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Federal spending in Chaves County, NM
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In FY2025, $449M in federal awards named Chaves County, New Mexico, as the primary place of performance, $7,090 per resident.
That is below the New Mexico rate of $19,510 per resident (36% of it) and below the national rate of $15,158; it ranks 27 of 33 counties in the state.
The FY2025 mix was 72% direct payments, 20% contracts.
Obligations were about level on FY2024, and the five-year total since FY2022 is $2.0B, with $458M so far in FY2026.
Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Social Security Administration ($992M), Department of Agriculture ($164M) and Department of Veterans Affairs ($122M).
Per resident, by award type FY2025
- Contracts $90M
- Grants $27M
- Direct payments $323M
- Loans (subsidy cost) $1.6M
- Other assistance $8.3M
| Per resident | This county | New Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $7,090 | $19,510 | $15,158 |
| Contracts | $1,413 | $6,346 | $2,164 |
| Grants | $427 | $5,953 | $3,542 |
| Direct payments | $5,093 | $7,140 | $9,398 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | $26 | $16 | $1 |
| Other assistance | $132 | $55 | $53 |
| Rank by per-resident rate | 27 of 33 in state · 2,262 of 3,144 US | 11 of 51 states | — |
Direct payments include Social Security, Medicare and similar benefit records that USAspending attributes to a county; Medicare payments are attributed to the county of the administrative contractor, which can lift or lower a county's rate a great deal. Loans count the subsidy cost, not the face value.
Obligations by fiscal year
Who funds the county FY2022–FY2025
Awarding agencies
Assistance programs
Contract industries by NAICS sector
Cross-tabulations cover the four closed fiscal years FY2022–FY2025 (the 24 largest agencies, 40 largest listings and all NAICS sectors), fetched 18 Sep 2026.
Recipients with the largest awards performed here $1.0M+ awards since FY2022
| # | Recipient organisation | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company | 44 | $214M | 58% |
| 2 | New Mexico Department of Transportation | 14 | $64M | 17% |
| 3 | Career Systems Development Corporation | 1 | $27M | 7% |
| 4 | Alutiiq Information Management, LLC | 1 | $19M | 5% |
| 5 | Chaves, County of | 2 | $14M | 4% |
| 6 | Eastern Regional Housing Authority | 5 | $7.5M | 2% |
| 7 | City of Roswell | 1 | $4.7M | 1% |
| 8 | Eastern New Mexico University | 2 | $3.6M | 1% |
| 9 | Cmi Management, LLC | 2 | $3.3M | 1% |
| 10 | KR Contracting Inc | 1 | $3.0M | 1% |
A further $11M went to recipients not shown: individuals, aggregated records and names USAspending withholds.
Largest awards performed in the county
| Recipient | Awarding agency | Type | Award value | Begun | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Systems Development Corporation | Department of LaborOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management | ContractDelivery Order | $27M | 15 Feb 2024 | USAspending |
| New Mexico Department of Transportation | Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | $22M | 16 Jul 2024 | USAspending |
| Alutiiq Information Management, LLC | Department of State | ContractDelivery Order | $19M | 20 Dec 2022 | USAspending |
| Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company | Department of AgricultureAgricultural Marketing Service | ContractDefinitive Contract | $17M | 12 Feb 2025 | USAspending |
| Chaves, County of | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $12M | 21 Apr 2025 | USAspending |
| New Mexico Department of Transportation | Department of Energy | GrantProject Grant (B) | $10M | 24 Sep 2026 | USAspending |
| Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company | Department of AgricultureAgricultural Marketing Service | ContractDelivery Order | $9.7M | 3 Jun 2026 | USAspending |
| Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company | Department of AgricultureAgricultural Marketing Service | ContractDelivery Order | $9.2M | 14 Nov 2025 | USAspending |
| Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company | Department of AgricultureAgricultural Marketing Service | ContractDelivery Order | $8.9M | 16 Jun 2025 | USAspending |
| Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company | Department of AgricultureAgricultural Marketing Service | ContractDelivery Order | $8.6M | 14 Aug 2026 | USAspending |
Congressional districts
| District | Share of county land area | District FY2025 obligations | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico's 3rd congressional district | 45% | $12B | $17,055 |
| New Mexico's 1st congressional district | 35% | $14B | $19,185 |
| New Mexico's 2nd congressional district | 20% | $3.6B | $5,175 |
Other counties in New Mexico
- Bernalillo County $18,105
- Los Alamos County $278,046
- Santa Fe County $16,361
- Doña Ana County $7,521
- Sandoval County $7,538
- San Juan County $8,514
- McKinley County $11,109
- Otero County $9,262
- Valencia County $6,841
- Taos County $11,623
- Eddy County $6,033
- Curry County $7,681
- Grant County $12,038
- Lea County $4,246
- Cibola County $11,703
- Rio Arriba County $7,864
- Lincoln County $14,010
- Socorro County $14,877
- San Miguel County $7,736
- Colfax County $15,674
- Sierra County $14,832
- Torrance County $8,761
- Roosevelt County $6,456
- Quay County $9,333
- Catron County $14,534
- Mora County $12,433
- Guadalupe County $9,803
- Hidalgo County $10,246
- Union County $8,684
- Harding County $11,651
- Luna County $25
- De Baca County −$16,580
Per-resident rate, FY2025. All counties in New Mexico.
Questions and answers
How much federal spending goes to Chaves County, New Mexico?
$449M in award obligations in FY2025 and $2.0B since FY2022, counting awards whose primary place of performance is in the county. Obligations are commitments, not payments.
How much federal spending per person is that?
$7,090 per resident in FY2025 (population 63,364), against $19,510 for New Mexico and $15,158 nationally. Direct payments such as Social Security and Medicare are included; the table on this page splits the rate by award type.
Which recipients dominate Chaves County, New Mexico?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2022: Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company ($214M), New Mexico Department of Transportation ($64M), Career Systems Development Corporation ($27M), Alutiiq Information Management, LLC ($19M) and Chaves, County of ($14M). Individuals are never listed.
Which agencies fund Chaves County, New Mexico?
Social Security Administration ($992M), Department of Agriculture ($164M), Department of Veterans Affairs ($122M), Department of Transportation ($64M) and Department of Housing and Urban Development ($55M), over FY2022–FY2025.
What does "place of performance" mean here?
USAspending records where the work is done or the payment is directed, as reported by the awarding agency. Some awards, especially grants to state governments, carry only a state-level location and are not attributed to any county or district; Medicare payments are attributed to the county of the administrative contractor.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending-by-geography (place of performance, county layer) by fiscal year and award type, loaded 30 Sep 2026; award lists from the award search endpoint; cross-tabulations for FY2022–FY2025. Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 county estimates (USAspending's population figure where the Census file has none, as for Connecticut's former counties). Boundaries: Census cartographic boundary files (1:20m). Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.