Where federal tax dollars land around Anniston
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Anniston, AL — 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.
$1.2B in federal awards was spent in Calhoun County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $1.2B — $10,290 per county resident
Federal awards in Calhoun County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 649299049
- 2017: 763103056
- 2018: 1390664954
- 2019: 988259689
- 2020: 1063393044
- 2021: 1112518512
- 2022: 1029168909
- 2023: 1245998093
- 2024: 1337039364
- 2025: 1195127870
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 643959295
- Department of Defense: 268797734
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 144255223
- Department of Homeland Security: 53041753
- Department of Education: 30685082
- Department of Transportation: 20061390
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 789823937
- BAE SYSTEMS GCS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED: 139565090
- JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY: 31704973
- OLGOONIK FEDERAL, LLC: 27219361
- ALABAMA POWER COMPANY: 20726788
- BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.: 18398696
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $644.0M of the $1.2B total.
That works out to about $10,290 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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