Where federal tax dollars land around Eureka
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Eureka, 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.
$1.2B in federal awards was spent in Humboldt County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $1.2B — $9,143 per county resident
Federal awards in Humboldt County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 590877597
- 2017: 729451379
- 2018: 735557873
- 2019: 765936466
- 2020: 1139432489
- 2021: 1082054318
- 2022: 1094031465
- 2023: 1256030788
- 2024: 1065024129
- 2025: 1238104217
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 672623631
- Department of Agriculture: 116012707
- Department of Energy: 87681275
- Department of Transportation: 66248934
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 65054809
- Department of the Interior: 56961903
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 757294925
- REDWOOD COAST ENERGY AUTHORITY: 87629455
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 60199017
- THE HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE: 31927681
- YUROK TRIBE: 24998600
- THE GREAT BASIN INSTITUTE: 21000000
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $672.6M of the $1.2B total.
That works out to about $9,143 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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