Where federal tax dollars land around ARCADIA
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing ARCADIA, 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.
$223.9M in federal awards was spent in DeSoto County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $223.9M — $6,448 per county resident
Federal awards in DeSoto County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 118755131
- 2017: 133578221
- 2018: 141815416
- 2019: 148701576
- 2020: 179452724
- 2021: 177200321
- 2022: 186866577
- 2023: 232202340
- 2024: 204697246
- 2025: 223884644
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 183065515
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 17737027
- Department of Transportation: 15502430
- Department of Agriculture: 3833051
- Railroad Retirement Board: 2068039
- Department of Homeland Security: 1001878
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 202870581
- STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 15502430
- REDACTED DUE TO PII: 3177236
- ARCADIA HOUSING AUTHORITY: 779587
- CASA SAN JUAN BOSCO: 630638
- DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED): 234585
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $183.1M of the $223.9M total.
That works out to about $6,448 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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