Where federal tax dollars land around Arroyo Grande
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Arroyo Grande, 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.
$2.2B in federal awards was spent in San Luis Obispo County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $2.2B — $7,885 per county resident
Federal awards in San Luis Obispo County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 1151662834
- 2017: 1308810912
- 2018: 1326627694
- 2019: 1407485709
- 2020: 2143407366
- 2021: 2096726297
- 2022: 1785263870
- 2023: 1963602801
- 2024: 3085788686
- 2025: 2219380997
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 1663527922
- Department of Transportation: 143206960
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 134783833
- Department of Education: 67933705
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 62164909
- Department of Defense: 48606399
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1803731962
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 127784368
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO: 51270777
- CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY: 37008253
- TRUST AUTOMATION INC: 20315558
- COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, INC.: 18334386
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.7B of the $2.2B total.
That works out to about $7,885 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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