Where federal tax dollars land around Danbury
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Danbury, 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.
$4.1B in federal awards was spent in Western Connecticut Planning Region.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $4.1B — $6,605 per county resident
Federal awards in Western Connecticut Planning Region, by fiscal year
- 2016: 3193010
- 2017: 7008296
- 2018: 15196081
- 2019: 17235620
- 2020: 128129611
- 2021: 26268604
- 2022: 39484420
- 2023: 155741256
- 2024: 599024053
- 2025: 4103275435
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 3029777297
- Department of Transportation: 579966816
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 167251606
- Department of Defense: 116085221
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 82722014
- Department of Health and Human Services: 52599757
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 3116006070
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTICUT: 569709524
- DANBURY MISSION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC: 60081247
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF STAMFORD: 41972759
- NORWALK HOUSING AUTHORITY: 37563737
- DHA HOUSING CORP.: 19901247
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $3.0B of the $4.1B total.
That works out to about $6,605 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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