Where federal tax dollars land around Fairfield
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Fairfield, 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.
$6.8B in federal awards was spent in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $6.8B — $20,951 per county resident
Federal awards in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, by fiscal year
- 2016: 30652581
- 2017: 1015450859
- 2018: 983119419
- 2019: 1119724016
- 2020: 2092132688
- 2021: 860680718
- 2022: 881895992
- 2023: 2539865402
- 2024: 2610894522
- 2025: 6836260988
Biggest awarding agencies
- Department of Defense: 5043155407
- Social Security Administration: 1444856055
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 118820715
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 65595979
- Department of Transportation: 56099479
- Department of Education: 34255166
Largest recipients
- SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION: 4791648245
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1516038962
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION: 217264891
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT: 81231904
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTICUT: 54741059
- POINT STRATFORD RENEWAL LLC: 39597883
What it means
Department of Defense accounts for the largest share — $5.0B of the $6.8B total.
That works out to about $20,951 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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