Where federal tax dollars land around BILOXI
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing BILOXI, MS — 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.
$2.2B in federal awards was spent in Harrison County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $2.2B — $10,582 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 1083497806
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 494458062
- Department of Defense: 363477716
- Department of Transportation: 119950024
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 78344386
- Department of Health and Human Services: 19103979
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1459778034
- MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 110155708
- ESA SOUTH, INC.: 88849255
- SEEMANN COMPOSITES, LLC: 71232058
- MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY VIII: 58665576
- UNITED STATES MARINE INC: 52999317
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.1B of the $2.2B total.
That works out to about $10,582 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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