City profileNevadaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Henderson get?
Henderson received $47.1 million in federal awards in FY2025: $133 per resident, 96th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $47.1 million in awards whose place of performance is Henderson, NV, about $133 per resident.
Henderson is 96th 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 43.1% from FY2024 ($82.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 56.3%. The largest share came as contracts ($77.4 million). The General Services Administration obligated the most ($41.5 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($13.0 million). By this measure Henderson ranks 96th 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 HENDERSON, state NV). 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 Nevada page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Henderson by year
Henderson: $47M in FY2025, up 56% 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 | $20.7M | $6.9M | $10.4M | -$1.1M | $6,832 | $36.8M | – |
| FY2019 | $21.6M | $6.2M | $11.2M | -$8.8M | -$22,520 | $30.1M | – |
| FY2020 | $45.5M | $12.6M | $13.3M | -$27.2M | $344,317 | $44.5M | $140 |
| FY2021 | $43.6M | $38.1M | $68.7M | -$81.8M | $15,358 | $68.6M | $213 |
| FY2022 | $27.5M | $15.8M | $11.2M | -$51.5M | $42,882 | $3.1M | $9 |
| FY2023 | $30.9M | $46.6M | $8.8M | -$32.4M | $28,522 | $53.8M | $159 |
| FY2024 | $64.1M | $38.1M | $15.4M | -$34.9M | -$19,252 | $82.8M | $238 |
| FY2025 | $77.4M | $15.2M | $18.9M | -$64.4M | $18,592 | $47.1M | $133 |
| FY2026* | $62.9M | $43.1M | $17.0M | -$123.1M | $89,467 | $11,185 | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Henderson and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| North Las Vegas, NV | $88.3 million |
| Glendale, AZ | $84.8 million |
| Henderson, NV (this page) | $47.1 million |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | $25.5 million |
| Gilbert, AZ | $21.5 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Henderson, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| General Services Administration | $41.5 million | 88.1% |
| Department of Defense | $20.8 million | 44.1% |
| Department of Transportation | $15.5 million | 32.9% |
| Department of Education | $15.2 million | 32.3% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $4.6 million | 9.9% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $3.0 million | 6.5% |
| National Science Foundation | $2.0 million | 4.2% |
| Department of Agriculture | $1.9 million | 4.0% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $689,110 | 1.5% |
| Department of Justice | $361,961 | 0.8% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $13.0 million | 27.7% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $6.6 million | 13.9% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $2.9 million | 6.2% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $2.0 million | 4.2% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $1.8 million | 3.8% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $1.7 million | 3.6% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $1.6 million | 3.3% |
| Human Genome Research Assistance Listing 93.172 | $1.4 million | 3.0% |
| Emergency Conservation Program Assistance Listing 10.054 | $1.0 million | 2.1% |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program Assistance Listing 14.239 | $720,075 | 1.5% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Henderson
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Henderson get?
- $47.1 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Henderson, NV, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $133 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 353,289 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Henderson?
- The General Services Administration, with $41.5 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 (HENDERSON) in NV, 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 (Henderson city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.