Where federal tax dollars land around Camarillo

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

$6.0B in federal awards was spent in Ventura County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $6.0B — $7,194 per county resident

Federal awards in Ventura County, by fiscal year

2016: 3405641992
2017: 3785137230
2018: 4101741180
2019: 3620034138
2020: 5519256085
2021: 4632876007
2022: 4368141357
2023: 5261361413
2024: 5627115822
2025: 6030373795

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 3998625238
Department of Defense: 1535909834
Department of Veterans Affairs: 426149102
Department of Health and Human Services: 115605723
Department of Education: 94669955
Department of Transportation: 69064472

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 4415160775
AEROVIRONMENT, INC: 495202726
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION: 107655022
CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP - CALIFORNIA, LP: 107042291
AMGEN USA INC: 89932933
AREA HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF VENTURA: 60432206

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $4.0B of the $6.0B total.

That works out to about $7,194 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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