Where federal tax dollars land around Birmingham
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Birmingham, 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.
$8.1B in federal awards was spent in Jefferson County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $8.1B — $12,037 per county resident
Federal awards in Jefferson County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 3336032287
- 2017: 28298871628
- 2018: 14056215374
- 2019: 6295462746
- 2020: 7872667402
- 2021: 7569951391
- 2022: 7613162071
- 2023: 7352605396
- 2024: 7606775107
- 2025: 8061624042
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 3344956624
- Department of Health and Human Services: 3127968783
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 500349987
- Department of Justice: 313172806
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 226656301
- Department of Transportation: 188278955
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 6661470856
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: 308247480
- ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 170709296
- BRASFIELD & GORRIE LLC: 158862770
- NAPHCARE LLC: 137726757
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT: 107162706
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $3.3B of the $8.1B total.
That works out to about $12,037 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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