Where federal tax dollars land around Baton Rouge
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Baton Rouge, LA — 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.
$5.5B in federal awards was spent in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $5.5B — $12,081 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 1851281405
- Department of Education: 1026862988
- Department of Homeland Security: 837286513
- Department of Health and Human Services: 788552910
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 229180544
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 208804279
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2783444188
- HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY: 806563532
- LA DEPT. OF ADMIN: 766050016
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: 157690802
- ADMINISTRATION, LOUISIANA DIVISION OF: 130673888
- TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT LOUISIANA D: 97173399
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.9B of the $5.5B total.
That works out to about $12,081 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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