City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Laredo get?
Laredo received $166.9 million in federal awards in FY2025: $619 per resident, 90th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $166.9 million in awards whose place of performance is Laredo, TX, about $619 per resident.
Laredo is 91st 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 75.5% from FY2024 ($682.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is down 19.2%. The largest share came as contracts ($83.1 million). The Department of Education obligated the most ($65.7 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($60.3 million). By this measure Laredo ranks 90th 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 LAREDO, 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 Laredo by year
Laredo: $167M in FY2025, down 19% 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 | $74.0M | $55.4M | $54.5M | -$20,477 | -$5 | $183.9M | – |
| FY2019 | $97.6M | $50.8M | $58.2M | -$147,079 | $260,492 | $206.7M | – |
| FY2020 | $883.0M | $105.7M | $59.7M | $598,676 | $1.1M | $1.1B | $4,110 |
| FY2021 | -$65.5M | $168.4M | $160.6M | $3.7M | -$460,495 | $266.8M | $1,043 |
| FY2022 | -$271.7M | $53.6M | $57.7M | -$43,176 | $3.3M | -$157.2M | -$612 |
| FY2023 | $211.9M | $84.5M | $60.9M | -$59,267 | $625,705 | $358.0M | $1,375 |
| FY2024 | $544.8M | $61.0M | $75.8M | -$11,626 | $698,863 | $682.2M | $2,539 |
| FY2025 | $83.1M | $408,044 | $81.5M | $584,400 | $1.3M | $166.9M | $619 |
| FY2026* | $2.0B | $28.4M | $81.7M | $38,678 | $1.3M | $2.1B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Laredo and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Toledo, OH | $289.1 million |
| Chula Vista, CA | $180.6 million |
| Laredo, TX (this page) | $166.9 million |
| Cape Coral, FL | $159.2 million |
| Plano, TX | $153.0 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Laredo, 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 Education | $65.7 million | 39.4% |
| Department of Justice | $49.1 million | 29.4% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $24.8 million | 14.9% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $14.9 million | 8.9% |
| Department of Labor | $8.5 million | 5.1% |
| General Services Administration | $6.2 million | 3.7% |
| Department of Transportation | $4.1 million | 2.4% |
| Department of Agriculture | $2.6 million | 1.6% |
| Department of Defense | $954,383 | 0.6% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $578,493 | 0.3% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $60.3 million | 36.2% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $15.9 million | 9.5% |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.243 | $6.6 million | 4.0% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $6.0 million | 3.6% |
| Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Assistance Listing 20.325 | $4.0 million | 2.4% |
| Public Housing Operating Fund Assistance Listing 14.850 | $3.3 million | 2.0% |
| Public Housing Capital Fund Assistance Listing 14.872 | $2.6 million | 1.6% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $2.3 million | 1.4% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $1.3 million | 0.8% |
| Environmental Quality Incentives Program Assistance Listing 10.912 | $1.3 million | 0.8% |
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
Universities in Laredo
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Laredo get?
- $166.9 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Laredo, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $619 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 269,515 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Laredo?
- The Department of Education, with $65.7 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 (LAREDO) 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 (Laredo city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.