Where federal tax dollars land around Fairfield

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

$3.4B in federal awards was spent in Solano County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $3.4B — $7,476 per county resident

Federal awards in Solano County, by fiscal year

2016: 1610926798
2017: 2007496732
2018: 2282182685
2019: 2354598463
2020: 3234444734
2021: 3143792847
2022: 2942668478
2023: 3009949066
2024: 2985321482
2025: 3370488404

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 2132588058
Department of Veterans Affairs: 494647214
Department of Defense: 276001137
Department of Health and Human Services: 223195504
Department of Housing and Urban Development: 101800404
Department of Transportation: 45986238

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2612141722
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS: 217241792
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 37332800
CITY OF VALLEJO: 26309464
SES ELECTRICAL LLC: 23071027
CITY OF VACAVILLE: 22468851

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $2.1B of the $3.4B total.

That works out to about $7,476 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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