City profileCaliforniaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Long Beach get?
Long Beach received $3.0 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $6,730 per resident, 36th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $3.0 billion in awards whose place of performance is Long Beach, CA, about $6,730 per resident.
Long Beach is 29th 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 20.9% from FY2024 ($2.5 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 342.8%. The largest share came as contracts ($2.5 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($2.4 billion), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($183.1 million). By this measure Long Beach ranks 36th 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 LONG BEACH, state CA). 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 California page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Long Beach by year
Long Beach: $3B in FY2025, up 343% 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 | $236.6M | $73.3M | $219.2M | $0 | $0 | $529.1M | – |
| FY2019 | $350.9M | $98.8M | $234.9M | $3,367 | -$0 | $684.6M | – |
| FY2020 | $133.9M | $190.5M | $268.5M | -$1.9M | $21,320 | $590.9M | $1,269 |
| FY2021 | $357.5M | $471.9M | $452.6M | $588,820 | $36,288 | $1.3B | $2,818 |
| FY2022 | $1.5B | $131.7M | $273.5M | $62,762 | $26,424 | $1.9B | $4,099 |
| FY2023 | $2.1B | $115.1M | $300.4M | -$490,966 | -$1 | $2.5B | $5,508 |
| FY2024 | $2.0B | $213.6M | $338.0M | $9,001 | $117,739 | $2.5B | $5,554 |
| FY2025 | $2.5B | $131.6M | $370.1M | $2.0M | $11,572 | $3.0B | $6,730 |
| FY2026* | $689.6M | $455.4M | $353.8M | $411,168 | $2,755 | $1.5B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Long Beach and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| St. Petersburg, FL | $3.3 billion |
| Kansas City, MO | $3.1 billion |
| Long Beach, CA (this page) | $3.0 billion |
| New Orleans, LA | $3.0 billion |
| Las Vegas, NV | $2.7 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Long Beach, 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 Defense | $2.4 billion | 78.8% |
| Department of Education | $200.6 million | 6.6% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $199.0 million | 6.6% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $97.4 million | 3.2% |
| Department of Transportation | $76.2 million | 2.5% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $18.8 million | 0.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $17.4 million | 0.6% |
| Department of Labor | $10.2 million | 0.3% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $8.1 million | 0.3% |
| National Science Foundation | $6.0 million | 0.2% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $183.1 million | 6.0% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $137.1 million | 4.5% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $40.8 million | 1.3% |
| Highway Planning and Construction Assistance Listing 20.205 | $34.8 million | 1.1% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $24.3 million | 0.8% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $10.9 million | 0.4% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $7.9 million | 0.3% |
| Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program Assistance Listing 20.708 | $6.8 million | 0.2% |
| Port Security Grant Program Assistance Listing 97.056 | $6.1 million | 0.2% |
| Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program Assistance Listing 14.905 | $5.3 million | 0.2% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in California
- Los Angeles$4.6B
- San Diego$11B
- San Jose$1.3B
- San Francisco$4.8B
- Fresno$665M
- Sacramento$7.8B
- Oakland$1.3B
- Bakersfield$481M
Universities in Long Beach
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Long Beach get?
- $3.0 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Long Beach, CA, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $6,730 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 450,469 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Long Beach?
- The Department of Defense, with $2.4 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 (LONG BEACH) in CA, 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 (Long Beach city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.