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Franklin County, Massachusetts

Franklin County, Massachusetts had $556.4 million in federal award obligations in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.

That ranks 820 of 3,232 counties with a figure in FY2025, and 12 of 14 in Massachusetts.

Identifiers

County FIPS
25011

The record

Reported figures for Franklin County, Massachusetts, each linked to its source
Obligated · FY2025Direct payments are recorded against a place that is not necessarily where the people receiving them live, and they are most of this figure in most counties. The award-type split below is the part of it that means what it sounds like.$556.4 million USD
Rank among counties · FY2025820 of 3,232 by obligations
Share of all counties · FY2025Of $4.1 trillion, which is what every county the publisher reported obligated in FY2025 — 77.0% of the $5.3 trillion federal total for the year.< 0.1% percent
Rank within Massachusetts · FY202512 of 14 by obligations
Rank among counties by federal contracts · FY2025$11,406,150 of federal contract obligations in FY2025.1,037 of 2,787 by federal contract obligations
Residents · FY2025The publisher’s own denominator, returned with the geography it belongs to.71,029 people
Per resident · FY2025Money recorded here divided by the people who live here. Where the figure is mostly direct payments, the numerator and the denominator are not about the same people.$7,833 USD per resident

By fiscal year

Franklin County, Massachusetts: federal award obligations recorded in this county, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligated
FY2023$474.4 million
FY2024$519.2 million
FY2025$556.4 million
FY2026 (in progress)$570.0 million
FY2027 (in progress)$15,834

The publisher holds five fiscal years of this breakdown. A year missing from this table is a year this county was not reported in, not a year of no spending.

By award type

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Franklin County, Massachusetts: FY2025 obligations by award type
Award typeObligated
Direct payments$514.2 million
Grants$27.7 million
Contracts$11.4 million
Other$2.5 million
Loans$415,493
Insurance$176,435

Each award type was a separate request to the publisher rather than a division of one total. They sum to $556.4 million, against $556.4 million for all award types together.

Other counties in Massachusetts

counties in Massachusetts, FY2025
RankcountyObligated
1Middlesex County$25.8 billion
2Suffolk County$12.5 billion
3Essex County$11.2 billion
4Worcester County$6.0 billion
5Norfolk County$5.8 billion
6Plymouth County$4.3 billion
7Bristol County$3.8 billion
8Hampden County$3.5 billion
9Barnstable County$2.8 billion
10Berkshire County$1.5 billion

What this data cannot show

  • An obligation is a binding commitment to pay, not money paid. Outlays are reported separately and the two are never equal in the same year.
  • Direct payments are recorded against a place that is not necessarily where the people receiving them live, and they are most of this figure in most counties. The award-type split below is the part of it that means what it sounds like.
  • This page covers every county the publisher reported and not only the largest hundred the ranking names. Both come from the same download of the publisher’s data, on the date above.

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Sources

Compiled automatically from USAspending API v2 — dimension aggregations by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved