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Newport County, Rhode Island

Newport County, Rhode Island had $1.4 billion in federal award obligations in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.

That ranks 406 of 3,232 counties with a figure in FY2025, and 3 of 5 in Rhode Island.

Identifiers

County FIPS
44005

The record

Reported figures for Newport County, Rhode Island, 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.$1.4 billion USD
Rank among counties · FY2025406 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 Rhode Island · FY20253 of 5 by obligations
Rank among counties by federal contracts · FY2025$681,369,446 of federal contract obligations in FY2025.155 of 2,787 by federal contract obligations
Residents · FY2025The publisher’s own denominator, returned with the geography it belongs to.85,643 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.$16,569 USD per resident

By fiscal year

Newport County, Rhode Island: federal award obligations recorded in this county, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligated
FY2023$1.2 billion
FY2024$1.6 billion
FY2025$1.4 billion
FY2026 (in progress)$1.3 billion

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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Newport County, Rhode Island: FY2025 obligations by award type
Award typeObligated
Contracts$681.4 million
Direct payments$615.2 million
Grants$125.6 million
Insurance$432,954
Other$92,542
Loans-$3.7 million

Each award type was a separate request to the publisher rather than a division of one total. They sum to $1.4 billion, against $1.4 billion for all award types together.

Other counties in Rhode Island

counties in Rhode Island, FY2025
RankcountyObligated
1Providence County$6.3 billion
2Kent County$1.7 billion
4Washington County$1.3 billion
5Bristol County$396.6 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.

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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