Where federal tax dollars land around Decatur

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Decatur, 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.

$879.5M in federal awards was spent in Morgan County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $879.5M — $7,107 per county resident

Federal awards in Morgan County, by fiscal year

2016: 503012759
2017: 570427401
2018: 570970138
2019: 611776014
2020: 819814367
2021: 771348617
2022: 712323156
2023: 759499400
2024: 786033171
2025: 879462743

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 682781887
Department of Veterans Affairs: 87747400
Department of Health and Human Services: 29973797
Department of Defense: 29174855
Department of Transportation: 23336885
Department of Housing and Urban Development: 14008750

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 771651087
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH ALABAMA, INC.: 26307354
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 22947299
LOGC2 INC: 17382794
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF DECATUR: 8818253
LEKTRON INC: 8453360

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $682.8M of the $879.5M total.

That works out to about $7,107 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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