Where federal tax dollars land around Camden
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Camden, NJ — 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.
$3.7B in federal awards was spent in Camden County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $3.7B — $7,063 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 2613353030
- Department of Defense: 441658334
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 228069918
- Department of Transportation: 168578158
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 77353247
- Department of Health and Human Services: 62395925
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2851180825
- TRANSPORTATION, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF: 161325796
- L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: 137392010
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION: 56599087
- REV-CAP COMPANY, INC.: 47103702
- L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: 36908464
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $2.6B of the $3.7B total.
That works out to about $7,063 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
Loading the live page…