Where federal tax dollars land around BULLHEAD CITY

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

$2.3B in federal awards was spent in Mohave County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $2.3B — $10,739 per county resident

Federal awards in Mohave County, by fiscal year

2016: 1148320901
2017: 1326637771
2018: 1398862696
2019: 1518110303
2020: 1770251025
2021: 1846633401
2022: 1797637898
2023: 1961694896
2024: 2129426419
2025: 2334953405

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 1830979454
Department of Veterans Affairs: 224353943
Department of Transportation: 187097322
Railroad Retirement Board: 27886966
Department of the Interior: 27645707
Department of Education: 11256520

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2082147336
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARIZONA: 186142682
HUALAPAI TRIBAL COUNCIL: 15261402
MOHAVE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT: 10011230
COUNTY OF MOHAVE: 5803201
FORT MOJAVE TRIBAL COUNCIL: 4828013

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.8B of the $2.3B total.

That works out to about $10,739 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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