Where federal tax dollars land around Auburn
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Auburn, 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.
$2.8B in federal awards was spent in Placer County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $2.8B — $6,801 per county resident
Federal awards in Placer County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 1460636972
- 2017: 1623385171
- 2018: 1747618006
- 2019: 1850480633
- 2020: 2841099542
- 2021: 2601997801
- 2022: 2216280024
- 2023: 2350494723
- 2024: 2720818861
- 2025: 2804887959
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 2395418430
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 293041270
- Department of Transportation: 46339864
- Railroad Retirement Board: 40705744
- Department of Education: 32221205
- Department of Agriculture: 16120937
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2717943749
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 34647630
- SIERRA JOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT: 28402602
- CITY OF ROSEVILLE: 12743398
- THOMPSON BUILDERS CORP: 10892500
- SIGIL CONSULTING GROUP LLC: 8883599
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $2.4B of the $2.8B total.
That works out to about $6,801 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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