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Federal spending in North Carolina, FY2025
North Carolina ranks #22 for federal contract dollars.
$9.3Bfederal contracts
$44.4Bfederal grants
$894contracts per resident
$4,249grants per resident
10,439,388population
Counties by federal contract dollars
| # | County | Contracts | Grants | Contracts / resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buncombe County | $1.2B | $363.2M | $4,601 |
| 2 | Durham County | $1.2B | $954.2M | $3,729 |
| 3 | Cumberland County | $1.2B | $225.6M | $3,527 |
| 4 | Onslow County | $726.2M | $64.6M | $3,550 |
| 5 | Craven County | $497.6M | $61.3M | $4,940 |
| 6 | Rutherford County | $438.5M | $13.9M | $6,804 |
| 7 | Mcdowell County | $387.3M | $12.9M | $8,688 |
| 8 | Mecklenburg County | $349.2M | $480.6M | $313 |
| 9 | Wake County | $316.2M | $6.6B | $280 |
| 10 | Henderson County | $271.8M | $76.4M | $2,337 |
| 11 | Pasquotank County | $200.9M | $19.1M | $4,953 |
| 12 | Watauga County | $195.9M | $43.5M | $3,622 |
| 13 | New Hanover County | $171.1M | $64.9M | $758 |
| 14 | Ashe County | $166.3M | $18.0M | $6,256 |
| 15 | Brunswick County | $159.2M | $57.4M | $1,165 |
| 16 | Transylvania County | $139.5M | $11.9M | $4,230 |
| 17 | Mitchell County | $132.2M | $5.6M | $8,873 |
| 18 | Polk County | $114.3M | $5.4M | $5,915 |
| 19 | Guilford County | $112.0M | $427.0M | $207 |
| 20 | Iredell County | $93.9M | $154.6M | $503 |
| 21 | Union County | $76.6M | $27.6M | $322 |
| 22 | Forsyth County | $71.9M | $339.5M | $188 |
| 23 | Carteret County | $71.6M | $4.4M | $1,057 |
| 24 | Vance County | $63.4M | $1.3M | $1,489 |
| 25 | Catawba County | $55.7M | $15.2M | $347 |
| 26 | Rockingham County | $50.5M | $4.0M | $554 |
| 27 | Orange County | $50.5M | $586.4M | $339 |
| 28 | Rowan County | $49.0M | $36.6M | $334 |
| 29 | Alamance County | $48.5M | $10.7M | $283 |
| 30 | Richmond County | $46.2M | $11.8M | $1,075 |
| 31 | Pitt County | $45.7M | $56.7M | $268 |
| 32 | Nash County | $45.6M | $10.8M | $480 |
| 33 | Johnston County | $42.7M | $151.2M | $198 |
| 34 | Dare County | $42.0M | $11.2M | $1,137 |
| 35 | Wilkes County | $35.1M | $50.2M | $533 |
| 36 | Wilson County | $33.7M | $19.3M | $428 |
| 37 | Warren County | $32.9M | $500.0K | $1,766 |
| 38 | Moore County | $29.7M | $6.0M | $298 |
| 39 | Robeson County | $29.6M | $119.7M | $254 |
| 40 | Hoke County | $23.9M | $10.4M | $458 |
| 41 | Jones County | $21.8M | $750.0K | $2,376 |
| 42 | Gaston County | $19.4M | $120.2M | $85 |
| 43 | Wayne County | $19.2M | $36.2M | $163 |
| 44 | Bladen County | $19.1M | $4.7M | $645 |
| 45 | Swain County | $18.7M | $28.3M | $1,323 |
| 46 | Alleghany County | $17.6M | $3.2M | $1,612 |
| 47 | Granville County | $15.8M | $4.4M | $260 |
| 48 | Cleveland County | $15.8M | $28.3M | $159 |
| 49 | Macon County | $14.1M | $779.6K | $381 |
| 50 | Stanly County | $11.6M | $2.2M | $185 |
| 51 | Madison County | $10.1M | $7.8M | $479 |
| 52 | Cabarrus County | $9.8M | $46.4M | $43 |
| 53 | Avery County | $9.4M | $5.5M | $529 |
| 54 | Harnett County | $8.4M | $40.7M | $63 |
| 55 | Pamlico County | $8.2M | $9.6M | $667 |
| 56 | Duplin County | $7.3M | $34.9M | $149 |
| 57 | Graham County | $6.9M | $19.7M | $864 |
| 58 | Lenoir County | $5.7M | $20.8M | $104 |
| 59 | Chatham County | $5.5M | $2.9M | $72 |
| 60 | Haywood County | $5.3M | $240.1M | $86 |
| 61 | Burke County | $4.8M | $17.5M | $55 |
| 62 | Hyde County | $3.8M | $6.5M | $830 |
| 63 | Currituck County | $3.5M | $17.1M | $125 |
| 64 | Surry County | $3.4M | $4.0M | $48 |
| 65 | Cherokee County | $3.4M | $21.4M | $119 |
| 66 | Davidson County | $3.4M | $12.8M | $20 |
| 67 | Halifax County | $3.1M | $10.2M | $63 |
| 68 | Alexander County | $2.6M | $2.2M | $72 |
| 69 | Lee County | $2.2M | $7.5M | $35 |
| 70 | Scotland County | $2.0M | $4.0M | $58 |
| 71 | Chowan County | $1.7M | $17.7M | $126 |
| 72 | Perquimans County | $1.7M | $162.4K | $128 |
| 73 | Caswell County | $1.6M | $2.5M | $70 |
| 74 | Stokes County | $1.4M | $3.1M | $32 |
| 75 | Caldwell County | $1.1M | $25.6M | $13 |
| 76 | Randolph County | $1.0M | $41.8M | $7 |
| 77 | Lincoln County | $927.2K | $2.7M | $11 |
| 78 | Pender County | $821.3K | $3.1M | $14 |
| 79 | Camden County | $777.6K | $455.0K | $75 |
| 80 | Yancey County | $727.5K | $52.3M | $39 |
| 81 | Clay County | $714.2K | $4.1M | $64 |
| 82 | Anson County | $700.2K | $2.9M | $32 |
| 83 | Columbus County | $579.0K | $44.5M | $11 |
| 84 | Beaufort County | $510.8K | $8.5M | $11 |
| 85 | Person County | $372.0K | $5.3M | $10 |
| 86 | Jackson County | $276.1K | $11.5M | $6 |
| 87 | Franklin County | $218.9K | $5.2M | $3 |
| 88 | Martin County | $170.7K | $10.9M | $8 |
| 89 | Davie County | $161.1K | $5.2M | $4 |
| 90 | Edgecombe County | $146.2K | $16.9M | $3 |
| 91 | Sampson County | $130.6K | $8.7M | $2 |
| 92 | Tyrrell County | $127.2K | $49.4K | $39 |
| 93 | Northampton County | $10.5K | $12.7M | $1 |
| 94 | Gates County | $1.6K | $5.4M | $0 |
| 95 | Bertie County | $150 | $5.3M | $0 |
| 96 | Washington County | $0 | $1.9M | $0 |
| 97 | Hertford County | $0 | $7.1M | $0 |
| 98 | Greene County | $0 | $14.1M | $0 |
| 99 | Yadkin County | $-89.0K | $13.1M | $-2 |
| 100 | Montgomery County | $-8.2M | $8.3M | $-320 |
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