Where federal tax dollars land around Asheville
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Asheville, NC — 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.
$3.6B in federal awards was spent in Buncombe County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $3.6B — $13,304 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 1616259086
- Department of Defense: 996493896
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 296661536
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 200108645
- Department of Homeland Security: 185026032
- Department of Transportation: 117970380
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1788149516
- ASHBRITT INC: 821423827
- ASHEVILLE, CITY OF: 232570258
- TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT: 82380449
- AHTNA USA-CDM JV: 50954124
- MILLS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION: 36121773
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.6B of the $3.6B total.
That works out to about $13,304 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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