City profileColoradoFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Colorado Springs get?
Colorado Springs received $4.0 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $8,111 per resident, 28th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $4.0 billion in awards whose place of performance is Colorado Springs, CO, about $8,111 per resident.
Colorado Springs is 22nd 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 1.9% from FY2024 ($4.1 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 52.0%. The largest share came as contracts ($3.7 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($2.8 billion), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($216.3 million). By this measure Colorado Springs ranks 28th 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 COLORADO SPRINGS, state CO). 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 Colorado page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Colorado Springs by year
Colorado Springs: $4B in FY2025, up 52% 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 | $2.3B | $81.5M | $166.3M | -$2.3M | $153,528 | $2.5B | – |
| FY2019 | $2.4B | $74.4M | $167.9M | -$9.4M | $1.5M | $2.6B | – |
| FY2020 | $2.9B | $146.8M | $173.8M | -$11.2M | $5.4M | $3.2B | $6,660 |
| FY2021 | $3.1B | $207.0M | $290.8M | -$23.1M | $5.7M | $3.6B | $7,351 |
| FY2022 | $2.9B | $76.8M | $185.8M | -$13.5M | $5.2M | $3.2B | $6,558 |
| FY2023 | $3.2B | $77.0M | $194.1M | -$4.4M | $1.8M | $3.5B | $7,095 |
| FY2024 | $3.8B | $86.8M | $228.4M | -$6.5M | $1.3M | $4.1B | $8,309 |
| FY2025 | $3.7B | $70.4M | $257.1M | $3.4M | $345,850 | $4.0B | $8,111 |
| FY2026* | $3.5B | $53.0M | $259.1M | -$1.2M | $97,074 | $3.8B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Colorado Springs and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| San Francisco, CA | $4.8 billion |
| Los Angeles, CA | $4.6 billion |
| Colorado Springs, CO (this page) | $4.0 billion |
| Seattle, WA | $3.8 billion |
| Philadelphia, PA | $3.8 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Colorado Springs, 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 | $2.8 billion | 69.4% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $446.8 million | 11.1% |
| General Services Administration | $317.2 million | 7.9% |
| Department of Education | $237.1 million | 5.9% |
| Department of Justice | $55.9 million | 1.4% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $48.3 million | 1.2% |
| Department of Transportation | $26.9 million | 0.7% |
| Department of the Treasury | $16.2 million | 0.4% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $16.2 million | 0.4% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $12.7 million | 0.3% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $216.3 million | 5.4% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $24.1 million | 0.6% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $15.5 million | 0.4% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $11.6 million | 0.3% |
| Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program Assistance Listing 20.708 | $10.3 million | 0.3% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $9.9 million | 0.2% |
| Impact Aid Assistance Listing 84.041 | $5.2 million | 0.1% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $4.9 million | 0.1% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $4.8 million | 0.1% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $3.9 million | 0.1% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Colorado Springs
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Colorado Springs get?
- $4.0 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Colorado Springs, CO, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $8,111 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 494,743 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Colorado Springs?
- The Department of Defense, with $2.8 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 (COLORADO SPRINGS) in CO, 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 (Colorado Springs city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.