City profileCaliforniaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Chula Vista get?
Chula Vista received $180.6 million in federal awards in FY2025: $656 per resident, 89th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $180.6 million in awards whose place of performance is Chula Vista, CA, about $656 per resident.
Chula Vista is 90th 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 22.2% from FY2024 ($147.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 75.6%. The largest share came as grants ($67.3 million). The Department of Education obligated the most ($48.9 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($46.1 million). By this measure Chula Vista ranks 89th 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 CHULA VISTA, state CA). 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 California page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Chula Vista by year
Chula Vista: $181M in FY2025, up 76% 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 | $54.5M | $26.1M | $30.6M | -$472,858 | $0 | $110.8M | – |
| FY2019 | $48.0M | $26.6M | $30.5M | -$2.3M | $0 | $102.9M | – |
| FY2020 | $72.8M | $37.6M | $35.1M | -$1.5M | $938 | $143.9M | $522 |
| FY2021 | $90.5M | $116.9M | $106.0M | -$2.1M | $0 | $311.3M | $1,129 |
| FY2022 | $60.3M | $33.0M | $32.3M | -$1.5M | $0 | $124.2M | $451 |
| FY2023 | $80.0M | $41.6M | $35.9M | -$1.1M | $17,838 | $156.5M | $567 |
| FY2024 | $50.5M | $54.8M | $42.7M | -$156,579 | $0 | $147.8M | $534 |
| FY2025 | $56.0M | $67.3M | $52.4M | $4.9M | $0 | $180.6M | $656 |
| FY2026* | $60.5M | $46.7M | $56.3M | -$724,909 | $39,589 | $162.8M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Chula Vista and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Jersey City, NJ | $322.1 million |
| Toledo, OH | $289.1 million |
| Chula Vista, CA (this page) | $180.6 million |
| Laredo, TX | $166.9 million |
| Cape Coral, FL | $159.2 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Chula Vista, 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 | $48.9 million | 27.1% |
| Department of Defense | $43.7 million | 24.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $32.9 million | 18.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $22.2 million | 12.3% |
| Department of Energy | $10.0 million | 5.5% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $7.3 million | 4.1% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $6.3 million | 3.5% |
| General Services Administration | $3.4 million | 1.9% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.7 million | 0.9% |
| National Science Foundation | $1.0 million | 0.6% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $46.1 million | 25.5% |
| Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600 | $31.4 million | 17.4% |
| Veterans State Nursing Home Care Assistance Listing 64.015 | $11.3 million | 6.3% |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance Assistance Listing 81.117 | $10.0 million | 5.5% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $5.9 million | 3.2% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $3.9 million | 2.2% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $2.3 million | 1.3% |
| Veterans State Domiciliary Care Assistance Listing 64.014 | $1.9 million | 1.0% |
| Aeronautics Assistance Listing 43.002 | $1.7 million | 0.9% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $1.0 million | 0.6% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in California
- Los Angeles$4.6B
- San Diego$11B
- San Jose$1.3B
- San Francisco$4.8B
- Fresno$665M
- Sacramento$7.8B
- Long Beach$3B
- Oakland$1.3B
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Chula Vista get?
- $180.6 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Chula Vista, CA, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $656 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 275,533 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Chula Vista?
- The Department of Education, with $48.9 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 (CHULA VISTA) in CA, 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 (Chula Vista city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.