Where federal tax dollars land around Farmington
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Farmington, 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.
$95.5B in federal awards was spent in Capitol Planning Region.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $95.5B — $98,504 per county resident
Federal awards in Capitol Planning Region, by fiscal year
- 2016: 2430896
- 2017: 3825814
- 2018: 884632474
- 2019: 806016298
- 2020: 95226509
- 2021: 663255029
- 2022: 277020205
- 2023: 1033282477
- 2024: 24231882555
- 2025: 95453288261
Biggest awarding agencies
- Department of Health and Human Services: 80581513303
- Department of Defense: 7518264199
- Social Security Administration: 5267091220
- Department of Education: 690588858
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 504138183
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 378673294
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 85951443556
- RTX CORPORATION: 7185758382
- CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: 372569011
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTICUT: 314825013
- STATE OF CONN DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING: 184071109
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION: 116567033
What it means
Department of Health and Human Services accounts for the largest share — $80.6B of the $95.5B total.
That works out to about $98,504 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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