City profileNebraskaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Omaha get?
Omaha received $535.4 million in federal awards in FY2025: $1,095 per resident, 80th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $535.4 million in awards whose place of performance is Omaha, NE, about $1,095 per resident.
Omaha is 86th 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 7.7% from FY2024 ($497.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 12.7%. The largest share came as grants ($239.7 million). The Department of Housing and Urban Development obligated the most ($121.2 million), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($65.1 million). By this measure Omaha ranks 80th 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 OMAHA, state NE). 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 Nebraska page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Omaha by year
Omaha: $535M 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 | $176.0M | $167.2M | $103.7M | -$1.6M | $240,789 | $445.6M | – |
| FY2019 | $152.9M | $222.5M | $106.3M | -$6.1M | -$521,680 | $475.0M | – |
| FY2020 | $188.2M | $286.0M | $107.8M | -$2.7M | $1.1M | $580.4M | $1,178 |
| FY2021 | $254.0M | $422.0M | $266.6M | -$5.2M | $594,967 | $938.0M | $1,919 |
| FY2022 | $229.3M | $214.8M | $174.0M | -$2.6M | $3.5M | $619.0M | $1,272 |
| FY2023 | $186.2M | $288.0M | $135.6M | $1.9M | $239,916 | $611.9M | $1,257 |
| FY2024 | $108.1M | $263.2M | $125.5M | -$972,042 | $1.4M | $497.2M | $1,016 |
| FY2025 | $96.0M | $239.7M | $161.6M | $37.1M | $905,032 | $535.4M | $1,095 |
| FY2026* | $144.5M | $224.9M | $150.3M | -$910,239 | $2.0M | $520.9M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Omaha and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Greensboro, NC | $552.4 million |
| Santa Ana, CA | $547.4 million |
| Omaha, NE (this page) | $535.4 million |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $493.0 million |
| Chandler, AZ | $486.5 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Omaha, 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 | $121.2 million | 22.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $110.8 million | 20.7% |
| Department of Education | $77.1 million | 14.4% |
| Department of Agriculture | $55.9 million | 10.4% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $41.1 million | 7.7% |
| Department of Defense | $37.4 million | 7.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $36.4 million | 6.8% |
| Department of Energy | $12.4 million | 2.3% |
| National Science Foundation | $10.8 million | 2.0% |
| Department of Justice | $5.9 million | 1.1% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $65.1 million | 12.2% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $64.7 million | 12.1% |
| Powering Affordable Reliable Technology Energy Program Assistance Listing 10.757 | $37.2 million | 6.9% |
| Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program Assistance Listing 20.708 | $25.2 million | 4.7% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $15.8 million | 2.9% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $12.6 million | 2.4% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $11.0 million | 2.1% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $9.9 million | 1.8% |
| Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600 | $9.2 million | 1.7% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $8.5 million | 1.6% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Omaha
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Omaha get?
- $535.4 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Omaha, NE, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,095 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 488,797 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Omaha?
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $121.2 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 (OMAHA) in NE, 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 (Omaha city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.