Where federal tax dollars land around Agawam
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Agawam, 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.
$3.5B in federal awards was spent in Hampden County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $3.5B — $7,524 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 2505730594
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 265413410
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 198118793
- Department of Health and Human Services: 195791370
- Department of Energy: 92635959
- Department of Education: 63681747
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2873093156
- SUBLIME SYSTEMS, INC.: 86907197
- VETERANS' HOME IN HOLYOKE: 59145979
- SPRINGFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY: 57606485
- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 38773673
- HOLYOKE HOUSING AUTHORITY: 31336830
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $2.5B of the $3.5B total.
That works out to about $7,524 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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