Where federal tax dollars land around Aiea
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Aiea, HI — 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.
$13.2B in federal awards was spent in Honolulu County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $13.2B — $13,116 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 4759364908
- Department of Defense: 4490778665
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 1084838121
- Department of Health and Human Services: 743061915
- Department of Homeland Security: 410972851
- Department of Education: 368240043
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 6384700663
- DRAGADOS/HAWAIIAN DREDGING/ORION JV: 1467673186
- NAN INC: 430839303
- DEFENSE, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF: 211669416
- HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: 210013855
- THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 200845522
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $4.8B of the $13.2B total.
That works out to about $13,116 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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