Where federal tax dollars land around Detroit
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Detroit, 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.
$22.6B in federal awards was spent in Wayne County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $22.6B — $12,735 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Department of Health and Human Services: 10331385927
- Social Security Administration: 8733120611
- General Services Administration: 789891658
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 611963256
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 595750059
- Department of Defense: 562166012
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 19356246650
- CITY OF DETROIT: 512396799
- FORD MOTOR CO: 474028573
- GM DEFENSE LLC: 320691436
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC: 281711901
- TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF: 266584390
What it means
Department of Health and Human Services accounts for the largest share — $10.3B of the $22.6B total.
That works out to about $12,735 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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