City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Garland get?
Garland received $119.2 million in federal awards in FY2025: $478 per resident, 93rd of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $119.2 million in awards whose place of performance is Garland, TX, about $478 per resident.
Garland is 93rd 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 62.3% from FY2024 ($73.5 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is down 72.2%. The largest share came as contracts ($67.9 million). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($59.2 million), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($20.0 million). By this measure Garland ranks 93rd 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 GARLAND, 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 Garland by year
Garland: $119M in FY2025, down 72% 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 | $90.1M | $2.7M | $40.3M | $0 | $0 | $133.1M | – |
| FY2019 | $383.7M | $6.1M | $39.1M | -$8,314 | -$26,921 | $428.9M | – |
| FY2020 | $117.1M | $18.9M | $39.9M | $912,655 | -$472,423 | $176.4M | $716 |
| FY2021 | $166.5M | $69.2M | $102.7M | $463,407 | $16,870 | $339.0M | $1,387 |
| FY2022 | $307.5M | $4.7M | $32.5M | -$45,699 | $9,565 | $344.6M | $1,397 |
| FY2023 | $55.0M | $3.3M | $33.6M | -$136,214 | $2,242 | $91.7M | $372 |
| FY2024 | $30.7M | $2.9M | $39.7M | $183,323 | $60,187 | $73.5M | $293 |
| FY2025 | $67.9M | $2.7M | $48.1M | $282,589 | $200,298 | $119.2M | $478 |
| FY2026* | $115.1M | $0 | $35.1M | $106,810 | -$1 | $150.3M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Garland and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Cape Coral, FL | $159.2 million |
| Plano, TX | $153.0 million |
| Garland, TX (this page) | $119.2 million |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $88.3 million |
| Glendale, AZ | $84.8 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Garland, 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 | $59.2 million | 49.6% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $24.9 million | 20.9% |
| Department of Education | $13.4 million | 11.3% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $12.3 million | 10.3% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $2.8 million | 2.4% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $2.0 million | 1.6% |
| Department of Commerce | $1.2 million | 1.0% |
| Department of State | $1.1 million | 1.0% |
| General Services Administration | $1.1 million | 0.9% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $500,000 | 0.4% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $20.0 million | 16.8% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $13.4 million | 11.3% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $12.3 million | 10.3% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $2.0 million | 1.7% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $1.7 million | 1.4% |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program Assistance Listing 14.239 | $637,617 | 0.5% |
| Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements Assistance Listing 66.818 | $500,000 | 0.4% |
| Supportive Housing for the Elderly Assistance Listing 14.157 | $326,296 | 0.3% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $233,866 | 0.2% |
| Emergency Solutions Grant Program Assistance Listing 14.231 | $133,263 | 0.1% |
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 Garland get?
- $119.2 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Garland, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $478 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 249,625 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Garland?
- The Department of Defense, with $59.2 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 (GARLAND) 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 (Garland city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.