Everything about money
Everything about money
Public money in one place: federal spending by state, district and county, each state's own spending where it publishes it, and campaign money. Pick a level or a state. You do not need to know your district.
Every county in New Jersey
Federal money spent in each county (fiscal year 2026), so you can compare without knowing your district.
| County | Federal awards | People | Per resident ▲ | U.S. House districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union County | $2.7 billion | 579,290 | $4,594 | NJ-07, NJ-10, NJ-08, NJ-12 |
| Passaic County | $2.9 billion | 521,012 | $5,496 | NJ-05, NJ-09, NJ-11 |
| Middlesex County | $5.0 billion | 871,290 | $5,716 | NJ-12, NJ-06 |
| Cumberland County | $941.0 million | 153,305 | $6,138 | NJ-02 |
| Gloucester County | $1.9 billion | 306,954 | $6,286 | NJ-02, NJ-01 |
| Somerset County | $2.4 billion | 349,846 | $6,751 | NJ-07, NJ-12 |
| Camden County | $3.6 billion | 527,257 | $6,782 | NJ-01 |
| Sussex County | $1.0 billion | 145,807 | $6,873 | NJ-05, NJ-07 |
| Warren County | $767.4 million | 110,849 | $6,923 | NJ-07 |
| Bergen County | $6.7 billion | 962,316 | $6,933 | NJ-05, NJ-09 |
| Hunterdon County | $913.2 million | 130,160 | $7,016 | NJ-07 |
| Hudson County | $5.1 billion | 718,323 | $7,090 | NJ-08, NJ-09, NJ-10 |
| Essex County | $6.2 billion | 863,002 | $7,133 | NJ-11, NJ-10, NJ-08 |
| Morris County | $3.7 billion | 514,528 | $7,203 | NJ-11, NJ-07 |
| Ocean County | $4.8 billion | 654,362 | $7,315 | NJ-04, NJ-02 |
| Salem County | $496.2 million | 65,275 | $7,602 | NJ-02 |
| Monmouth County | $5.0 billion | 645,353 | $7,821 | NJ-04, NJ-03, NJ-06 |
| Atlantic County | $2.3 billion | 276,270 | $8,184 | NJ-02 |
| Mercer County | $4.5 billion | 385,864 | $11,717 | NJ-12, NJ-03 |
| Burlington County | $6.6 billion | 467,805 | $14,027 | NJ-03 |
| Cape May County | $1.4 billion | 94,941 | $14,305 | NJ-02 |
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City, county and school district budgets
Not collected yet. Local governments publish budgets and checkbooks in many formats; we add a place when its official open data can be checked automatically. Your county and city websites have their budgets. Suggest a local source.
Sources and coverage
- Federal spending: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury): award obligations by state, county and congressional district for fiscal year 2026, by place of performance. It does not include most federal salaries, Social Security checks or interest on the debt.
- States' own spending: each state's open data portal, summed by agency, where published (now: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, Vermont). Other states: not collected yet.
- Campaign money: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC and bulk files). Outside spending by super PACs and party committees is not included.
- Local: federal money by county only; city and county budgets are not collected yet.
- Every number links to its source. See the data status page for when each was collected.