Where federal tax dollars land around Buffalo
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Buffalo, 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.
$9.1B in federal awards was spent in Erie County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $9.1B — $9,626 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 5309440122
- Department of Health and Human Services: 2329801324
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 471428455
- Department of Defense: 254775289
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 252751481
- Department of Transportation: 220687393
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 7946327714
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK: 149860356
- THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: 102674295
- MOOG MILITARY AIRCRAFT LLC: 92278890
- BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE, INC.: 87576636
- RENTAL ASSISTANCE CORPORATION OF BUFFALO: 46414201
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $5.3B of the $9.1B total.
That works out to about $9,626 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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