Where federal tax dollars land around CANON CITY

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing CANON CITY, CO — 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.

$378.2M in federal awards was spent in Fremont County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $378.2M — $7,656 per county resident

Federal awards in Fremont County, by fiscal year

2016: 200244231
2017: 245473132
2018: 264121281
2019: 277180827
2020: 312768090
2021: 312927162
2022: 312491413
2023: 337782142
2024: 380431547
2025: 378164653

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 288110866
Department of Veterans Affairs: 59308764
Department of Justice: 10362700
Department of Transportation: 6095678
Railroad Retirement Board: 3263894
Department of Agriculture: 3021289

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 344110530
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES COLORADO: 5771287
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 4671551
AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE, INC.: 4031242
CITY OF FLORENCE: 2058987
UPPER ARKANSAS AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, INC.: 1921010

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $288.1M of the $378.2M total.

That works out to about $7,656 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

Loading the live page…