Where federal tax dollars land around Dothan

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

$832.4M in federal awards was spent in Houston County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $832.4M — $7,734 per county resident

Federal awards in Houston County, by fiscal year

2016: 490767534
2017: 544604995
2018: 582381198
2019: 595905988
2020: 817059888
2021: 754086910
2022: 730716130
2023: 721665933
2024: 763157614
2025: 832356653

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 627078358
Department of Veterans Affairs: 124315008
Department of Education: 22059170
Department of Housing and Urban Development: 17378018
Department of Agriculture: 13397042
Department of Defense: 8962228

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 756656270
GEORGE C WALLACE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DOTHAN: 15439462
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DOTHAN, ALABAMA: 13244295
REDACTED DUE TO PII: 13193345
CAREER CONSULTANTS, INC.: 6619708
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 6338503

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $627.1M of the $832.4M total.

That works out to about $7,734 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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