City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Dallas get?
Dallas received $2.2 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $1,643 per resident, 45th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $2.2 billion in awards whose place of performance is Dallas, TX, about $1,643 per resident.
Dallas is 76th 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 5.8% from FY2024 ($2.1 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 31.0%. The largest share came as contracts ($849.0 million). The Department of Housing and Urban Development obligated the most ($599.5 million), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($416.6 million). By this measure Dallas ranks 45th 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 DALLAS, 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 Dallas by year
Dallas: $2.2B in FY2025, up 31% 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 | $791.2M | $408.2M | $342.6M | -$72.7M | -$129,303 | $1.5B | – |
| FY2019 | $1.0B | $469.3M | $362.4M | -$186.0M | -$357,186 | $1.7B | – |
| FY2020 | $830.7M | $892.2M | $684.0M | -$83.3M | $432,782 | $2.3B | $1,783 |
| FY2021 | $709.9M | $931.7M | $1.1B | -$136.4M | $2.3M | $2.6B | $2,010 |
| FY2022 | $617.5M | $763.3M | $498.5M | -$148.1M | $3.2M | $1.7B | $1,330 |
| FY2023 | $1.0B | $834.9M | $676.0M | -$44.5M | $4.0M | $2.5B | $1,908 |
| FY2024 | $714.4M | $748.7M | $622.1M | -$22.4M | $1.3M | $2.1B | $1,551 |
| FY2025 | $849.0M | $628.0M | $731.5M | -$24.9M | $1.0M | $2.2B | $1,643 |
| FY2026* | $1.1B | $632.3M | $798.6M | -$38.0M | $4.0M | $2.5B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Dallas and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| St. Paul, MN | $2.2 billion |
| Durham, NC | $2.2 billion |
| Dallas, TX (this page) | $2.2 billion |
| Madison, WI | $2.1 billion |
| Anchorage, AK | $2.1 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Dallas, 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 Housing and Urban Development | $599.5 million | 27.4% |
| Department of Defense | $479.5 million | 21.9% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $364.0 million | 16.7% |
| Department of Education | $193.7 million | 8.9% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $158.8 million | 7.3% |
| Department of Transportation | $132.6 million | 6.1% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $75.8 million | 3.5% |
| Department of Commerce | $33.4 million | 1.5% |
| Department of Justice | $24.5 million | 1.1% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $22.9 million | 1.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $416.6 million | 19.1% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $151.9 million | 7.0% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $137.4 million | 6.3% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $119.1 million | 5.5% |
| Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600 | $61.6 million | 2.8% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $35.3 million | 1.6% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $33.4 million | 1.5% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $26.4 million | 1.2% |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837 | $25.3 million | 1.2% |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847 | $20.2 million | 0.9% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Texas
- Houston$7.5B
- San Antonio$5.1B
- Fort Worth$33B
- Austin$12B
- El Paso$1.2B
- Arlington$574M
- Corpus Christi$353M
- Plano$153M
Universities in Dallas
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Dallas get?
- $2.2 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Dallas, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,643 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 1,329,491 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Dallas?
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $599.5 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 (DALLAS) 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 (Dallas city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.