Where federal tax dollars land around Auburn
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Auburn, ME — 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.
$787.9M in federal awards was spent in Androscoggin County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $787.9M — $7,015 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 613009642
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 84267884
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 33108359
- Department of Transportation: 15624982
- Environmental Protection Agency: 10156216
- Department of Education: 8846548
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 697836655
- LEWISTON HOUSING AUTHORITY: 17316622
- MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 12665233
- AUBURN HOUSING AUTHORITY: 9314395
- TOWN OF LIVERMORE FALLS TOWN HALL: 7000000
- CENTRAL MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 6027032
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $613.0M of the $787.9M total.
That works out to about $7,015 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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