Where federal tax dollars land around Albany
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Albany, NY — 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.
$9.5B in federal awards was spent in Albany County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $9.5B — $30,005 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Department of Education: 3514591729
- Social Security Administration: 1641598832
- Department of Homeland Security: 1388386129
- Department of Health and Human Services: 1191414647
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 1152733835
- Department of Transportation: 136177212
Largest recipients
- NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: 2979033467
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 2647481312
- NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY SERVICES: 1369877526
- HOUSING TRUST FUND CORP: 1061611495
- STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: 472404327
- HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.: 131973782
What it means
Department of Education accounts for the largest share — $3.5B of the $9.5B total.
That works out to about $30,005 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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