Where federal tax dollars land around Boca Raton

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Boca Raton, 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.

$11.2B in federal awards was spent in Palm Beach County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $11.2B — $7,425 per county resident

Federal awards in Palm Beach County, by fiscal year

2016: 6304149422
2017: 7074336672
2018: 7536747117
2019: 7831819003
2020: 11886061774
2021: 10418288617
2022: 9299887734
2023: 9856213782
2024: 10637037457
2025: 11193349185

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 9004642831
Department of Veterans Affairs: 681232191
Department of Defense: 534477185
Department of Health and Human Services: 456648491
Department of Justice: 203954814
Department of Education: 196686567

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 9922004286
THALLE CONSTRUCTION CO INC: 275671269
THE GEO GROUP, INC.: 199161771
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 91401910
PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE: 75423019
EXELAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC: 74799438

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $9.0B of the $11.2B total.

That works out to about $7,425 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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