County Funding Atlas · FY2026
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Federal grants and contracts, by reported work location and recipient location.
- Grant obligations by work location
- $1,676,141,940
- Contract obligations by work location
- $10,497,473,670
- Work-location grants per resident
- $1,004
What changed?
Work-location grant obligations changed by -38.7% from FY2025 to FY2026. The work-location grant total was $306,082,230 lower than the recipient-location total. That comparison uses two different reporting fields.
| Fiscal year | Grants by work | Grants by recipient | Contracts by work | Contracts by recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $3,176,035,682 | $4,449,744,318 | $8,804,275,035 | $10,473,296,451 |
| FY2024 | $3,090,639,077 | $3,561,384,833 | $8,270,826,683 | $9,647,045,542 |
| FY2025 | $2,733,923,270 | $3,834,996,491 | $9,690,610,426 | $10,780,805,004 |
| FY2026 | $1,676,141,940 | $1,982,224,170 | $10,497,473,670 | $12,281,621,376 |
Compare similarly sized counties
These are the closest populations in Massachusetts among areas with a reported FY2026 work-location grant total.
| County | July 2025 residents | Grant obligations | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex County (this page) | 1,669,979 | $1,676,141,940 | $1,004 |
| Worcester County | 888,502 | $146,823,610 | $165 |
| Essex County | 826,653 | $223,533,421 | $270 |
| Suffolk County | 791,891 | $561,984,274 | $710 |
| Norfolk County | 739,749 | $107,097,561 | $145 |
Reading the records
What these dollars measure
America.co matched the Treasury county codes to the Census Bureau’s county codes. The snapshot was retrieved November 10, 2026. The most recent fiscal year can change as transactions are reported or corrected.
- Net obligations are recorded federal commitments and reductions during a fiscal year. Negative transactions reduce the total. Obligations are distinct from cash payments, award ceilings and completed work.
- Grants here include block, formula and project grants and cooperative agreements. Contracts include the four Treasury prime contract award types. Loans, direct payments, subawards and other categories are outside this view.
- Work location uses the reported primary place of performance. Recipient location uses the award recipient’s reported location. These are separate views of the same kinds of records and should never be added together. A location can be missing or cover work that also benefits other areas.
- Per resident divides the latest reported work-location grant dollars by the Census July 2025 resident population estimate. It describes the size of the total relative to population.
- No row means that query returned no matched county record. It is not evidence of zero. Unmatched codes, including Connecticut’s newer Census planning regions, are outside this release. Prior-year totals can also be revised.
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