Where federal tax dollars land around Campbell
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Campbell, 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.
$13.6B in federal awards was spent in Santa Clara County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $13.6B — $7,124 per county resident
Federal awards in Santa Clara County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 10740576331
- 2017: 11192681070
- 2018: 11267048378
- 2019: 12788399716
- 2020: 16573119511
- 2021: 15581748515
- 2022: 14317558002
- 2023: 13198992640
- 2024: 12769247913
- 2025: 13558239059
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 7004991614
- Department of Defense: 2343825105
- Department of Health and Human Services: 949330352
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 763105777
- Department of Energy: 757468905
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 605315061
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 7596232338
- THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: 1441902216
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP: 1058897506
- PALANTIR USG INC: 589359038
- SANTA CLARA COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY: 401196098
- SAN JOSE HOUSING AUTHORITY, CITY OF: 221093377
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $7.0B of the $13.6B total.
That works out to about $7,124 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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