City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Austin get?
Austin received $12.2 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $12,171 per resident, 6th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $12.2 billion in awards whose place of performance is Austin, TX, about $12,171 per resident.
Austin is 17th 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 26.5% from FY2024 ($9.6 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 45.7%. The largest share came as grants ($10.2 billion). The Department of Education obligated the most ($4.5 billion), and the largest program was Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program ($3.3 billion). By this measure Austin ranks 6th 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 AUSTIN, 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 Austin by year
Austin: $12B in FY2025, up 46% 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 | $1.2B | $11.9B | $960.6M | -$3.0M | $510,392 | $14.1B | – |
| FY2019 | $1.1B | $7.0B | $269.9M | $4.2M | $507,773 | $8.4B | – |
| FY2020 | $1.0B | $9.9B | $3.7B | -$30.7M | $9.5M | $14.6B | $15,203 |
| FY2021 | $900.2M | $40.5B | $627.7M | -$85.2M | $1.1M | $41.9B | $43,387 |
| FY2022 | $969.8M | $9.1B | $421.8M | -$97.5M | $853,604 | $10.4B | $10,640 |
| FY2023 | $1.4B | $6.7B | $275.7M | -$88.3M | $5.1M | $8.3B | $8,367 |
| FY2024 | $1.5B | $6.9B | $1.0B | -$60.7M | $220.9M | $9.6B | $9,659 |
| FY2025 | $1.5B | $10.2B | $504.1M | -$77.6M | $82.3M | $12.2B | $12,171 |
| FY2026* | $1.2B | $13.0B | $449.7M | -$151.6M | $131.9M | $14.7B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Austin and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Huntsville, AL | $12.9 billion |
| Irving, TX | $12.4 billion |
| Austin, TX (this page) | $12.2 billion |
| Orlando, FL | $11.4 billion |
| San Diego, CA | $11.4 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Austin, 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 | $4.5 billion | 36.7% |
| Department of Commerce | $3.4 billion | 27.7% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $883.6 million | 7.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $834.9 million | 6.8% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $760.4 million | 6.2% |
| Department of Defense | $591.4 million | 4.8% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $364.9 million | 3.0% |
| National Science Foundation | $222.8 million | 1.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $208.9 million | 1.7% |
| Department of Justice | $208.0 million | 1.7% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Assistance Listing 11.035 | $3.3 billion | 27.1% |
| Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies Assistance Listing 84.010 | $1.8 billion | 15.0% |
| Special Education Grants to States Assistance Listing 84.027 | $1.2 billion | 9.9% |
| Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii Assistance Listing 14.228 | $626.9 million | 5.1% |
| Unaccompanied Alien Children Program Assistance Listing 93.676 | $378.8 million | 3.1% |
| Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States Assistance Listing 84.126 | $376.1 million | 3.1% |
| Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs Assistance Listing 93.566 | $277.7 million | 2.3% |
| Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) Assistance Listing 84.367 | $241.9 million | 2.0% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $196.2 million | 1.6% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $146.2 million | 1.2% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Texas
- Houston$7.5B
- San Antonio$5.1B
- Dallas$2.2B
- Fort Worth$33B
- El Paso$1.2B
- Arlington$574M
- Corpus Christi$353M
- Plano$153M
Universities in Austin
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Austin get?
- $12.2 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Austin, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $12,171 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 1,002,632 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Austin?
- The Department of Education, with $4.5 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 (AUSTIN) 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 (Austin city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.