Where federal tax dollars land around BONITA SPRINGS
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing BONITA SPRINGS, 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.
$7.3B in federal awards was spent in Lee County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $7.3B — $9,179 per county resident
Federal awards in Lee County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 3275731547
- 2017: 3740425268
- 2018: 4010117887
- 2019: 4273228050
- 2020: 6001773700
- 2021: 5889964243
- 2022: 5364732652
- 2023: 9066786875
- 2024: 7582757219
- 2025: 7275953294
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 5552900552
- Department of Homeland Security: 534598294
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 476741081
- Department of Transportation: 195839114
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 162235969
- Department of Defense: 128720023
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 6077042697
- WRIGHT NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE COMPANY: 190815403
- STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 167567903
- COUNTY OF LEE: 105311672
- BEACON POINT ASSOCIATES LLC: 92375763
- HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE MIDWEST: 80972067
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $5.6B of the $7.3B total.
That works out to about $9,179 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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