City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Frisco get?
Frisco received $5.7 million in federal awards in FY2025: $24 per resident, 99th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $5.7 million in awards whose place of performance is Frisco, TX, about $24 per resident.
Frisco is 99th 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 6.6% from FY2024 ($5.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 102.6%. The largest share came as contracts ($12.2 million). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($6.4 million), and the largest program was Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans ($906,904). By this measure Frisco ranks 99th 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 FRISCO, 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 Frisco by year
Frisco: $5.7M in FY2025, up 103% 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 | $10.5M | $5.9M | $18,101 | -$41,842 | $0 | $16.3M | – |
| FY2019 | $2.1M | $627,935 | $51,528 | -$13,757 | $62,274 | $2.8M | – |
| FY2020 | $1.5M | $1.9M | $606,291 | $1.1M | $40,639 | $5.1M | $25 |
| FY2021 | $4.2M | $1.8M | $22.8M | $533,295 | -$105,056 | $29.2M | $138 |
| FY2022 | -$4.5M | $651,460 | $334,999 | $18,909 | $278,801 | -$3.2M | -$15 |
| FY2023 | $4.5M | $3.1M | -$201,451 | -$132,159 | $346,258 | $7.6M | $34 |
| FY2024 | $1.2M | $3.9M | $583,519 | -$564,305 | $165,620 | $5.3M | $23 |
| FY2025 | $12.2M | $913,464 | $1.5M | -$9.0M | $68,091 | $5.7M | $24 |
| FY2026* | $7.9M | $3.6M | $3.8M | -$17.3M | $270,404 | -$1.8M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Frisco and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Port St. Lucie, FL | $25.5 million |
| Gilbert, AZ | $21.5 million |
| Frisco, TX (this page) | $5.7 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Frisco, 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 | $6.4 million | 111.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2.6 million | 45.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $1.7 million | 29.6% |
| Department of Agriculture | $1.2 million | 21.1% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $1.1 million | 19.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1.0 million | 17.9% |
| Department of Education | $324,635 | 5.7% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $133,412 | 2.3% |
| Department of Justice | $111,355 | 2.0% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $105,026 | 1.8% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $906,904 | 15.9% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $774,444 | 13.6% |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program Assistance Listing 10.121 | $521,791 | 9.2% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $324,635 | 5.7% |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Program Assistance Listing 10.988 | $323,186 | 5.7% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $133,412 | 2.3% |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program Assistance Listing 10.148 | $122,590 | 2.2% |
| Disaster Assistance Loans Assistance Listing 59.008 | $99,301 | 1.7% |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program Assistance Listing 10.109 | $79,477 | 1.4% |
| Science Assistance Listing 43.001 | $69,996 | 1.2% |
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
- Corpus Christi$353M
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Frisco get?
- $5.7 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Frisco, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $24 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 236,955 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Frisco?
- The Department of Defense, with $6.4 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 (FRISCO) 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 (Frisco city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.