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Lincoln County, Kentucky

Lincoln County, Kentucky had $152.1 million in federal award obligations in fiscal year 2026, according to USAspending API v2 — dimension aggregations.

Lincoln County, Kentucky has $152.1 million of federal award obligations recorded in this county in fiscal year 2026, which ranks 1,768 of 3,224 counties with a figure in FY2026, and 52 of 120 in Kentucky.

Identifiers

County FIPS
21137

The record

Reported figures for Lincoln County, Kentucky, each linked to its source
Obligated · FY2026Direct 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.$152.1 millionUSD
Rank among counties · FY20261,768 of 3,224by obligations
Share of all counties · FY2026Of $3.7 trillion, which is what every county the publisher reported obligated in FY2026 — 76.2% of the $4.9 trillion federal total for the year.< 0.1%percent
Rank within Kentucky · FY202652 of 120by obligations
Rank among counties by federal contracts · FY2026$4,240,331 of federal contract obligations in FY2026.1,275 of 2,718by federal contract obligations
Residents · FY2026The publisher’s own denominator, returned with the geography it belongs to.24,275people
Per resident · FY2026Money 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.$6,265USD per resident

By fiscal year

Lincoln County, Kentucky: federal award obligations recorded in this county, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligated
FY2022$146.9 million
FY2023$155.9 million
FY2024$166.0 million
FY2025$170.0 million
FY2026$152.1 million

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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Lincoln County, Kentucky: FY2026 obligations by award type
Award typeObligated
Direct payments$143.5 million
Contracts$4.2 million
Grants$4.2 million
Other$198.8 thousand
Loans$21,061
Insurance$3,500

Each award type was a separate request to the publisher rather than a division of one total. They sum to $152.1 million, against $152.1 million for all award types together.

Other counties in Kentucky

counties in Kentucky, FY2026
RankcountyObligated
1Jefferson County$135.8 billion
2Fayette County$2.6 billion
3Franklin County$1.6 billion
4Hardin County$1.1 billion
5Kenton County$948.6 million
6Boone County$796.2 million
7Christian County$675.8 million
8Warren County$636.9 million
9Daviess County$636.1 million
10Madison County$623.6 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.

Sources

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