City profileFloridaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Cape Coral get?
Cape Coral received $159.2 million in federal awards in FY2025: $674 per resident, 91st of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $159.2 million in awards whose place of performance is Cape Coral, FL, about $674 per resident.
Cape Coral is 89th 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 27.4% from FY2024 ($125.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 110.5%. The largest share came as contracts ($127.0 million). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($112.0 million), and the largest program was Flood Insurance ($27.7 million). By this measure Cape Coral ranks 91st 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 CAPE CORAL, state FL). 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 Florida page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Cape Coral by year
Cape Coral: $159M in FY2025, up 111% 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 | $58.6M | $2.1M | $152,850 | -$57,844 | $0 | $60.8M | – |
| FY2019 | $75.4M | $139,066 | $162,509 | -$34,691 | $1,363 | $75.6M | – |
| FY2020 | $112.4M | $2.2M | $2.0M | $1.1M | -$55,696 | $117.7M | $602 |
| FY2021 | $121.7M | $1.9M | $25.6M | $302,334 | $121,477 | $149.6M | $733 |
| FY2022 | $115.1M | $1.7M | $115,143 | $26,287 | $12,111 | $116.9M | $535 |
| FY2023 | $111.9M | $2.8M | $226,667 | $9.7M | $443.1M | $567.9M | $2,497 |
| FY2024 | $111.5M | $1.4M | $221,111 | $252,365 | $11.5M | $125.0M | $536 |
| FY2025 | $127.0M | $1.2M | $595,716 | $2.7M | $27.7M | $159.2M | $674 |
| FY2026* | $89.7M | $2.6M | $417,775 | $370,235 | $1.4M | $94.6M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Cape Coral and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Chula Vista, CA | $180.6 million |
| Laredo, TX | $166.9 million |
| Cape Coral, FL (this page) | $159.2 million |
| Plano, TX | $153.0 million |
| Garland, TX | $119.2 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Cape Coral, 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 | $112.0 million | 70.3% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $27.8 million | 17.5% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $15.2 million | 9.5% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1.5 million | 1.0% |
| Small Business Administration | $911,423 | 0.6% |
| Department of the Interior | $848,677 | 0.5% |
| Department of Agriculture | $461,180 | 0.3% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $181,132 | 0.1% |
| Department of Commerce | $155,298 | 0.1% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $73,836 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Flood Insurance Assistance Listing 97.022 | $27.7 million | 17.4% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $1.8 million | 1.1% |
| Food and Drug Administration Research Assistance Listing 93.103 | $1.2 million | 0.7% |
| Disaster Assistance Loans Assistance Listing 59.008 | $940,423 | 0.6% |
| Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program Assistance Listing 10.110 | $198,623 | 0.1% |
| Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Assistance Listing 14.181 | $181,132 | 0.1% |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops Assistance Listing 10.096 | $78,857 | 0.0% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $73,836 | 0.0% |
| Environmental Quality Incentives Program Assistance Listing 10.912 | $62,871 | 0.0% |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program Assistance Listing 10.121 | $40,379 | 0.0% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Florida
- Jacksonville$2.7B
- Miami$2.3B
- Tampa$6B
- Orlando$11B
- Port St. Lucie$26M
- St. Petersburg$3.3B
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Cape Coral get?
- $159.2 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Cape Coral, FL, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $674 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 236,264 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Cape Coral?
- The Department of Defense, with $112.0 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 (CAPE CORAL) in FL, 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 (Cape Coral city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.