City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Arlington get?
Arlington received $574.4 million in federal awards in FY2025: $1,428 per resident, 76th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $574.4 million in awards whose place of performance is Arlington, TX, about $1,428 per resident.
Arlington is 78th 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 2.7% from FY2024 ($590.4 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 22.7%. The largest share came as contracts ($336.8 million). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($332.3 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($112.8 million). By this measure Arlington ranks 76th 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 ARLINGTON, state TX). 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 Texas page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Arlington by year
Arlington: $574M in FY2025, up 23% 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 | $470.4M | $47.5M | $94.4M | $32,124 | $89,980 | $612.3M | – |
| FY2019 | $323.8M | $45.8M | $98.2M | -$1,658 | $337,907 | $468.2M | – |
| FY2020 | $415.5M | $62.2M | $106.8M | $1.4M | $218,858 | $586.2M | $1,487 |
| FY2021 | $279.3M | $171.2M | $207.2M | $1.1M | $386,549 | $659.1M | $1,675 |
| FY2022 | $391.8M | $49.4M | $114.9M | -$15,350 | -$39,719 | $556.1M | $1,406 |
| FY2023 | $470.0M | $82.6M | $124.9M | -$181,397 | $1.5M | $678.8M | $1,695 |
| FY2024 | $385.5M | $59.0M | $145.0M | $2,607 | $831,906 | $590.4M | $1,464 |
| FY2025 | $336.8M | $65.8M | $169.1M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $574.4M | $1,428 |
| FY2026* | $252.4M | $56.6M | $171.1M | $1.1M | $19.9M | $501.0M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Arlington and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Reno, NV | $654.1 million |
| Riverside, CA | $583.9 million |
| Arlington, TX (this page) | $574.4 million |
| Stockton, CA | $568.2 million |
| Greensboro, NC | $552.4 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Arlington, 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 | $332.3 million | 57.9% |
| Department of Education | $119.5 million | 20.8% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $60.1 million | 10.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $16.2 million | 2.8% |
| National Science Foundation | $13.1 million | 2.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $12.2 million | 2.1% |
| Department of Commerce | $8.1 million | 1.4% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $4.3 million | 0.7% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $3.6 million | 0.6% |
| Department of Agriculture | $2.2 million | 0.4% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $112.8 million | 19.6% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $50.5 million | 8.8% |
| Highway Planning and Construction Assistance Listing 20.205 | $14.1 million | 2.4% |
| Manufacturing Extension Partnership Assistance Listing 11.611 | $8.1 million | 1.4% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $3.3 million | 0.6% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $3.1 million | 0.5% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $3.1 million | 0.5% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $2.6 million | 0.4% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $2.4 million | 0.4% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $2.3 million | 0.4% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Texas
- Houston$7.5B
- San Antonio$5.1B
- Dallas$2.2B
- Fort Worth$33B
- Austin$12B
- El Paso$1.2B
- Corpus Christi$353M
- Plano$153M
Universities in Arlington
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Arlington get?
- $574.4 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Arlington, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,428 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 402,134 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Arlington?
- The Department of Defense, with $332.3 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 (ARLINGTON) in TX, 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 (Arlington city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.