City profileCaliforniaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Los Angeles get?
Los Angeles received $4.6 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $1,190 per resident, 27th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $4.6 billion in awards whose place of performance is Los Angeles, CA, about $1,190 per resident.
Los Angeles is 82nd 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 4.2% from FY2024 ($4.4 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 22.5%. The largest share came as direct payments ($1.9 billion). The Department of Housing and Urban Development obligated the most ($1.7 billion), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($971.8 million). By this measure Los Angeles ranks 27th 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 LOS ANGELES, 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 Los Angeles by year
Los Angeles: $4.6B in FY2025, up 23% 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 | $772.8M | $1.8B | $1.0B | -$124,736 | -$53,935 | $3.6B | – |
| FY2019 | $791.3M | $1.8B | $1.2B | -$1.6M | $44,985 | $3.8B | – |
| FY2020 | $723.3M | $2.5B | $2.0B | $24.6M | $486,804 | $5.2B | $1,344 |
| FY2021 | $833.7M | $3.1B | $2.9B | $4.1M | $120,027 | $6.9B | $1,790 |
| FY2022 | $711.5M | $1.6B | $1.3B | $1.3M | $2.3M | $3.6B | $941 |
| FY2023 | $911.4M | $1.6B | $1.5B | -$4.0M | $3.4M | $4.0B | $1,044 |
| FY2024 | $811.5M | $2.0B | $1.6B | $1.9M | $3.6M | $4.4B | $1,140 |
| FY2025 | $965.0M | $1.7B | $1.9B | $55.4M | $2.6M | $4.6B | $1,190 |
| FY2026* | $607.0M | $1.8B | $1.9B | $13.2M | $2.8M | $4.4B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Los Angeles and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Indianapolis, IN | $4.9 billion |
| San Francisco, CA | $4.8 billion |
| Los Angeles, CA (this page) | $4.6 billion |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $4.0 billion |
| Seattle, WA | $3.8 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Los Angeles, 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 Housing and Urban Development | $1.7 billion | 37.9% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $984.2 million | 21.4% |
| Department of Education | $421.7 million | 9.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $360.1 million | 7.8% |
| Department of Defense | $247.1 million | 5.4% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $225.9 million | 4.9% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $104.5 million | 2.3% |
| Department of Transportation | $97.3 million | 2.1% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $80.0 million | 1.7% |
| National Science Foundation | $70.1 million | 1.5% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $971.8 million | 21.1% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $416.3 million | 9.0% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $348.5 million | 7.6% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $168.2 million | 3.7% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $104.5 million | 2.3% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $101.6 million | 2.2% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $89.5 million | 1.9% |
| Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600 | $81.2 million | 1.8% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $75.6 million | 1.6% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $75.4 million | 1.6% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in California
- San Diego$11B
- San Jose$1.3B
- San Francisco$4.8B
- Fresno$665M
- Sacramento$7.8B
- Long Beach$3B
- Oakland$1.3B
- Bakersfield$481M
Universities in Los Angeles
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Los Angeles get?
- $4.6 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Los Angeles, CA, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,190 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 3,869,089 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Los Angeles?
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $1.7 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 (LOS ANGELES) 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 (Los Angeles city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.