Where federal tax dollars land around Adams
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Adams, MA — 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.
$1.5B in federal awards was spent in Berkshire County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $1.5B — $12,016 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 872102336
- Department of Defense: 351678060
- Department of the Treasury: 159637893
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 52989539
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 34586756
- Department of Transportation: 24727383
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 919921507
- GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.: 351735963
- CRANE & CO., INC.: 159461605
- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 23392619
- PITTSFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY: 8781797
- NORTH ADAMS HOUSING AUTHORITY: 7158771
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $872.1M of the $1.5B total.
That works out to about $12,016 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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