City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Lubbock get?
Lubbock received $341.5 million in federal awards in FY2025: $1,251 per resident, 86th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $341.5 million in awards whose place of performance is Lubbock, TX, about $1,251 per resident.
Lubbock is 80th 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 ($282.5 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 105.0%. The largest share came as direct payments ($165.3 million). The Department of Agriculture obligated the most ($104.9 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($77.9 million). By this measure Lubbock ranks 86th 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 LUBBOCK, 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 Lubbock by year
Lubbock: $342M in FY2025, up 105% 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 | $14.1M | $57.3M | $68.6M | -$803,324 | $2.5M | $141.7M | – |
| FY2019 | $27.5M | $64.7M | $74.2M | -$2.6M | $2.8M | $166.6M | – |
| FY2020 | $42.7M | $112.6M | $76.6M | -$3.1M | $124.8M | $353.6M | $1,370 |
| FY2021 | $27.8M | $244.1M | $180.8M | -$7.4M | $143.9M | $589.2M | $2,255 |
| FY2022 | $21.8M | $69.4M | $92.3M | -$3.8M | $360.3M | $539.9M | $2,043 |
| FY2023 | $30.6M | $78.7M | $78.6M | -$1.6M | $347.3M | $533.7M | $1,997 |
| FY2024 | $28.1M | $98.5M | $89.9M | -$1.6M | $67.6M | $282.5M | $1,045 |
| FY2025 | $13.7M | $129.9M | $165.3M | -$1.6M | $34.1M | $341.5M | $1,251 |
| FY2026* | $12.6M | $84.7M | $159.4M | -$2.1M | $29.0M | $283.6M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Lubbock and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Winston-Salem, NC | $386.9 million |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $353.3 million |
| Lubbock, TX (this page) | $341.5 million |
| Jersey City, NJ | $322.1 million |
| Toledo, OH | $289.1 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Lubbock, 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 Agriculture | $104.9 million | 30.7% |
| Department of Education | $83.8 million | 24.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $50.6 million | 14.8% |
| National Science Foundation | $29.1 million | 8.5% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $25.4 million | 7.4% |
| Department of Defense | $22.5 million | 6.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $18.2 million | 5.3% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $2.7 million | 0.8% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1.7 million | 0.5% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.2 million | 0.3% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $77.9 million | 22.8% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $49.2 million | 14.4% |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program Assistance Listing 10.121 | $32.6 million | 9.6% |
| Crop Insurance Assistance Listing 10.450 | $30.8 million | 9.0% |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Program Assistance Listing 10.988 | $26.1 million | 7.6% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $13.5 million | 3.9% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $11.8 million | 3.5% |
| Basic Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.431 | $11.4 million | 3.3% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $7.9 million | 2.3% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $6.5 million | 1.9% |
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 Lubbock
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Lubbock get?
- $341.5 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Lubbock, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,251 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 273,071 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Lubbock?
- The Department of Agriculture, with $104.9 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 (LUBBOCK) 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 (Lubbock city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.