City profileMissouriFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Kansas City get?
Kansas City received $3.1 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $6,000 per resident, 35th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $3.1 billion in awards whose place of performance is Kansas City, MO, about $6,000 per resident.
Kansas City is 31st 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 0.4% from FY2024 ($3.1 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 33.7%. The largest share came as contracts ($2.6 billion). The Department of Energy obligated the most ($2.1 billion), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($88.9 million). By this measure Kansas City ranks 35th 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 KANSAS CITY, state MO). 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 Missouri page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Kansas City by year
Kansas City: $3.1B in FY2025, up 34% 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 | $1.8B | $127.6M | $167.1M | -$1.8M | $29,544 | $2.1B | – |
| FY2019 | $1.8B | $114.3M | $383.2M | -$8.0M | $94,594 | $2.3B | – |
| FY2020 | $2.3B | $233.0M | $173.7M | -$6.6M | $717,127 | $2.7B | $5,222 |
| FY2021 | $2.3B | $388.4M | $486.9M | -$9.5M | $221,207 | $3.2B | $6,311 |
| FY2022 | $2.7B | $130.3M | $527.9M | -$3.8M | $1.8M | $3.4B | $6,644 |
| FY2023 | $2.6B | $223.4M | $539.2M | -$2.7M | $239,856 | $3.4B | $6,634 |
| FY2024 | $2.6B | $233.0M | $325.0M | $674,638 | $512,502 | $3.1B | $6,033 |
| FY2025 | $2.6B | $251.1M | $249.3M | $282,928 | $166,314 | $3.1B | $6,000 |
| FY2026* | $3.1B | $135.9M | $222.3M | -$123,705 | $1.1M | $3.4B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Kansas City and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Nashville, TN | $3.5 billion |
| St. Petersburg, FL | $3.3 billion |
| Kansas City, MO (this page) | $3.1 billion |
| Long Beach, CA | $3.0 billion |
| New Orleans, LA | $3.0 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Kansas City, 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 Energy | $2.1 billion | 67.9% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $236.3 million | 7.6% |
| Department of Agriculture | $151.8 million | 4.9% |
| Department of Defense | $129.6 million | 4.1% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $109.5 million | 3.5% |
| Department of Education | $95.7 million | 3.1% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $76.2 million | 2.4% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $75.9 million | 2.4% |
| Department of Transportation | $54.2 million | 1.7% |
| General Services Administration | $34.6 million | 1.1% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $88.9 million | 2.8% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $80.4 million | 2.6% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $53.2 million | 1.7% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $48.5 million | 1.6% |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program Assistance Listing 14.239 | $27.1 million | 0.9% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $19.2 million | 0.6% |
| Supportive Housing for the Elderly Assistance Listing 14.157 | $18.3 million | 0.6% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $15.2 million | 0.5% |
| Market Access Program Assistance Listing 10.601 | $13.6 million | 0.4% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $11.7 million | 0.4% |
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Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Kansas City get?
- $3.1 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Kansas City, MO, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $6,000 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 521,220 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Kansas City?
- The Department of Energy, with $2.1 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 (KANSAS CITY) in MO, 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 (Kansas City city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.