Where federal tax dollars land around Acworth
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Acworth, GA — 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.
$6.8B in federal awards was spent in Cobb County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $6.8B — $8,869 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 3071444339
- Department of Defense: 2865411753
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 465212873
- Department of Education: 161436584
- Department of Commerce: 59600435
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 56101897
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 3553701768
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP: 2569284305
- SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION: 155167706
- KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY: 126624066
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION: 59262147
- J. E. DUNN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY: 54517543
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $3.1B of the $6.8B total.
That works out to about $8,869 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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