Where federal tax dollars land around Bowling Green
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Bowling Green, OH — 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.
$802.2M in federal awards was spent in Wood County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $802.2M — $6,087 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 624491619
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 47842931
- Department of Education: 45927211
- Department of Agriculture: 22379657
- Department of Transportation: 20551282
- Department of Defense: 16056571
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 686612854
- BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY: 36258282
- OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 19346232
- REDACTED DUE TO PII: 15552341
- NORTH WIND PORTAGE, INC.: 14410192
- OWENS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 12391850
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $624.5M of the $802.2M total.
That works out to about $6,087 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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