Where federal tax dollars land around ALACHUA

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing ALACHUA, FL — 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.

$2.5B in federal awards was spent in Alachua County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $2.5B — $8,767 per county resident

Federal awards in Alachua County, by fiscal year

2016: 1264490715
2017: 2000759220
2018: 2033181640
2019: 2123546669
2020: 2649230563
2021: 2675867484
2022: 2193321333
2023: 2202536734
2024: 2280444045
2025: 2470030990

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 1261745353
Department of Health and Human Services: 457166562
Department of Veterans Affairs: 255052491
Department of Education: 121002398
Department of Transportation: 68379683
National Science Foundation: 62318001

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1734621790
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: 332212550
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: 77269573
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 63173888
GAINESVILLE REGIONAL UTILITIES: 47514590
SANTA FE COLLEGE: 36544167

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.3B of the $2.5B total.

That works out to about $8,767 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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