Where federal tax dollars land around Bowling Green
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Bowling Green, KY — 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.
$748.7M in federal awards was spent in Warren County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $748.7M — $5,443 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 551328546
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 79132316
- Department of Education: 45658760
- Department of Transportation: 18889683
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 15531122
- Department of Labor: 11161254
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 631379671
- WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY: 35744180
- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY: 17527948
- EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC: 11161254
- KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM: 7446576
- BOWLING GREEN, CITY OF: 7002686
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $551.3M of the $748.7M total.
That works out to about $5,443 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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