City profileAlaskaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Anchorage get?
Anchorage received $2.1 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $7,410 per resident, 47th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $2.1 billion in awards whose place of performance is Anchorage, AK, about $7,410 per resident.
Anchorage is 25th of 99 large cities per resident
Federal awards per resident, FY2025, the 99 largest US cities on this site. Dashed line: median city.
What the money is
That is down 11.4% from FY2024 ($2.4 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 106.4%. The largest share came as contracts ($1.7 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($743.3 million), and the largest program was Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants ($74.9 million). By this measure Anchorage ranks 47th of the 99 large US cities on this site.
What is counted: contracts, grants, loans and payments that agencies report with this city as the place of performance (USAspending.gov city name ANCHORAGE, state AK). Payments to individuals, such as Social Security, are published only as county totals to protect privacy, so most of them do not show up at city level. For the full picture see the Alaska page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Anchorage by year
Anchorage: $2.1B in FY2025, up 106% on FY2019
Federal award obligations by fiscal year and type, FY2018–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is preliminary and still filling in.
- Insurance and other
- Loans (subsidy cost)
- Direct payments
- Grants
- Contracts
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $733.7M | $161.0M | $87.7M | -$947,956 | $1.0M | $982.6M | – |
| FY2019 | $763.9M | $181.9M | $85.0M | -$324,350 | $164,860 | $1.0B | – |
| FY2020 | $559.3M | $267.0M | $92.1M | -$1.3M | -$526,407 | $916.5M | $3,151 |
| FY2021 | $769.1M | $391.1M | $261.2M | -$4.1M | $1.8M | $1.4B | $4,912 |
| FY2022 | $1.4B | $377.8M | $90.2M | -$2.7M | -$312,043 | $1.9B | $6,535 |
| FY2023 | $1.5B | $491.1M | $119.6M | -$1.6M | $925,409 | $2.1B | $7,400 |
| FY2024 | $1.6B | $716.4M | $112.8M | -$1.1M | $254,465 | $2.4B | $8,357 |
| FY2025 | $1.7B | $342.2M | $131.0M | -$2.5M | $56,479 | $2.1B | $7,410 |
| FY2026* | $1.6B | $275.6M | $124.8M | -$1.7M | $230,544 | $2.0B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Anchorage and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Dallas, TX | $2.2 billion |
| Madison, WI | $2.1 billion |
| Anchorage, AK (this page) | $2.1 billion |
| Richmond, VA | $2.1 billion |
| Honolulu, HI | $1.8 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Anchorage, and the largest federal programs. Programs are federal Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA numbers); contracts have no listing number, so they do not appear there.
Top awarding agencies
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $743.3 million | 34.9% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $354.7 million | 16.7% |
| Department of Agriculture | $168.8 million | 7.9% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $161.1 million | 7.6% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $142.9 million | 6.7% |
| Department of Justice | $96.8 million | 4.5% |
| Department of the Interior | $95.6 million | 4.5% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $69.3 million | 3.3% |
| Department of Education | $68.0 million | 3.2% |
| Department of State | $67.6 million | 3.2% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Assistance Listing 10.855 | $74.9 million | 3.5% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $63.1 million | 3.0% |
| Indian Housing Block Grants Assistance Listing 14.867 | $41.4 million | 1.9% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $30.6 million | 1.4% |
| Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities Assistance Listing 10.760 | $23.9 million | 1.1% |
| Indian Employment Assistance Assistance Listing 15.108 | $23.5 million | 1.1% |
| Port Infrastructure Development Program Assistance Listing 20.823 | $19.8 million | 0.9% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $15.1 million | 0.7% |
| Cooperative Research Program Assistance Listing 11.472 | $15.0 million | 0.7% |
| Renewable Energy Research and Development Assistance Listing 81.087 | $14.6 million | 0.7% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Anchorage
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Anchorage get?
- $2.1 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Anchorage, AK, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $7,410 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 287,155 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Anchorage?
- The Department of Defense, with $743.3 million in FY2025.
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by place of performance city (ANCHORAGE) in AK, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city estimates (Anchorage municipality).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.