City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Fort Worth get?
Fort Worth received $32.8 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $31,880 per resident, 1st of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $32.8 billion in awards whose place of performance is Fort Worth, TX, about $31,880 per resident.
Fort Worth is 5th 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 135.5% from FY2024 ($13.9 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 91.0%. The largest share came as contracts ($32.4 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($32.0 billion), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($116.7 million). By this measure Fort Worth ranks 1st 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 FORT WORTH, 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 Fort Worth by year
Fort Worth: $33B in FY2025, up 91% 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 | $17.1B | $123.6M | $157.2M | -$872,262 | -$206,712 | $17.4B | – |
| FY2019 | $16.8B | $167.0M | $156.0M | -$2.6M | -$109,568 | $17.2B | – |
| FY2020 | $42.4B | $278.9M | $325.3M | $1.4M | $481,584 | $43.0B | $46,563 |
| FY2021 | $12.3B | $412.6M | $443.6M | -$461,816 | $664,252 | $13.2B | $14,032 |
| FY2022 | $18.4B | $141.1M | $184.8M | -$894,312 | $665,354 | $18.7B | $19,501 |
| FY2023 | $33.8B | $173.5M | $198.4M | -$1.0M | $1.2M | $34.1B | $34,700 |
| FY2024 | $13.4B | $197.9M | $277.6M | $33,948 | $1.0M | $13.9B | $13,801 |
| FY2025 | $32.4B | $99.2M | $270.9M | $5.5M | $720,905 | $32.8B | $31,880 |
| FY2026* | $13.6B | $95.9M | $276.0M | $1.4M | $979,123 | $13.9B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Fort Worth and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Fort Worth, TX (this page) | $32.8 billion |
| New York City, NY | $15.3 billion |
| Tucson, AZ | $13.7 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Fort Worth, 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 | $32.0 billion | 97.8% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $192.9 million | 0.6% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $164.0 million | 0.5% |
| Department of Education | $122.5 million | 0.4% |
| Department of the Treasury | $87.6 million | 0.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $55.6 million | 0.2% |
| Department of Justice | $42.8 million | 0.1% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $14.5 million | 0.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $13.7 million | 0.0% |
| General Services Administration | $9.1 million | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $116.7 million | 0.4% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $109.7 million | 0.3% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $33.7 million | 0.1% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $19.0 million | 0.1% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $14.1 million | 0.0% |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.243 | $9.6 million | 0.0% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $8.9 million | 0.0% |
| Mainstream Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.879 | $8.3 million | 0.0% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $5.3 million | 0.0% |
| Military Medical Research and Development Assistance Listing 12.420 | $4.5 million | 0.0% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Texas
- Houston$7.5B
- San Antonio$5.1B
- Dallas$2.2B
- Austin$12B
- El Paso$1.2B
- Arlington$574M
- Corpus Christi$353M
- Plano$153M
Universities in Fort Worth
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Fort Worth get?
- $32.8 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Fort Worth, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $31,880 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 1,028,117 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Fort Worth?
- The Department of Defense, with $32.0 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 (FORT WORTH) 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 (Fort Worth city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.