Where federal tax dollars land around Concord
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Concord, 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.
$7.2B in federal awards was spent in Contra Costa County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $7.2B — $6,167 per county resident
Federal awards in Contra Costa County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 3946559047
- 2017: 4352417278
- 2018: 4594363251
- 2019: 4732482946
- 2020: 7082207364
- 2021: 6639435157
- 2022: 5631541204
- 2023: 6367523826
- 2024: 6493537671
- 2025: 7162224093
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 5494211838
- Department of Defense: 551917843
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 372379097
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 271565793
- Department of Transportation: 183026162
- Environmental Protection Agency: 86918587
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 5874971732
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY: 252307284
- CHEVRON USA INC.: 231046544
- PATRIOT CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC: 221814000
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 150808773
- SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE: 36960066
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $5.5B of the $7.2B total.
That works out to about $6,167 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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