Where federal tax dollars land around Cullman
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Cullman, 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.
$629.2M in federal awards was spent in Cullman County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $629.2M — $7,033 per county resident
Federal awards in Cullman County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 367736932
- 2017: 410381832
- 2018: 426004606
- 2019: 478308043
- 2020: 583643403
- 2021: 552665351
- 2022: 504752709
- 2023: 542242057
- 2024: 591184323
- 2025: 629225126
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 518187078
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 63562364
- Department of Education: 16664170
- Department of Transportation: 12841522
- Railroad Retirement Board: 5778242
- Department of Agriculture: 5677746
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 587172209
- WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 16664170
- ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 7229747
- CITY OF CULLMAN: 5363775
- REDACTED DUE TO PII: 3402201
- CULLMAN HOUSING AUTHORITY: 2910918
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $518.2M of the $629.2M total.
That works out to about $7,033 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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