Where federal tax dollars land around Chandler
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Chandler, 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.
$49.7B in federal awards was spent in Maricopa County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $49.7B — $11,070 per county resident
Federal awards in Maricopa County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 29020732501
- 2017: 42605919544
- 2018: 40622395749
- 2019: 43556351536
- 2020: 65335336357
- 2021: 59870607648
- 2022: 51080814919
- 2023: 50792181001
- 2024: 42913883310
- 2025: 49728267267
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 20181611935
- Department of Health and Human Services: 14439179889
- Department of Defense: 6811684169
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 2733039129
- Department of Education: 2353432713
- Department of Homeland Security: 1235018595
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 36627597484
- TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP: 3540417158
- GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.: 686639118
- ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: 674326905
- CSI AVIATION, INC: 665603714
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.: 627102951
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $20.2B of the $49.7B total.
That works out to about $11,070 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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