Where federal tax dollars land around Firebaugh

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

$5.0B in federal awards was spent in Fresno County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $5.0B — $4,940 per county resident

Federal awards in Fresno County, by fiscal year

2016: 2758805809
2017: 3240360037
2018: 3257904157
2019: 3563771763
2020: 5474076214
2021: 5541755015
2022: 4533125200
2023: 4478194831
2024: 4639623345
2025: 5000380957

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 3436702026
Department of Veterans Affairs: 458494317
Department of Agriculture: 344523972
Department of Education: 243930431
Department of Housing and Urban Development: 207411230
Department of Transportation: 121357906

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 3913130751
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO: 93952113
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF FRESNO: 93365460
REDACTED DUE TO PII: 85814403
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 69111409
FRESNO COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY: 68970472

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $3.4B of the $5.0B total.

That works out to about $4,940 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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