Where federal tax dollars land around Fayetteville
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Fayetteville, 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.
$4.3B in federal awards was spent in Cumberland County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $4.3B — $12,796 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 1441624176
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 1406258746
- Department of Defense: 824850849
- General Services Administration: 302994848
- Department of Transportation: 144175282
- Department of Education: 99972048
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2789691250
- CACI NSS, LLC: 230913390
- TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT: 141522686
- GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.: 91009910
- FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY: 56079699
- WORLDWIDE LANGUAGE RESOURCES, LLC: 44278368
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.4B of the $4.3B total.
That works out to about $12,796 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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