City profileNevadaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Las Vegas get?
Las Vegas received $2.7 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $3,979 per resident, 38th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $2.7 billion in awards whose place of performance is Las Vegas, NV, about $3,979 per resident.
Las Vegas is 48th 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 3.3% from FY2024 ($2.6 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 100.0%. The largest share came as contracts ($2.0 billion). The Department of Energy obligated the most ($1.0 billion), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($227.8 million). By this measure Las Vegas ranks 38th 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 LAS VEGAS, 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 Las Vegas by year
Las Vegas: $2.7B in FY2025, up 100% 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 | $851.1M | $119.6M | $223.4M | -$2.2M | -$68,005 | $1.2B | – |
| FY2019 | $997.1M | $135.8M | $224.2M | -$4.9M | $120,305 | $1.4B | – |
| FY2020 | $1.3B | $433.0M | $365.6M | $4.2M | $544,886 | $2.1B | $3,265 |
| FY2021 | $1.5B | $661.2M | $423.7M | -$18.1M | $73,901 | $2.5B | $3,877 |
| FY2022 | $1.8B | $167.9M | $263.3M | -$19.6M | $199,483 | $2.2B | $3,295 |
| FY2023 | $2.0B | $362.7M | $300.6M | -$11.7M | $559,652 | $2.7B | $4,022 |
| FY2024 | $2.0B | $249.1M | $328.0M | -$7.9M | $16.9M | $2.6B | $3,878 |
| FY2025 | $2.0B | $272.2M | $414.0M | -$4.1M | $622,952 | $2.7B | $3,979 |
| FY2026* | $2.1B | $176.3M | $413.2M | -$18.3M | $351,713 | $2.7B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Las Vegas and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Long Beach, CA | $3.0 billion |
| New Orleans, LA | $3.0 billion |
| Las Vegas, NV (this page) | $2.7 billion |
| Jacksonville, FL | $2.7 billion |
| Minneapolis, MN | $2.6 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Las Vegas, 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 | $1.0 billion | 38.1% |
| Department of Defense | $465.5 million | 17.2% |
| General Services Administration | $420.9 million | 15.6% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $307.5 million | 11.4% |
| Department of Education | $202.2 million | 7.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $73.4 million | 2.7% |
| Department of Justice | $44.7 million | 1.7% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $34.0 million | 1.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $30.5 million | 1.1% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $18.7 million | 0.7% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $227.8 million | 8.4% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $153.2 million | 5.7% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $61.8 million | 2.3% |
| Charter Schools Assistance Listing 84.282 | $23.0 million | 0.9% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $17.0 million | 0.6% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $16.1 million | 0.6% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $12.5 million | 0.5% |
| Public Housing Operating Fund Assistance Listing 14.850 | $12.1 million | 0.4% |
| Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program Assistance Listing 11.036 | $10.7 million | 0.4% |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program Assistance Listing 14.239 | $10.3 million | 0.4% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Las Vegas
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Las Vegas get?
- $2.7 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Las Vegas, NV, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $3,979 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 679,817 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Las Vegas?
- The Department of Energy, with $1.0 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 (LAS VEGAS) 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 (Las Vegas city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.