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Jefferson County, Arkansas

Jefferson County, Arkansas had $597.5 million in federal award obligations in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.

That ranks 779 of 3,232 counties with a figure in FY2025, and 9 of 75 in Arkansas.

Identifiers

County FIPS
05069

The record

Reported figures for Jefferson County, Arkansas, each linked to its source
Obligated · FY2025Direct payments are recorded against a place that is not necessarily where the people receiving them live, and they are most of this figure in most counties. The award-type split below is the part of it that means what it sounds like.$597.5 million USD
Rank among counties · FY2025779 of 3,232 by obligations
Share of all counties · FY2025Of $4.1 trillion, which is what every county the publisher reported obligated in FY2025 — 77.0% of the $5.3 trillion federal total for the year.< 0.1% percent
Rank within Arkansas · FY20259 of 75 by obligations
Rank among counties by federal contracts · FY2025$59,954,961 of federal contract obligations in FY2025.543 of 2,787 by federal contract obligations
Residents · FY2025The publisher’s own denominator, returned with the geography it belongs to.67,260 people
Per resident · FY2025Money recorded here divided by the people who live here. Where the figure is mostly direct payments, the numerator and the denominator are not about the same people.$8,884 USD per resident

By fiscal year

Jefferson County, Arkansas: federal award obligations recorded in this county, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligated
FY2023$576.7 million
FY2024$596.3 million
FY2025$597.5 million
FY2026 (in progress)$593.2 million
FY2027 (in progress)$1,849

The publisher holds five fiscal years of this breakdown. A year missing from this table is a year this county was not reported in, not a year of no spending.

By award type

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Jefferson County, Arkansas: FY2025 obligations by award type
Award typeObligated
Direct payments$491.7 million
Contracts$60.0 million
Grants$43.2 million
Other$3.1 million
Insurance$208,132
Loans-$542,970

Each award type was a separate request to the publisher rather than a division of one total. They sum to $597.5 million, against $597.5 million for all award types together.

Other counties in Arkansas

counties in Arkansas, FY2025
RankcountyObligated
1Pulaski County$5.5 billion
2Benton County$1.5 billion
3Washington County$1.4 billion
4Garland County$986.8 million
5Sebastian County$931.8 million
6Saline County$876.5 million
7Faulkner County$749.4 million
8Craighead County$743.5 million
10White County$557.0 million
11Lonoke County$545.4 million

What this data cannot show

  • An obligation is a binding commitment to pay, not money paid. Outlays are reported separately and the two are never equal in the same year.
  • Direct payments are recorded against a place that is not necessarily where the people receiving them live, and they are most of this figure in most counties. The award-type split below is the part of it that means what it sounds like.
  • This page covers every county the publisher reported and not only the largest hundred the ranking names. Both come from the same download of the publisher’s data, on the date above.

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Sources

Compiled automatically from USAspending API v2 — dimension aggregations by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved