Where federal tax dollars land around Anaheim

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Anaheim, CA — 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.

$23.4B in federal awards was spent in Orange County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $23.4B — $7,396 per county resident

Federal awards in Orange County, by fiscal year

2016: 12400211878
2017: 14184327662
2018: 14826861976
2019: 15533735543
2020: 26168840536
2021: 23393685393
2022: 17603021504
2023: 19052341349
2024: 22322033118
2025: 23400712570

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 13321923044
Department of Health and Human Services: 5584668377
Department of Defense: 1497785848
Department of Veterans Affairs: 1039769818
Department of Education: 647265746
Department of Energy: 527418306

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 19482483216
RIVIAN NEW HORIZON, LLC: 497233106
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: 349045458
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.: 345153898
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 332776166
ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY: 279449092

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $13.3B of the $23.4B total.

That works out to about $7,396 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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