City profileFloridaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Port St. Lucie get?
Port St. Lucie received $25.5 million in federal awards in FY2025: $95 per resident, 97th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $25.5 million in awards whose place of performance is Port St. Lucie, FL, about $95 per resident.
Port St. Lucie is 97th 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 44.2% from FY2024 ($45.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 333.4%. The largest share came as grants ($16.2 million). The Department of Veterans Affairs obligated the most ($14.8 million), and the largest program was Veterans State Nursing Home Care ($11.6 million). By this measure Port St. Lucie ranks 97th 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 PORT SAINT LUCIE, 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 Port St. Lucie by year
Port St. Lucie: $26M in FY2025, up 333% 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 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $327,914 | -$23,349 | $65,476 | $2.5M | – |
| FY2019 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $373,968 | -$19,886 | $44,248 | $5.9M | – |
| FY2020 | $2.4M | $6.8M | $1.2M | $1.4M | -$1 | $11.8M | $57 |
| FY2021 | $35.0M | $4.5M | $1.2M | $232,285 | $6,275 | $41.0M | $188 |
| FY2022 | $6.0M | $2.9M | $490,400 | -$55,230 | $36,968 | $9.4M | $40 |
| FY2023 | $425,352 | $4.0M | $789,395 | -$120,073 | $306,904 | $5.4M | $22 |
| FY2024 | $33.8M | $10.9M | $1.0M | $0 | $31,994 | $45.8M | $177 |
| FY2025 | $4.1M | $16.2M | $1.3M | $4.0M | -$79,718 | $25.5M | $95 |
| FY2026* | $1.1M | $17.5M | $6.1M | $968,113 | -$22,924 | $25.6M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Port St. Lucie and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Glendale, AZ | $84.8 million |
| Henderson, NV | $47.1 million |
| Port St. Lucie, FL (this page) | $25.5 million |
| Gilbert, AZ | $21.5 million |
| Frisco, TX | $5.7 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Port St. Lucie, 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 | $14.8 million | 58.1% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $4.3 million | 16.7% |
| Department of Defense | $1.8 million | 7.1% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1.3 million | 5.1% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1.2 million | 4.8% |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | $1.2 million | 4.7% |
| Small Business Administration | $780,302 | 3.1% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $591,070 | 2.3% |
| Department of Justice | $258,030 | 1.0% |
| Department of the Interior | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Veterans State Nursing Home Care Assistance Listing 64.015 | $11.6 million | 45.4% |
| Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Assistance Listing 97.083 | $4.1 million | 16.0% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $3.2 million | 12.6% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $840,040 | 3.3% |
| Disaster Assistance Loans Assistance Listing 59.008 | $814,302 | 3.2% |
| Supportive Housing for the Elderly Assistance Listing 14.157 | $591,070 | 2.3% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $504,938 | 2.0% |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.243 | $375,000 | 1.5% |
| Flood Insurance Assistance Listing 97.022 | $167,847 | 0.7% |
| Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program Assistance Listing 10.110 | $86,582 | 0.3% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Florida
- Jacksonville$2.7B
- Miami$2.3B
- Tampa$6B
- Orlando$11B
- St. Petersburg$3.3B
- Cape Coral$159M
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Port St. Lucie get?
- $25.5 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Port St. Lucie, FL, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $95 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 268,062 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Port St. Lucie?
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, with $14.8 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 (PORT SAINT LUCIE) 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 (Port St. Lucie city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.