Where federal tax dollars land around Carmichael
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Carmichael, 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 Sacramento County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $23.4B — $14,791 per county resident
Federal awards in Sacramento County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 77290401380
- 2017: 17464679002
- 2018: 18106598429
- 2019: 16826470128
- 2020: 32516849809
- 2021: 44232815910
- 2022: 24875977874
- 2023: 20711507544
- 2024: 23119279467
- 2025: 23429596879
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 6551784115
- Department of Homeland Security: 6081629921
- Department of Education: 5337208979
- Department of Defense: 1743142245
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 996281281
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 814172361
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 7356283803
- OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES: 6194451467
- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA: 4619349432
- HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC: 1427302725
- STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: 630561319
- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: 618111037
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $6.6B of the $23.4B total.
That works out to about $14,791 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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