City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Corpus Christi get?
Corpus Christi received $353.3 million in federal awards in FY2025: $1,114 per resident, 85th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $353.3 million in awards whose place of performance is Corpus Christi, TX, about $1,114 per resident.
Corpus Christi is 84th 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 39.0% from FY2024 ($579.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 11.3%. The largest share came as contracts ($204.6 million). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($167.0 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($48.8 million). By this measure Corpus Christi ranks 85th 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, 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 Corpus Christi by year
Corpus Christi: $353M in FY2025, up 11% 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 | $401.7M | $46.8M | $65.4M | -$72,856 | $484,499 | $514.4M | – |
| FY2019 | $192.6M | $50.6M | $74.4M | -$233,206 | -$64,643 | $317.4M | – |
| FY2020 | $449.2M | $87.6M | $73.3M | $803,118 | $1.7M | $612.5M | $1,924 |
| FY2021 | $449.7M | $147.0M | $159.9M | $260,668 | $989,556 | $757.9M | $2,382 |
| FY2022 | $394.2M | $76.3M | $73.5M | $31,223 | $27.0M | $571.0M | $1,804 |
| FY2023 | $411.4M | $64.3M | $80.9M | -$265,908 | $707,430 | $557.0M | $1,758 |
| FY2024 | $448.5M | $32.3M | $97.5M | -$21,241 | $1.0M | $579.3M | $1,827 |
| FY2025 | $204.6M | $37.8M | $108.6M | $1.7M | $510,584 | $353.3M | $1,114 |
| FY2026* | $176.5M | $32.3M | $111.8M | $596,812 | $254,184 | $321.5M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Corpus Christi and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Bakersfield, CA | $480.8 million |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $386.9 million |
| Corpus Christi, TX (this page) | $353.3 million |
| Lubbock, TX | $341.5 million |
| Jersey City, NJ | $322.1 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Corpus Christi, 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 | $167.0 million | 47.3% |
| Department of Education | $59.5 million | 16.8% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $53.7 million | 15.2% |
| Department of Agriculture | $36.5 million | 10.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $7.3 million | 2.1% |
| Department of Transportation | $5.6 million | 1.6% |
| National Science Foundation | $4.7 million | 1.3% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $3.3 million | 0.9% |
| General Services Administration | $3.0 million | 0.9% |
| Department of Commerce | $3.0 million | 0.8% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $48.8 million | 13.8% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $36.9 million | 10.5% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $12.3 million | 3.5% |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Assistance Listing 84.116 | $4.7 million | 1.3% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $4.3 million | 1.2% |
| Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program Assistance Listing 20.708 | $4.2 million | 1.2% |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program Assistance Listing 10.121 | $4.1 million | 1.2% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $3.1 million | 0.9% |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.243 | $2.7 million | 0.8% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $2.7 million | 0.8% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Texas
- Houston$7.5B
- San Antonio$5.1B
- Dallas$2.2B
- Fort Worth$33B
- Austin$12B
- El Paso$1.2B
- Arlington$574M
- Plano$153M
Universities in Corpus Christi
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Corpus Christi get?
- $353.3 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Corpus Christi, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,114 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 317,247 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Corpus Christi?
- The Department of Defense, with $167.0 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 (CORPUS CHRISTI) 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 (Corpus Christi city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.