Where federal tax dollars land around Boise
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Boise, ID — 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.
$5.4B in federal awards was spent in Ada County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $5.4B — $10,602 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 2550227997
- Department of Health and Human Services: 1046313070
- Department of Agriculture: 571791760
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 403378732
- Department of Education: 279468212
- Department of the Interior: 227022130
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 3972032551
- PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP: 316548605
- IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: 175309377
- BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: 93789330
- AERO-FLITE, INC.: 60962303
- NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.: 59711457
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $2.6B of the $5.4B total.
That works out to about $10,602 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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