Georgia Federal Spending
Federal obligations data for all 159 counties — FY2024 from USASpending.gov
Avg Per-Capita Spending
$7,060
Avg Total Per County
$460M
Counties with Data
159 of 159
Highest Federal Spending
By total obligations — FY2024
Highest Per-Capita Spending
By spending per resident — FY2024
All Georgia Counties
| County | Total Spending | Per Resident | Contracts | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton County | $9.3B | $8,664 | $1.3B | $3.3B |
| Cobb County | $5.9B | $7,731 | $2.3B | $191M |
| DeKalb County | $5.9B | $7,758 | $1.4B | $762M |
| Gwinnett County | $3.8B | $3,887 | $446M | $98M |
| Chatham County | $2.5B | $8,229 | $427M | $262M |
| Houston County | $2.1B | $12,696 | $1.1B | $17M |
| Richmond County | $2.0B | $9,580 | $531M | $165M |
| Muscogee County | $1.5B | $7,331 | $91M | $53M |
| Cherokee County | $1.5B | $5,450 | $28M | $45M |
| Henry County | $1.3B | $5,415 | $9M | $15M |
| Clayton County | $1.3B | $4,385 | $68M | $134M |
| Hall County | $1.2B | $5,795 | $77M | $60M |
| Columbia County | $1.2B | $7,347 | $61M | $2M |
| Bibb County | $1.2B | $7,469 | $93M | $103M |
| Glynn County | $1.0B | $12,008 | $407M | $31M |
| Forsyth County | $1.0B | $3,890 | $63M | $22M |
| Fayette County | $867M | $7,187 | $47M | $22M |
| Coweta County | $837M | $5,579 | $13M | $18M |
| Camden County | $831M | $14,838 | $464M | $9M |
| Lowndes County | $831M | $6,981 | $138M | $43M |
| Clarke County | $799M | $6,178 | $49M | $230M |
| Dougherty County | $765M | $9,118 | $145M | $70M |
| Paulding County | $762M | $4,369 | $10M | $7M |
| Douglas County | $703M | $4,812 | $-68,836 | $19M |
| Carroll County | $686M | $5,614 | $63,375 | $14M |
| Liberty County | $645M | $9,646 | $183M | $19M |
| Bartow County | $634M | $5,706 | $40M | $27M |
| Floyd County | $609M | $6,148 | $577,909 | $15M |
| Newton County | $605M | $5,232 | $563,319 | $7M |
| Walton County | $594M | $5,920 | $3,084 | $15M |
| Rockdale County | $575M | $6,094 | $15M | $59M |
| Whitfield County | $479M | $4,642 | $933,203 | $5M |
| Spalding County | $449M | $6,579 | $2M | $5M |
| Jackson County | $448M | $5,557 | $267,082 | $14M |
| Barrow County | $448M | $5,146 | $929,150 | $46M |
| Chattahoochee County | $440M | $47,877 | $405M | $14M |
| Troup County | $432M | $6,182 | $14M | $31M |
| Walker County | $430M | $6,277 | $157,995 | $28M |
| Catoosa County | $400M | $5,850 | $6M | $18M |
| Bulloch County | $397M | $4,882 | $5M | $7M |
| Effingham County | $371M | $5,517 | $2M | $2M |
| Laurens County | $349M | $7,025 | $27M | $26M |
| Peach County | $319M | $11,294 | $90M | $32M |
| Thomas County | $319M | $6,977 | $3M | $17M |
| Gordon County | $301M | $5,162 | $2M | $4M |
| Habersham County | $300M | $6,392 | $96,605 | $19M |
| Bryan County | $298M | $6,377 | $5M | $7M |
| Baldwin County | $297M | $6,793 | $122,033 | $28M |
| Oconee County | $291M | $6,804 | $50M | $30M |
| Pickens County | $287M | $8,399 | $1M | $2M |
| Harris County | $286M | $8,050 | $124,889 | $35M |
| Union County | $276M | $10,790 | $3M | $4M |
| Polk County | $263M | $6,059 | $21M | $8M |
| Tift County | $258M | $6,253 | $31M | $9M |
| Colquitt County | $258M | $5,627 | $7,546 | $38M |
| Ware County | $256M | $7,106 | $1M | $23M |
| Lumpkin County | $255M | $7,509 | $21M | $9M |
| Gilmer County | $254M | $7,935 | $121,379 | $4M |
| White County | $242M | $8,521 | N/A | $21M |
| Fannin County | $231M | $9,032 | $96,546 | $7M |
| Emanuel County | $227M | $9,907 | $68M | $23M |
| Coffee County | $212M | $4,912 | $5M | $2M |
| Murray County | $204M | $5,071 | $3M | $5M |
| Monroe County | $202M | $6,970 | $87,641 | $21M |
| Hart County | $197M | $7,442 | $15M | $1M |
| Madison County | $197M | $6,372 | $471,450 | $12M |
| Upson County | $196M | $7,022 | $350,770 | $27M |
| Dawson County | $195M | $6,780 | $74,117 | $23M |
| Sumter County | $192M | $6,576 | $504,125 | $7M |
| Greene County | $191M | $9,753 | $66,288 | $6M |
| Stephens County | $188M | $7,020 | $2M | $4M |
| Haralson County | $188M | $6,119 | N/A | $5M |
| Wayne County | $187M | $6,143 | $2M | $9M |
| Morgan County | $182M | $8,841 | $334,293 | $49M |
| Lee County | $175M | $5,237 | $24,500 | $2M |
| Putnam County | $171M | $7,603 | $1M | $3M |
| Meriwether County | $168M | $8,106 | $848,480 | $24M |
| Rabun County | $168M | $9,793 | $5M | $22M |
| Burke County | $163M | $6,685 | $12M | $7M |
| Butts County | $163M | $6,245 | N/A | $13M |
| Franklin County | $162M | $6,776 | $1M | $11M |
| Jones County | $161M | $5,651 | $522,169 | $476,025 |
| Decatur County | $161M | $5,523 | $2M | $2M |
| Chattooga County | $156M | $6,231 | $-226 | $2M |
| Toombs County | $153M | $5,695 | $202,760 | $3M |
| Elbert County | $148M | $7,506 | $8M | $2M |
| Towns County | $146M | $11,483 | $331,067 | $2M |
| McDuffie County | $140M | $6,462 | $279,510 | $6M |
| Grady County | $139M | $5,318 | $262,298 | $3M |
| Pierce County | $137M | $6,857 | $23,090 | $10M |
| Worth County | $131M | $6,369 | $1M | $5M |
| Lamar County | $130M | $6,833 | $2,250 | $4M |
| Dade County | $128M | $7,907 | N/A | $29M |
| Crisp County | $126M | $6,322 | $61,183 | $8M |
| Washington County | $126M | $6,336 | $188,890 | $923,163 |
| Long County | $126M | $7,184 | N/A | $7M |
| Tattnall County | $124M | $5,105 | N/A | $11M |
| Mitchell County | $120M | $5,585 | $36,984 | $6M |
| Banks County | $115M | $6,137 | N/A | $6M |
| Berrien County | $112M | $6,139 | N/A | $4M |
| Dodge County | $111M | $5,562 | $712,209 | $3M |
| Ben Hill County | $109M | $6,369 | $-23,780 | $2M |
| Appling County | $108M | $5,884 | $104,826 | $5M |
| McIntosh County | $108M | $9,688 | $7M | $6M |
| Pike County | $107M | $5,490 | $687,000 | $1M |
| Brooks County | $107M | $6,551 | $33,798 | $6M |
| Jefferson County | $103M | $6,681 | $1M | $3M |
| Brantley County | $100M | $5,519 | $167,147 | $2M |
| Cook County | $98M | $5,649 | N/A | $6M |
| Jasper County | $95M | $6,208 | $4M | $2M |
| Screven County | $91M | $6,469 | N/A | $-37,424 |
| Oglethorpe County | $90M | $5,923 | $215,867 | $417,420 |
| Lincoln County | $89M | $11,494 | $13M | $15M |
| Jeff Davis County | $78M | $5,263 | N/A | $4M |
| Crawford County | $78M | $6,390 | N/A | $7M |
| Wilkinson County | $74M | $8,469 | N/A | $9M |
| Macon County | $71M | $5,922 | N/A | $8M |
| Wilkes County | $71M | $7,383 | $32,864 | $796,133 |
| Early County | $70M | $6,540 | $92,927 | $6M |
| Bleckley County | $70M | $5,613 | $-11,475 | $253,967 |
| Hancock County | $69M | $7,968 | N/A | $7M |
| Heard County | $64M | $5,541 | $276,105 | $2M |
| Dooly County | $64M | $5,777 | N/A | $2M |
| Telfair County | $63M | $5,188 | $-767,181 | $1M |
| Charlton County | $63M | $4,962 | $756,859 | $1M |
| Bacon County | $63M | $5,637 | $4M | $2M |
| Seminole County | $63M | $6,874 | $2M | $678,288 |
| Twiggs County | $62M | $7,910 | $10,083 | $810,291 |
| Candler County | $60M | $5,436 | N/A | $2M |
| Terrell County | $60M | $6,670 | $576,476 | $2M |
| Pulaski County | $59M | $5,950 | N/A | $2M |
| Calhoun County | $59M | $10,641 | $7,874 | $533,701 |
| Evans County | $59M | $5,450 | N/A | $1M |
| Talbot County | $57M | $9,842 | $29,775 | $9M |
| Montgomery County | $55M | $6,366 | N/A | $6M |
| Irwin County | $55M | $5,858 | $30,000 | $4M |
| Johnson County | $53M | $5,743 | N/A | $6M |
| Turner County | $52M | $5,799 | N/A | $3M |
| Randolph County | $51M | $8,211 | $100,100 | $10M |
| Clinch County | $49M | $7,275 | $183,852 | $12M |
| Marion County | $48M | $6,395 | N/A | $179,648 |
| Lanier County | $48M | $4,719 | N/A | $752,917 |
| Jenkins County | $47M | $5,395 | $153,377 | $1M |
| Taylor County | $47M | $6,007 | N/A | $654,856 |
| Wilcox County | $43M | $4,924 | N/A | $389,484 |
| Treutlen County | $39M | $6,067 | N/A | $7M |
| Warren County | $38M | $7,390 | N/A | $2M |
| Stewart County | $38M | $7,578 | $4,500 | $11M |
| Atkinson County | $37M | $4,478 | N/A | $1M |
| Miller County | $35M | $5,978 | N/A | $587,050 |
| Wheeler County | $30M | $3,969 | $129 | $2M |
| Baker County | $29M | $10,370 | N/A | $1M |
| Clay County | $26M | $9,164 | $4M | $548,276 |
| Schley County | $26M | $5,692 | N/A | $2M |
| Quitman County | $20M | $9,615 | N/A | $500,000 |
| Glascock County | $17M | $5,816 | N/A | $339,618 |
| Webster County | $14M | $5,900 | N/A | $-57,659 |
| Echols County | $14M | $3,674 | N/A | $869,943 |
| Taliaferro County | $13M | $7,603 | N/A | $918,099 |
Frequently Asked Questions About Federal Spending in Georgia
Which county in Georgia receives the most federal funding?
Fulton County receives the most total federal funding among Georgia counties with $9.3B in FY2024 obligations.
What is the average per-capita federal spending in Georgia?
The average per-capita federal spending across Georgia counties is $7,060, which is 25% below the national average of $9,394.
Does Georgia receive more or less federal money than the national average?
Georgia counties average $7,060 in per-capita federal spending, placing the state below the national average of $9,394 per resident.
What types of federal spending flow into Georgia counties?
Federal spending in Georgia counties includes contracts (for goods and services purchased by federal agencies), grants (federal awards to local governments, nonprofits, and institutions), and other direct obligations. The breakdown varies significantly by county based on military presence, research institutions, and local government programs.
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Data: USASpending.gov — Federal Spending Data (FY2024) — Informational only. Not financial or legal advice.