginia receive federal spending?

55 counties in West Virginia receive federal spending. The county receiving the most is Kanawha County with $2.1B.

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

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