City profileMinnesotaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Minneapolis get?
Minneapolis received $2.6 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $6,148 per resident, 40th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $2.6 billion in awards whose place of performance is Minneapolis, MN, about $6,148 per resident.
Minneapolis is 30th 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 down 14.0% from FY2024 ($3.1 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is down 1.0%. The largest share came as contracts ($1.4 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($1.1 billion), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($227.0 million). By this measure Minneapolis ranks 40th 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 MINNEAPOLIS, state MN). 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 Minnesota page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Minneapolis by year
Minneapolis: $2.6B in FY2025, down 1% 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 | $1.3B | $646.3M | $321.3M | -$3.7M | $172,082 | $2.2B | – |
| FY2019 | $1.6B | $733.0M | $363.1M | -$9.8M | $441,448 | $2.7B | – |
| FY2020 | $1.4B | $838.7M | $413.1M | -$9.4M | $21.0M | $2.7B | $6,239 |
| FY2021 | $1.3B | $1.0B | $727.5M | -$28.3M | $10,748 | $3.0B | $7,128 |
| FY2022 | $1.2B | $484.8M | $436.1M | -$16.2M | $1.2M | $2.1B | $5,031 |
| FY2023 | $1.3B | $570.1M | $477.4M | -$7.0M | -$77,997 | $2.3B | $5,383 |
| FY2024 | $1.6B | $863.3M | $636.8M | -$2.7M | $920,537 | $3.1B | $7,151 |
| FY2025 | $1.4B | $621.6M | $635.6M | -$4.1M | $790,084 | $2.6B | $6,148 |
| FY2026* | $818.6M | $647.4M | $632.5M | -$8.4M | $2.0M | $2.1B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Minneapolis and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Las Vegas, NV | $2.7 billion |
| Jacksonville, FL | $2.7 billion |
| Minneapolis, MN (this page) | $2.6 billion |
| Cincinnati, OH | $2.3 billion |
| Miami, FL | $2.3 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Minneapolis, 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 | $1.1 billion | 40.9% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $462.5 million | 17.5% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $329.1 million | 12.4% |
| Department of Education | $257.7 million | 9.7% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $236.2 million | 8.9% |
| National Science Foundation | $60.7 million | 2.3% |
| Department of Energy | $34.0 million | 1.3% |
| Department of Agriculture | $30.1 million | 1.1% |
| General Services Administration | $27.8 million | 1.0% |
| Department of State | $22.5 million | 0.8% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $227.0 million | 8.6% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $221.5 million | 8.4% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $148.8 million | 5.6% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $34.6 million | 1.3% |
| Veterans State Nursing Home Care Assistance Listing 64.015 | $32.7 million | 1.2% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $29.1 million | 1.1% |
| Public Housing Operating Fund Assistance Listing 14.850 | $23.0 million | 0.9% |
| Public Housing Capital Fund Assistance Listing 14.872 | $21.2 million | 0.8% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $17.8 million | 0.7% |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.865 | $17.3 million | 0.7% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Minneapolis
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Minneapolis get?
- $2.6 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Minneapolis, MN, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $6,148 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 430,324 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Minneapolis?
- The Department of Defense, with $1.1 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 (MINNEAPOLIS) in MN, 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 (Minneapolis city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.