Where federal tax dollars land around Atlanta
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Atlanta, 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.
$12.2B in federal awards was spent in Fulton County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $12.2B — $11,454 per county resident
Federal awards in Fulton County, by fiscal year
- 2016: 14409741632
- 2017: 5826642232
- 2018: 6691136412
- 2019: 6801388138
- 2020: 13373605568
- 2021: 17093675214
- 2022: 8331231999
- 2023: 8584530451
- 2024: 9261064700
- 2025: 12238513639
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 3772667074
- Department of Education: 1742604423
- Department of Homeland Security: 1411507579
- Department of Commerce: 1336301011
- Department of Defense: 875356802
- Department of Health and Human Services: 826877690
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 4713283245
- GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY: 1331702262
- STATE OF GEORGIA: 1324670017
- GEORGIA DEPT OF EDUCATION: 1287646380
- GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP: 444292418
- THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA: 403944609
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $3.8B of the $12.2B total.
That works out to about $11,454 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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