Where federal tax dollars land around Billings
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Billings, MT — 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.
$1.2B in federal awards was spent in Yellowstone County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $1.2B — $7,092 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 866827720
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 127649422
- Department of Agriculture: 40463398
- Department of Transportation: 40440204
- Department of Health and Human Services: 31333684
- Railroad Retirement Board: 27492814
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1022130144
- MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 32104675
- BILLINGS FLYING SERVICE LLC: 28977451
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BILLINGS INC: 9698298
- MONTANA STATE UNIV. BILLINGS: 8486692
- BILLINGS CITY OF: 8051722
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $866.8M of the $1.2B total.
That works out to about $7,092 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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