Where federal tax dollars land around Fairbanks

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Fairbanks, AK — the yearly total, the biggest agencies and the largest recipients.

USAspending.gov API, federal awards by place of performance.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

$1.5B in federal awards was spent in Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $1.5B — $15,512 per county resident

Federal awards in Fairbanks North Star Borough, by fiscal year

2016: 729717575
2017: 907122903
2018: 1196939771
2019: 1002985056
2020: 1256812637
2021: 1253847173
2022: 1210630177
2023: 1381031210
2024: 1334255240
2025: 1482282606

Biggest awarding agencies

Department of Defense: 450109106
Social Security Administration: 304749605
Department of Agriculture: 199393061
Department of Veterans Affairs: 150486602
Department of Transportation: 129232395
Department of the Interior: 80438401

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 438215847
GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC: 193406799
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES: 128035380
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS: 91502335
DOYON UTILITIES, LLC: 65600906
DENA NENA HENASH: 39685706

What it means

Department of Defense accounts for the largest share — $450.1M of the $1.5B total.

That works out to about $15,512 for every resident of the county, counting contracts, grants, loans and direct payments.

Place of performance means the work happened here — the money may be awarded to a company or agency headquartered elsewhere, and multi-year awards can land in a single year's total.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most

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