Where federal tax dollars land around DELTA
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing DELTA, 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.
$282.4M in federal awards was spent in Delta County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $282.4M — $9,009 per county resident
Federal awards in Delta County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 164025781
- 2017: 163930991
- 2018: 183840216
- 2019: 199078118
- 2020: 232347118
- 2021: 252632924
- 2022: 238774268
- 2023: 230335774
- 2024: 259908925
- 2025: 282448056
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 224919918
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 26945605
- Department of the Interior: 9099800
- Department of Agriculture: 7783907
- Department of Transportation: 5773298
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 3222536
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 253405516
- DELTA-MONTROSE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION: 27190642
- COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 5481664
- HARTLAND DITCH COMPANY: 4631540
- NORTH DELTA IRRIGATION CO: 3600000
- REDACTED DUE TO PII: 3218490
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $224.9M of the $282.4M total.
That works out to about $9,009 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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