Where federal tax dollars land around Addison
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Addison, IL — 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.
$8.8B in federal awards was spent in DuPage County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $8.8B — $9,472 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 4519173480
- Department of Defense: 1905938917
- Department of Energy: 1258787468
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 477310479
- Department of Education: 324465897
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 94918567
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 4752470220
- W S DARLEY & CO: 1470458971
- UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC: 1256550705
- SONOVA USA INC: 274275295
- AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.: 203998341
- DEVRY UNIVERSITY, INC.: 184669960
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $4.5B of the $8.8B total.
That works out to about $9,472 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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