City profileNevadaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does North Las Vegas get?
North Las Vegas received $88.3 million in federal awards in FY2025: $298 per resident, 94th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $88.3 million in awards whose place of performance is North Las Vegas, NV, about $298 per resident.
North Las Vegas is 95th 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 5.1% from FY2024 ($93.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 13.3%. The largest share came as contracts ($71.9 million). The Department of Veterans Affairs obligated the most ($36.5 million), and the largest program was Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants ($3.9 million). By this measure North Las Vegas ranks 94th 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 NORTH LAS VEGAS, state NV). 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 Nevada page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to North Las Vegas by year
North Las Vegas: $88M 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 | $82.2M | $4.7M | $3.4M | $5,852 | $0 | $90.4M | – |
| FY2019 | $66.9M | $10.7M | $311,304 | $33,646 | -$1 | $77.9M | – |
| FY2020 | $81.4M | $14.9M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $0 | $98.6M | $378 |
| FY2021 | $39.3M | $13.2M | $56.9M | $250,125 | $0 | $109.6M | $404 |
| FY2022 | $38.8M | $7.8M | -$1.4M | $28,748 | -$2,272 | $45.2M | $161 |
| FY2023 | $66.6M | $23.7M | $553,336 | -$145,531 | -$10,653 | $90.8M | $317 |
| FY2024 | $44.6M | $47.6M | $736,351 | $28,549 | $46,698 | $93.0M | $318 |
| FY2025 | $71.9M | $9.6M | $4.1M | $2.7M | -$1 | $88.3M | $298 |
| FY2026* | $82.4M | $24.4M | $413,705 | $1.0M | $102,618 | $108.3M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
North Las Vegas and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Plano, TX | $153.0 million |
| Garland, TX | $119.2 million |
| North Las Vegas, NV (this page) | $88.3 million |
| Glendale, AZ | $84.8 million |
| Henderson, NV | $47.1 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to North Las Vegas, 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 Veterans Affairs | $36.5 million | 41.4% |
| Department of Energy | $16.9 million | 19.1% |
| Department of Defense | $16.2 million | 18.4% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $5.0 million | 5.7% |
| Department of the Treasury | $4.1 million | 4.6% |
| Department of Education | $3.5 million | 4.0% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $2.5 million | 2.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $2.3 million | 2.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1.0 million | 1.2% |
| Social Security Administration | $140,105 | 0.2% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $3.9 million | 4.4% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $2.7 million | 3.1% |
| Congressionally Mandated Projects Assistance Listing 66.202 | $2.5 million | 2.8% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $1.8 million | 2.0% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $1.2 million | 1.4% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $1.2 million | 1.3% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $1.1 million | 1.3% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $1.0 million | 1.2% |
| Supportive Housing for the Elderly Assistance Listing 14.157 | $435,584 | 0.5% |
| Emergency Solutions Grant Program Assistance Listing 14.231 | $326,130 | 0.4% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in North Las Vegas
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does North Las Vegas get?
- $88.3 million in FY2025 in awards performed in North Las Vegas, NV, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $298 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 296,653 people.
- Which agency spends the most in North Las Vegas?
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, with $36.5 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 (NORTH LAS VEGAS) in NV, 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 (North Las Vegas city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.