City profileFloridaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Orlando get?
Orlando received $11.4 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $34,223 per resident, 7th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $11.4 billion in awards whose place of performance is Orlando, FL, about $34,223 per resident.
Orlando is 4th 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 9.1% from FY2024 ($10.5 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 72.4%. The largest share came as contracts ($10.8 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($8.2 billion), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($318.9 million). By this measure Orlando ranks 7th 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 ORLANDO, state FL). 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 Florida page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Orlando by year
Orlando: $11B in FY2025, up 72% 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 | $5.8B | $141.1M | $278.0M | -$5.5M | -$11,556 | $6.2B | – |
| FY2019 | $6.2B | $187.1M | $286.0M | -$22.8M | $40,630 | $6.6B | – |
| FY2020 | $6.4B | $427.8M | $302.5M | -$21.5M | -$3,865 | $7.2B | $23,210 |
| FY2021 | $8.0B | $852.2M | $373.6M | -$44.6M | $180,007 | $9.2B | $29,681 |
| FY2022 | $7.2B | $193.3M | $286.9M | -$20.2M | $1.9M | $7.7B | $24,001 |
| FY2023 | $7.4B | $457.9M | $315.5M | -$9.8M | $47.5M | $8.2B | $25,045 |
| FY2024 | $9.6B | $499.0M | $369.6M | -$5.1M | $1.5M | $10.5B | $31,498 |
| FY2025 | $10.8B | $223.7M | $435.2M | -$5.0M | $3.5M | $11.4B | $34,223 |
| FY2026* | $8.3B | $255.1M | $433.9M | -$13.9M | $1.6M | $8.9B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Orlando and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Irving, TX | $12.4 billion |
| Austin, TX | $12.2 billion |
| Orlando, FL (this page) | $11.4 billion |
| San Diego, CA | $11.4 billion |
| St. Louis, MO | $10.0 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Orlando, 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 | $8.2 billion | 71.5% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.2 billion | 10.5% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $902.2 million | 7.9% |
| Department of Education | $346.6 million | 3.0% |
| General Services Administration | $313.9 million | 2.7% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $171.3 million | 1.5% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $158.8 million | 1.4% |
| Department of Transportation | $63.3 million | 0.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $33.9 million | 0.3% |
| National Science Foundation | $21.9 million | 0.2% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $318.9 million | 2.8% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $88.1 million | 0.8% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $53.2 million | 0.5% |
| Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii Assistance Listing 14.228 | $33.4 million | 0.3% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $19.6 million | 0.2% |
| Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600 | $14.3 million | 0.1% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $11.9 million | 0.1% |
| Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects Assistance Listing 84.215 | $8.2 million | 0.1% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $6.3 million | 0.1% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $6.1 million | 0.1% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Florida
- Jacksonville$2.7B
- Miami$2.3B
- Tampa$6B
- Port St. Lucie$26M
- St. Petersburg$3.3B
- Cape Coral$159M
Universities in Orlando
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Orlando get?
- $11.4 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Orlando, FL, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $34,223 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 333,888 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Orlando?
- The Department of Defense, with $8.2 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 (ORLANDO) in FL, 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 (Orlando city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.