Where federal tax dollars land around AJO
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing AJO, AZ — 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.
$21.0B in federal awards was spent in Pima County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $21.0B — $20,014 per county resident
Federal awards in Pima County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 9372663882
- 2017: 10752898480
- 2018: 12735907019
- 2019: 12791525489
- 2020: 18952822497
- 2021: 14965130053
- 2022: 16497762836
- 2023: 18218510156
- 2024: 18188103201
- 2025: 21013129101
Biggest awarding agencies
- Department of Defense: 11764280133
- Social Security Administration: 6202339845
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 1122182129
- Department of Health and Human Services: 490381669
- Department of Energy: 206558500
- Department of Education: 191119555
Largest recipients
- RAYTHEON COMPANY: 10589994147
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 7491098421
- RAYTHEON/LOCKHEED MARTIN JAVELIN JV: 928170411
- UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: 336086730
- RAYTHEON COMPANY: 304070510
- CITY OF TUCSON: 149196676
What it means
Department of Defense accounts for the largest share — $11.8B of the $21.0B total.
That works out to about $20,014 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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