City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does McKinney get?
McKinney received $1.3 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $5,386 per resident, 64th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $1.3 billion in awards whose place of performance is McKinney, TX, about $5,386 per resident.
McKinney is 37th 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 4.3% from FY2024 ($1.2 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 13.0%. The largest share came as contracts ($1.2 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($1.2 billion), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($43.8 million). By this measure McKinney ranks 64th 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 MCKINNEY, 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 McKinney by year
McKinney: $1.3B in FY2025, up 13% 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 | $1.4B | $4.1M | $28.6M | -$864,075 | $0 | $1.5B | – |
| FY2019 | $1.1B | $1.1M | $30.6M | -$3.8M | -$64,247 | $1.1B | – |
| FY2020 | $1.2B | $13.9M | $32.3M | -$4.3M | $30,821 | $1.2B | $6,187 |
| FY2021 | $837.0M | $80.1M | $58.2M | -$4.2M | $6,846 | $971.1M | $4,770 |
| FY2022 | $750.8M | $1.2M | $38.0M | -$2.4M | $3.7M | $791.3M | $3,794 |
| FY2023 | $1.5B | $4.8M | $39.6M | -$2.3M | $8,416 | $1.6B | $7,324 |
| FY2024 | $1.2B | $2.9M | $47.3M | -$997,801 | $21,015 | $1.2B | $5,359 |
| FY2025 | $1.2B | $1.4M | $53.9M | $524,363 | $72,988 | $1.3B | $5,386 |
| FY2026* | $1.2B | $8.9M | $55.9M | $342,481 | $37,338 | $1.2B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
McKinney and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Oakland, CA | $1.3 billion |
| Tulsa, OK | $1.3 billion |
| McKinney, TX (this page) | $1.3 billion |
| El Paso, TX | $1.2 billion |
| Milwaukee, WI | $1.0 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to McKinney, 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 | $1.2 billion | 93.1% |
| Department of Education | $45.0 million | 3.5% |
| Department of Labor | $21.8 million | 1.7% |
| General Services Administration | $7.3 million | 0.6% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $7.0 million | 0.5% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $2.2 million | 0.2% |
| Department of Agriculture | $2.2 million | 0.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1.4 million | 0.1% |
| Department of the Treasury | $189,354 | 0.0% |
| Social Security Administration | $46,924 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $43.8 million | 3.4% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $4.9 million | 0.4% |
| Mainstream Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.879 | $1.1 million | 0.1% |
| Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants Assistance Listing 93.696 | $1.0 million | 0.1% |
| Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program Assistance Listing 10.110 | $981,858 | 0.1% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $978,651 | 0.1% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $744,060 | 0.1% |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program Assistance Listing 10.121 | $529,391 | 0.0% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $509,898 | 0.0% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $450,000 | 0.0% |
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
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does McKinney get?
- $1.3 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in McKinney, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $5,386 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 236,001 people.
- Which agency spends the most in McKinney?
- The Department of Defense, with $1.2 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 (MCKINNEY) 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 (McKinney city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.