Where federal tax dollars land around Allendale
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Allendale, MI — 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.
$1.8B in federal awards was spent in Ottawa County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $1.8B — $6,165 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 1582401658
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 100074429
- Department of Education: 56840369
- Department of Defense: 33274880
- Department of Agriculture: 15946681
- Department of Transportation: 12432154
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1686605190
- GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: 59634557
- TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF: 11078945
- GREAT LAKES DOCK AND MATERIALS, L.L.C.: 9257575
- REDACTED DUE TO PII: 7458202
- MILLERKNOLL INC: 7369120
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.6B of the $1.8B total.
That works out to about $6,165 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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