Where federal tax dollars land around El Cajon
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing El Cajon, 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.
$35.4B in federal awards was spent in San Diego County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $35.4B — $10,773 per county resident
Federal awards in San Diego County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 20794988904
- 2017: 23233286681
- 2018: 24721407287
- 2019: 27900220463
- 2020: 35016599944
- 2021: 32904868302
- 2022: 30641902624
- 2023: 30918806013
- 2024: 33123219878
- 2025: 35366310960
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 13562022979
- Department of Defense: 11725572963
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 3958743351
- Department of Health and Human Services: 1996497632
- Department of Homeland Security: 1092053406
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 730700239
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 17900096311
- GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.: 1641598233
- NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION: 927423342
- AEVEX AEROSPACE, LLC: 676772752
- BAE SYSTEMS MARITIME SOLUTIONS SAN DIEGO INC.: 662176888
- BCCG A JOINT VENTURE: 638592928
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $13.6B of the $35.4B total.
That works out to about $10,773 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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