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Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts had $25.8 billion in federal award obligations in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.
That ranks 22 of 3,232 counties with a figure in FY2025, and 1 of 14 in Massachusetts.
Identifiers
- County FIPS
- 25017
The record
| 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. | $25.8 billion$25,804,674,039 USD |
|---|---|
| Rank among counties · FY2025 | 22 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. | 0.6% percent |
| Rank within Massachusetts · FY2025 | 1 of 14 by obligations |
| Rank among counties by federal contracts · FY2025$9,641,513,448 of federal contract obligations in FY2025. | 13 of 2,787 by federal contract obligations |
| Residents · FY2025The publisher’s own denominator, returned with the geography it belongs to. | 1,632,002 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. | $15,812 USD per resident |
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2023 | $23.0 billion$23,020,415,056 |
| FY2024 | $24.1 billion$24,100,830,535 |
| FY2025 | $25.8 billion$25,804,674,039 |
| FY2026 (in progress) | $27.0 billion$26,955,244,094 |
| FY2027 (in progress) | $36.8 million$36,773,931 |
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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| Award type | Obligated |
|---|---|
| Direct payments | $13.4 billion$13,409,934,139 |
| Contracts | $9.6 billion$9,641,513,448 |
| Grants | $2.7 billion$2,733,923,270 |
| Other | $16.0 million$15,995,283 |
| Insurance | $2.8 million$2,822,248 |
| Loans | $485,651 |
Each award type was a separate request to the publisher rather than a division of one total. They sum to $25.8 billion, against $25.8 billion for all award types together.
Other counties in Massachusetts
| Rank | county | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Suffolk County | $12.5 billion$12,513,914,926 |
| 3 | Essex County | $11.2 billion$11,216,736,463 |
| 4 | Worcester County | $6.0 billion$6,005,615,807 |
| 5 | Norfolk County | $5.8 billion$5,789,120,953 |
| 6 | Plymouth County | $4.3 billion$4,278,717,066 |
| 7 | Bristol County | $3.8 billion$3,780,421,507 |
| 8 | Hampden County | $3.5 billion$3,482,472,748 |
| 9 | Barnstable County | $2.8 billion$2,816,764,621 |
| 10 | Berkshire County | $1.5 billion$1,537,994,416 |
| 11 | Hampshire County | $1.3 billion$1,325,054,034 |
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.
Related
Rankings this appears in
- No. 13 Counties by federal contracts
- No. 22 Counties by federal awards
Sources
- USAspending API v2 — dimension aggregations — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved October 12, 2026 · this record as JSON
Compiled automatically from USAspending API v2 — dimension aggregations by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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