City profileGeorgiaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Atlanta get?
Atlanta received $9.5 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $17,924 per resident, 10th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $9.5 billion in awards whose place of performance is Atlanta, GA, about $17,924 per resident.
Atlanta is 7th 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 up 38.5% from FY2024 ($6.8 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 65.6%. The largest share came as grants ($5.5 billion). The Department of Education obligated the most ($1.8 billion), and the largest program was Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program ($1.3 billion). By this measure Atlanta ranks 10th 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 ATLANTA, state GA). 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 Georgia page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Atlanta by year
Atlanta: $9.5B in FY2025, up 66% 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 | $1.8B | $3.0B | $601.9M | -$6.8M | $942,122 | $5.5B | – |
| FY2019 | $2.0B | $2.9B | $656.5M | $138.8M | $435,517 | $5.7B | – |
| FY2020 | $5.1B | $4.3B | $2.4B | -$120.4M | $7.5M | $11.7B | $23,467 |
| FY2021 | $3.7B | $11.3B | $409.3M | -$181.3M | $20.7M | $15.3B | $30,980 |
| FY2022 | $2.4B | $3.6B | $809.3M | -$191.7M | $589,960 | $6.6B | $13,099 |
| FY2023 | $3.2B | $3.3B | $848.7M | -$53.6M | $3.4M | $7.3B | $14,235 |
| FY2024 | $2.5B | $3.5B | $918.9M | -$60.4M | $2.5M | $6.8B | $13,153 |
| FY2025 | $2.4B | $5.5B | $1.4B | $138.8M | $25.8M | $9.5B | $17,924 |
| FY2026* | $2.9B | $4.5B | $948.7M | -$154.3M | $2.3M | $8.2B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Atlanta and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| San Diego, CA | $11.4 billion |
| St. Louis, MO | $10.0 billion |
| Atlanta, GA (this page) | $9.5 billion |
| Baltimore, MD | $9.3 billion |
| Louisville, KY | $8.0 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Atlanta, 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 Education | $1.8 billion | 18.6% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $1.4 billion | 15.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1.4 billion | 14.8% |
| Department of Commerce | $1.3 billion | 14.1% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1.2 billion | 12.5% |
| Department of Defense | $999.2 million | 10.5% |
| General Services Administration | $302.8 million | 3.2% |
| Department of Agriculture | $244.4 million | 2.6% |
| Department of Energy | $197.1 million | 2.1% |
| National Science Foundation | $155.5 million | 1.6% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Assistance Listing 11.035 | $1.3 billion | 13.7% |
| Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) Assistance Listing 97.036 | $862.2 million | 9.1% |
| Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies Assistance Listing 84.010 | $622.6 million | 6.6% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $587.8 million | 6.2% |
| Special Education Grants to States Assistance Listing 84.027 | $417.7 million | 4.4% |
| Federal Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households in Presidential Declared Disaster Areas Assistance Listing 97.048 | $380.3 million | 4.0% |
| Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii Assistance Listing 14.228 | $360.3 million | 3.8% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $278.6 million | 2.9% |
| Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience Assistance Listing 81.254 | $160.3 million | 1.7% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $126.5 million | 1.3% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Atlanta
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Atlanta get?
- $9.5 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Atlanta, GA, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $17,924 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 529,110 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Atlanta?
- The Department of Education, with $1.8 billion 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 (ATLANTA) in GA, 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 (Atlanta city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.