Where federal tax dollars land around Branson
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Branson, MO — 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.
$424.2M in federal awards was spent in Taney County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $424.2M — $7,524 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 351409606
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 38906556
- Department of Defense: 12660065
- Department of Education: 7568468
- Railroad Retirement Board: 6768698
- Department of Transportation: 4571985
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 397545128
- THE SCHOOL OF THE OZARKS: 7508108
- IHP INDUSTRIAL, INC.: 7431698
- MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 4571985
- WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC: 941344
- PRECISION POINT CONTRACTING, INC.: 594612
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $351.4M of the $424.2M 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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