Where federal tax dollars land around Charlotte
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Charlotte, 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.
$5.8B in federal awards was spent in Mecklenburg County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $5.8B — $5,169 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 4109552610
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 629901476
- Department of Energy: 262612523
- Department of Defense: 215247343
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 139484253
- Department of Transportation: 134435222
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 4766332218
- BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES LLC: 141049896
- INLIVIAN: 129666074
- CIRBA SOLUTIONS, LLC: 122993646
- CITY OF CHARLOTTE: 102202048
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: 82418937
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $4.1B of the $5.8B total.
That works out to about $5,169 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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