Where federal tax dollars land around Clearwater
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Clearwater, 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.
$14.0B in federal awards was spent in Pinellas County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $14.0B — $14,553 per county resident
Federal awards in Pinellas County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 5464988429
- 2017: 6426462298
- 2018: 6964426054
- 2019: 7352929999
- 2020: 10001322561
- 2021: 8694180817
- 2022: 7953886464
- 2023: 8774628980
- 2024: 8770553434
- 2025: 13979412813
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 6449728844
- Department of Homeland Security: 3294206721
- Department of Defense: 1468837141
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 1014387406
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 844342475
- Department of Education: 315368676
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 7443928780
- WRIGHT NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE COMPANY: 1109320008
- COUNTY OF PINELLAS: 830690378
- GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE AND TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.: 708002662
- DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED): 409223754
- AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA: 378865630
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $6.4B of the $14.0B total.
That works out to about $14,553 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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