Where federal tax dollars land around FAYETTEVILLE
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing FAYETTEVILLE, AR — 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.
$1.4B in federal awards was spent in Washington County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $1.4B — $5,476 per county resident
Federal awards in Washington County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 804328442
- 2017: 875381386
- 2018: 916756020
- 2019: 1003384116
- 2020: 1514426773
- 2021: 1446516276
- 2022: 1099996247
- 2023: 1206971122
- 2024: 1338147874
- 2025: 1379185425
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 960434684
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 211828842
- Department of Education: 45450732
- Department of Transportation: 39577682
- Department of Justice: 24206616
- National Science Foundation: 22123789
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1110873355
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS: 84821665
- HURLEY JV, LLP: 42895816
- ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 34912760
- SHAVER FOODS LLC: 24134084
- VETERANS' AFFAIRS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF: 8898458
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $960.4M of the $1.4B total.
That works out to about $5,476 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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