Where federal tax dollars land around CRIPPLE CREEK

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

$228.7M in federal awards was spent in Teller County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $228.7M — $9,233 per county resident

Federal awards in Teller County, by fiscal year

2016: 107103195
2017: 127456456
2018: 144677444
2019: 149498816
2020: 180138611
2021: 186687825
2022: 182157013
2023: 203644026
2024: 217183296
2025: 228727820

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 173538212
Department of Veterans Affairs: 44543046
Department of Transportation: 6688628
Department of Health and Human Services: 1609754
Railroad Retirement Board: 1501390
Department of Agriculture: 700937

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 219016359
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 6638628
COUNTY OF TELLER SCHOOL DISTRICT RE 1: 1619114
FOREST RIDGE SENIOR LIVING LLC: 566289
COLORADO OUTDOOR EDUCATION CEN: 171453
REDACTED DUE TO PII: 167961

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $173.5M of the $228.7M total.

That works out to about $9,233 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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