Where federal tax dollars land around Dayton
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Dayton, 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.
$5.2B in federal awards was spent in Montgomery County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $5.2B — $9,698 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 2721444695
- Department of Defense: 1020072943
- Department of Health and Human Services: 637947958
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 451941272
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 144976541
- Department of Education: 64707541
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 3677409177
- UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: 238334413
- APPLIED RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, INC.: 132861946
- INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES: 93274808
- DAYTON METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY: 61342848
- VERTEX MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINMENT LLC: 54988975
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $2.7B of the $5.2B total.
That works out to about $9,698 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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