Where federal tax dollars land around Baltimore
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Baltimore, MD — 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.
$10.9B in federal awards was spent in Baltimore city.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $10.9B — $18,824 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Department of Transportation: 4062635342
- Social Security Administration: 3246472303
- Department of Education: 925143252
- Department of Defense: 793247227
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 742743659
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 359956808
Largest recipients
- NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION: 3938381038
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1473870040
- THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: 858514955
- MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: 700885791
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY: 558762601
- THE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION: 485468316
What it means
Department of Transportation accounts for the largest share — $4.1B of the $10.9B total.
That works out to about $18,824 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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