City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Irving get?
Irving received $12.4 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $48,351 per resident, 5th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $12.4 billion in awards whose place of performance is Irving, TX, about $48,351 per resident.
Irving is 2nd 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 32.5% from FY2024 ($9.4 billion). The largest share came as contracts ($12.4 billion). The Department of Veterans Affairs obligated the most ($11.5 billion), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($7.4 million). By this measure Irving ranks 5th 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 IRVING, 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 Irving by year
Irving: $12B in FY2025
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 | $29.5M | $41.7M | $5.3M | -$58.6M | $0 | $17.9M | – |
| FY2019 | $29.5M | $26.8M | $10.2M | -$343.3M | $77,313 | -$276.7M | – |
| FY2020 | $2.7B | $34.4M | $14.2M | -$340.9M | $190,369 | $2.4B | $9,306 |
| FY2021 | $10.5B | $51.9M | $13.1M | -$82.3M | -$69,601 | $10.5B | $41,127 |
| FY2022 | $11.3B | $30.6M | $10.9M | -$21.6M | -$54,017 | $11.3B | $44,334 |
| FY2023 | $10.1B | $15.4M | $11.9M | -$18.2M | $2,546 | $10.1B | $39,211 |
| FY2024 | $9.4B | $8.2M | $12.5M | -$15.0M | $21,457 | $9.4B | $36,260 |
| FY2025 | $12.4B | $5.0M | $16.0M | -$8.0M | -$6,229 | $12.4B | $48,351 |
| FY2026* | $12.6B | $3.8M | $19.0M | -$8.4M | $59,017 | $12.6B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Irving and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Tucson, AZ | $13.7 billion |
| Huntsville, AL | $12.9 billion |
| Irving, TX (this page) | $12.4 billion |
| Austin, TX | $12.2 billion |
| Orlando, FL | $11.4 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Irving, 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 Veterans Affairs | $11.5 billion | 92.1% |
| Department of Defense | $548.3 million | 4.4% |
| Department of Justice | $208.7 million | 1.7% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $127.4 million | 1.0% |
| Department of the Treasury | $55.5 million | 0.4% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $11.9 million | 0.1% |
| Department of Education | $10.0 million | 0.1% |
| General Services Administration | $8.1 million | 0.1% |
| Department of the Interior | $2.7 million | 0.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $1.8 million | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $7.4 million | 0.1% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $6.1 million | 0.0% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $2.2 million | 0.0% |
| School Safely National Activities Assistance Listing 84.184 | $1.8 million | 0.0% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $1.7 million | 0.0% |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program Assistance Listing 14.239 | $777,833 | 0.0% |
| TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042 | $374,116 | 0.0% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $274,694 | 0.0% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $240,745 | 0.0% |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program Assistance Listing 10.121 | $237,562 | 0.0% |
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 Irving get?
- $12.4 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Irving, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $48,351 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 257,076 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Irving?
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, with $11.5 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 (IRVING) 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 (Irving city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.