Where federal tax dollars land around El Dorado

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

$1.5B in federal awards was spent in El Dorado County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $1.5B — $7,701 per county resident

Federal awards in El Dorado County, by fiscal year

2016: 778615488
2017: 923937466
2018: 953407882
2019: 1008438342
2020: 1387886115
2021: 1313267196
2022: 1200146730
2023: 1279058045
2024: 1412186148
2025: 1480882206

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 1232485038
Department of Veterans Affairs: 115887165
Department of Agriculture: 36677673
Department of Defense: 32112177
Department of Transportation: 15459926
Department of Health and Human Services: 13358193

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1351828624
AEROMETALS, INC.: 22941128
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 13650997
GEORGETOWN DIVIDE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT: 8837000
EL DORADO, COUNTY OF: 7873675
SHINGLE SPRINGS RANCHERIA: 7655071

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.2B of the $1.5B total.

That works out to about $7,701 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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