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Federal spending in Jay County, IN

Population 20,118 (2025 estimate) · per-resident rank 38 of 92 counties in Indiana · congressional district IN-03

Marion County: $144,955 per residentMartin County: $91,282 per residentLawrence County: $19,335 per residentWhitley County: $18,112 per residentWayne County: $11,641 per residentSt. Joseph County: $10,909 per residentFulton County: $10,590 per residentHoward County: $10,549 per residentBartholomew County: $9,389 per residentWabash County: $8,799 per residentFranklin County: $8,787 per residentOhio County: $8,502 per residentWarren County: $8,433 per residentJasper County: $8,358 per residentVanderburgh County: $8,317 per residentFloyd County: $8,296 per residentBrown County: $8,265 per residentGrant County: $8,197 per residentScott County: $8,178 per residentCrawford County: $8,049 per residentTipton County: $7,890 per residentVermillion County: $7,781 per residentKnox County: $7,778 per residentPosey County: $7,668 per residentSteuben County: $7,615 per residentBlackford County: $7,606 per residentMiami County: $7,535 per residentFayette County: $7,490 per residentHuntington County: $7,468 per residentPulaski County: $7,444 per residentStarke County: $7,432 per residentPike County: $7,417 per residentLaPorte County: $7,383 per residentClay County: $7,378 per residentRandolph County: $7,282 per residentPerry County: $7,280 per residentDubois County: $7,212 per residentJay County: $7,210 per residentGibson County: $7,198 per residentSpencer County: $7,194 per residentFountain County: $7,190 per residentOwen County: $7,158 per residentUnion County: $7,152 per residentNewton County: $7,148 per residentCarroll County: $7,143 per residentHarrison County: $7,134 per residentGreene County: $7,097 per residentDearborn County: $7,092 per residentJefferson County: $7,043 per residentWhite County: $7,006 per residentMonroe County: $7,004 per residentSwitzerland County: $6,937 per residentHenry County: $6,912 per residentPorter County: $6,847 per residentRush County: $6,840 per residentAllen County: $6,833 per residentMorgan County: $6,819 per residentShelby County: $6,776 per residentWells County: $6,776 per residentWarrick County: $6,767 per residentDeKalb County: $6,763 per residentMontgomery County: $6,741 per residentDelaware County: $6,700 per residentHancock County: $6,693 per residentSullivan County: $6,676 per residentMadison County: $6,673 per residentDecatur County: $6,631 per residentParke County: $6,609 per residentWashington County: $6,526 per residentOrange County: $6,524 per residentKosciusko County: $6,483 per residentCass County: $6,464 per residentMarshall County: $6,441 per residentPutnam County: $6,410 per residentNoble County: $6,405 per residentRipley County: $6,328 per residentBenton County: $6,307 per residentLake County: $6,284 per residentJennings County: $6,275 per residentVigo County: $6,198 per residentTippecanoe County: $6,166 per residentClark County: $6,114 per residentDaviess County: $5,984 per residentJackson County: $5,955 per residentJohnson County: $5,741 per residentClinton County: $5,710 per residentBoone County: $5,528 per residentAdams County: $5,395 per residentElkhart County: $5,389 per residentHendricks County: $5,129 per residentHamilton County: $5,007 per residentLaGrange County: $4,148 per resident
low → high per resident, FY2025 this countyIndiana counties; boundaries US Census Bureau.

USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026.

In FY2025, $145M in federal awards named Jay County, Indiana, as the primary place of performance, $7,210 per resident.

That is below the Indiana rate of $29,696 per resident (24% of it) and below the national rate of $15,158; it ranks 38 of 92 counties in the state.

The FY2025 mix was 97% direct payments.

Obligations were up 17% on FY2024, and the five-year total since FY2022 is $634M, with $128M so far in FY2026.

Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Social Security Administration ($403M), Department of Agriculture ($37M) and Department of Veterans Affairs ($33M).

$145Mobligations performed in the county, FY2025FY2025 (1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025) · obligations
$7,210per residentFY2025 · obligationsIndiana: $29,696 · US: $15,158
$634Mfive-year totalFY2022–FY2026 to date · obligations
$128MFY2026 to dateFY2026, through 30 Sep 2026 · obligations
15awards of $1.0M+ begun here since FY2022FY2022–FY2026

Per resident, by award type FY2025

Per residentThis countyIndianaUnited States
All award obligations$7,210$29,696$15,158
Contracts$82$1,004$2,164
Grants$142$3,405$3,542
Direct payments$6,965$25,261$9,398
Loans (subsidy cost)−$3$6$1
Other assistance$24$19$53
Rank by per-resident rate38 of 92 in state · 2,172 of 3,144 US6 of 51 states—

Direct payments include Social Security, Medicare and similar benefit records that USAspending attributes to a county; Medicare payments are attributed to the county of the administrative contractor, which can lift or lower a county's rate a great deal. Loans count the subsidy cost, not the face value.

Obligations by fiscal year

$115M
$122M
$124M
$145M
$128M
FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Award obligations with a primary place of performance in Jay County, by fiscal year and award type. *FY2026 runs to the data date and is incomplete.

Who funds the county FY2022–FY2025

Awarding agencies

Social Security Administration$403M
Department of Agriculture$37M
Department of Veterans Affairs$33M
Department of Transportation$21M
Railroad Retirement Board$4.7M
Department of Health and Human Services$4.6M
Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
Department of Homeland Security$816K

Assistance programs

96.002 Social Security Retirement Insurance$304M
96.001 Social Security Disability Insurance$52M
96.004 Social Security Survivors Insurance$35M
64.109 Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$25M
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction$21M
96.006 Supplemental Security Income$12M
57.001 Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4.7M
93.600 Head Start$4.0M

Contract industries by NAICS sector

Manufacturing$7.5M
Administrative, support, waste management and remediation services$136K

Cross-tabulations cover the four closed fiscal years FY2022–FY2025 (the 24 largest agencies, 40 largest listings and all NAICS sectors), fetched 18 Sep 2026.

Recipients with the largest awards performed here $1.0M+ awards since FY2022

#Recipient organisationAwardsAward valueShare
1Indiana Department of Transportation7$13M47%
2Prairie Star Farms LLC5$6.9M24%
3Scus Head Start Programs Inc1$5.3M19%
4City of Portland1$1.9M7%
5Hoosier Pride Farms, LLC1$1.0M4%

Largest awards performed in the county

RecipientAwarding agencyTypeAward valueBegunRecord
Scus Head Start Programs IncDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesGrantBlock Grant (a)$5.3M21 Feb 2025USAspending
Indiana Department of TransportationDepartment of TransportationFederal Highway AdministrationGrantFormula Grant (a)$2.6M8 May 2024USAspending
Indiana Department of TransportationDepartment of TransportationFederal Highway AdministrationGrantFormula Grant (a)$2.4M20 May 2024USAspending
Indiana Department of TransportationDepartment of TransportationFederal Highway AdministrationGrantFormula Grant (a)$2.3M6 Sep 2023USAspending
Prairie Star Farms LLCDepartment of AgricultureAgricultural Marketing ServiceContractDefinitive Contract$2.0M25 Aug 2022USAspending
City of PortlandDepartment of TransportationFederal Aviation AdministrationGrantProject Grant (B)$1.9M14 Sep 2026USAspending
Indiana Department of TransportationDepartment of TransportationFederal Highway AdministrationGrantFormula Grant (a)$1.8M15 Nov 2022USAspending
Indiana Department of TransportationDepartment of TransportationFederal Highway AdministrationGrantFormula Grant (a)$1.8M15 Aug 2023USAspending
Prairie Star Farms LLCDepartment of AgricultureAgricultural Marketing ServiceContractDefinitive Contract$1.5M9 Aug 2023USAspending
Indiana Department of TransportationDepartment of TransportationFederal Highway AdministrationGrantFormula Grant (a)$1.3M28 Jul 2022USAspending

Congressional districts

DistrictShare of county land areaDistrict FY2025 obligationsPer resident
Indiana's 3rd congressional district100%$5.3B$7,076

Other counties in Indiana

Per-resident rate, FY2025. All counties in Indiana.

Questions and answers

How much federal spending goes to Jay County, Indiana?

$145M in award obligations in FY2025 and $634M since FY2022, counting awards whose primary place of performance is in the county. Obligations are commitments, not payments.

How much federal spending per person is that?

$7,210 per resident in FY2025 (population 20,118), against $29,696 for Indiana and $15,158 nationally. Direct payments such as Social Security and Medicare are included; the table on this page splits the rate by award type.

Which recipients dominate Jay County, Indiana?

By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2022: Indiana Department of Transportation ($13M), Prairie Star Farms LLC ($6.9M), Scus Head Start Programs Inc ($5.3M), City of Portland ($1.9M) and Hoosier Pride Farms, LLC ($1.0M). Individuals are never listed.

Which agencies fund Jay County, Indiana?

Social Security Administration ($403M), Department of Agriculture ($37M), Department of Veterans Affairs ($33M), Department of Transportation ($21M) and Railroad Retirement Board ($4.7M), over FY2022–FY2025.

What does "place of performance" mean here?

USAspending records where the work is done or the payment is directed, as reported by the awarding agency. Some awards, especially grants to state governments, carry only a state-level location and are not attributed to any county or district; Medicare payments are attributed to the county of the administrative contractor.

Provenance

Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending-by-geography (place of performance, county layer) by fiscal year and award type, loaded 30 Sep 2026; award lists from the award search endpoint; cross-tabulations for FY2022–FY2025. Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 county estimates (USAspending's population figure where the Census file has none, as for Connecticut's former counties). Boundaries: Census cartographic boundary files (1:20m). Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.