Where federal tax dollars land around Cheshire
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Cheshire, CT — 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.
$3.2B in federal awards was spent in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $3.2B — $7,135 per county resident
Federal awards in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, by fiscal year
- 2016: 2374266
- 2017: 6611548
- 2018: 2164562
- 2019: 1332920
- 2020: 20973284
- 2021: 4999133
- 2022: 17443542
- 2023: 58792022
- 2024: 534876902
- 2025: 3227150788
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 2559054929
- Department of Health and Human Services: 142143610
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 128309990
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 107566135
- Department of Education: 96800109
- Department of Transportation: 87971779
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2819680451
- POST UNIVERSITY, INC.: 94081451
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTICUT: 82097616
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WATERBURY: 42215977
- TREADWELL CORPORATION (DELAWARE): 17454049
- HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF BRISTOL: 15382686
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $2.6B of the $3.2B total.
That works out to about $7,135 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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