City profileCaliforniaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Riverside get?
Riverside received $583.9 million in federal awards in FY2025: $1,807 per resident, 75th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $583.9 million in awards whose place of performance is Riverside, CA, about $1,807 per resident.
Riverside is 69th 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 9.3% from FY2024 ($534.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 20.2%. The largest share came as direct payments ($359.1 million). The Department of Housing and Urban Development obligated the most ($228.0 million), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($175.6 million). By this measure Riverside ranks 75th 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 RIVERSIDE, 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 Riverside by year
Riverside: $584M in FY2025, up 20% 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 | $60.1M | $173.7M | $201.4M | -$392,755 | $894,296 | $435.7M | – |
| FY2019 | $73.5M | $201.8M | $210.1M | -$484,549 | $775,916 | $485.7M | – |
| FY2020 | $84.8M | $261.7M | $221.5M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $570.8M | $1,809 |
| FY2021 | $105.9M | $502.9M | $325.7M | $477,107 | $999,487 | $935.9M | $2,981 |
| FY2022 | $97.2M | $179.9M | $222.3M | $196,502 | $4.9M | $504.4M | $1,575 |
| FY2023 | $74.9M | $188.1M | $236.1M | -$172,347 | $739,091 | $499.7M | $1,554 |
| FY2024 | $52.3M | $176.4M | $303.5M | $1,944 | $1.8M | $534.0M | $1,651 |
| FY2025 | $89.8M | $130.6M | $359.1M | $2.3M | $2.0M | $583.9M | $1,807 |
| FY2026* | $67.2M | $125.2M | $327.6M | $544,025 | $934,472 | $521.4M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Riverside and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Fresno, CA | $665.0 million |
| Reno, NV | $654.1 million |
| Riverside, CA (this page) | $583.9 million |
| Arlington, TX | $574.4 million |
| Stockton, CA | $568.2 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Riverside, 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 | $228.0 million | 39.1% |
| Department of Education | $184.7 million | 31.6% |
| Department of Defense | $82.6 million | 14.2% |
| National Science Foundation | $28.8 million | 4.9% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $24.5 million | 4.2% |
| Department of Agriculture | $16.0 million | 2.7% |
| Department of Energy | $13.2 million | 2.3% |
| Department of the Interior | $8.9 million | 1.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $5.3 million | 0.9% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $3.9 million | 0.7% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $175.6 million | 30.1% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $160.7 million | 27.5% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $18.7 million | 3.2% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $17.9 million | 3.1% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $8.3 million | 1.4% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $7.7 million | 1.3% |
| Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074 | $6.9 million | 1.2% |
| School Safely National Activities Assistance Listing 84.184 | $6.4 million | 1.1% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $6.3 million | 1.1% |
| Fossil Energy Research and Development Assistance Listing 81.089 | $6.0 million | 1.0% |
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
- Oakland$1.3B
Universities in Riverside
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Riverside get?
- $583.9 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Riverside, CA, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,807 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 323,057 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Riverside?
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $228.0 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 (RIVERSIDE) 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 (Riverside city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.