City profileCaliforniaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Oakland get?
Oakland received $1.3 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $2,952 per resident, 62nd of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $1.3 billion in awards whose place of performance is Oakland, CA, about $2,952 per resident.
Oakland is 55th 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 34.7% from FY2024 ($966.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 74.7%. The largest share came as grants ($608.5 million). The Department of Housing and Urban Development obligated the most ($545.3 million), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($377.9 million). By this measure Oakland ranks 62nd 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 OAKLAND, 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 Oakland by year
Oakland: $1.3B in FY2025, up 75% 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 | $310.1M | $299.4M | $372.1M | $107.0M | $0 | $1.1B | – |
| FY2019 | $107.3M | $260.8M | $376.7M | $18,484 | $40,946 | $744.8M | – |
| FY2020 | $99.9M | $400.6M | $406.0M | $1.7M | $248,969 | $908.5M | $2,059 |
| FY2021 | $182.0M | $491.7M | $646.3M | $412,104 | $4.1M | $1.3B | $3,028 |
| FY2022 | $159.7M | $230.7M | $427.2M | $233,434 | $777,654 | $818.6M | $1,877 |
| FY2023 | $141.0M | $343.3M | $480.6M | $7.3M | $291,304 | $972.5M | $2,219 |
| FY2024 | $245.5M | $235.3M | $485.1M | $45,852 | $89,493 | $966.0M | $2,195 |
| FY2025 | $165.2M | $608.5M | $528.5M | -$1.1M | $140,053 | $1.3B | $2,952 |
| FY2026* | $200.5M | $247.0M | $525.0M | $507,759 | $75.1M | $1.0B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Oakland and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| San Jose, CA | $1.3 billion |
| Wichita, KS | $1.3 billion |
| Oakland, CA (this page) | $1.3 billion |
| Tulsa, OK | $1.3 billion |
| McKinney, TX | $1.3 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Oakland, 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 | $545.3 million | 41.9% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $357.0 million | 27.4% |
| Department of Defense | $105.4 million | 8.1% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $98.1 million | 7.5% |
| Department of Education | $49.9 million | 3.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $47.5 million | 3.6% |
| Department of Agriculture | $25.4 million | 2.0% |
| Department of Justice | $20.3 million | 1.6% |
| General Services Administration | $13.5 million | 1.0% |
| Department of Commerce | $12.1 million | 0.9% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $377.9 million | 29.0% |
| Clean Ports Program Assistance Listing 66.051 | $322.2 million | 24.8% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $105.9 million | 8.1% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $44.1 million | 3.4% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $34.0 million | 2.6% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $20.9 million | 1.6% |
| Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program Assistance Listing 66.049 | $16.5 million | 1.3% |
| Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600 | $13.7 million | 1.1% |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.243 | $12.1 million | 0.9% |
| Public Housing Operating Fund Assistance Listing 14.850 | $11.9 million | 0.9% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in California
- Los Angeles$4.6B
- San Diego$11B
- San Jose$1.3B
- San Francisco$4.8B
- Fresno$665M
- Sacramento$7.8B
- Long Beach$3B
- Bakersfield$481M
Universities in Oakland
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Oakland get?
- $1.3 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Oakland, CA, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $2,952 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 440,838 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Oakland?
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $545.3 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 (OAKLAND) 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 (Oakland city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.