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Federal spending in Sanborn County, SD
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.
Sanborn County, South Dakota, received $24M in federal award obligations in FY2026: $10,019 for each of its 2,388 residents.
That is in line with the South Dakota rate of $12,216 per resident and below the national rate of $14,744; it ranks 34 of 66 counties in the state.
The FY2026 mix was 100% direct payments.
Obligations were down 25% on FY2025, and the five-year total since FY2023 is $90M.
Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Department of Agriculture ($74M), Social Security Administration ($41M) and Department of Transportation ($10M).
Per resident, by award type FY2026
- Contracts $25K
- Grants $44K
- Direct payments $24M
- Other assistance −$29K
| Per resident | This county | South Dakota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $10,019 | $12,216 | $14,744 |
| Contracts | $10 | $854 | $2,007 |
| Grants | $18 | $3,703 | $3,528 |
| Direct payments | $10,002 | $7,536 | $9,185 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | $0 | −$12 | −$16 |
| Other assistance | −$12 | $135 | $40 |
| Rank by per-resident rate | 34 of 66 in state · 608 of 3,144 US | 31 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
Who funds the county FY2022–FY2025
Awarding agencies
Assistance programs
Contract industries by NAICS sector
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.
Congressional districts
| District | Share of county land area | District FY2026 obligations | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota's at-large congressional district | 100% | $11B | $12,590 |
Other counties in South Dakota
- Minnehaha County $7,443
- Pennington County $8,819
- Meade County $15,365
- Lincoln County $5,219
- Hughes County $21,654
- Lawrence County $10,156
- Brown County $7,561
- Oglala Lakota County $20,379
- Haakon County $127,195
- Brookings County $6,042
- Union County $11,922
- Codington County $6,877
- Fall River County $23,178
- Yankton County $7,035
- Davison County $7,373
- Todd County $15,910
- Beadle County $7,057
- Roberts County $12,043
- Dewey County $22,388
- Custer County $12,382
- Lake County $10,017
- Clay County $7,099
- Charles Mix County $11,425
- Butte County $7,563
- Corson County $20,084
- Turner County $7,577
- Lyman County $18,047
- Spink County $10,598
- Grant County $8,345
- Hutchinson County $8,445
- Day County $11,192
- Moody County $9,242
- Kingsbury County $11,027
- Marshall County $12,662
- Bon Homme County $7,675
- Clark County $12,455
- Buffalo County $26,448
- Hanson County $13,341
- McCook County $7,394
- Deuel County $9,552
- Jackson County $15,138
- Tripp County $6,985
- Hamlin County $5,759
- Faulk County $18,100
- Walworth County $7,478
- Aurora County $13,875
- Brule County $6,914
- Edmunds County $8,836
- Miner County $14,543
- Bennett County $9,884
- Gregory County $8,063
- Sully County $21,600
- Potter County $13,381
- Douglas County $10,667
- Hand County $9,865
- Stanley County $9,483
- Hyde County $23,385
- Harding County $18,273
- Ziebach County $9,355
Per-resident rate, FY2026. All counties in South Dakota.
Questions and answers
How much federal spending goes to Sanborn County, South Dakota?
$24M in award obligations in FY2026 and $90M since FY2023, counting awards whose primary place of performance is in the county. Obligations are commitments, not payments.
How much federal spending per person is that?
$10,019 per resident in FY2026 (population 2,388), against $12,216 for South Dakota and $14,744 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 Sanborn County, South Dakota?
No organisation with a $1.0M-plus award performed in the county is in the record; totals still count every transaction.
Which agencies fund Sanborn County, South Dakota?
Department of Agriculture ($74M), Social Security Administration ($41M), Department of Transportation ($10M), Department of Veterans Affairs ($6.9M) and Department of Housing and Urban Development ($1.5M), 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.