City profileTexasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does San Antonio get?
San Antonio received $5.1 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $3,291 per resident, 23rd of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $5.1 billion in awards whose place of performance is San Antonio, TX, about $3,291 per resident.
San Antonio is 51st 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 4.2% from FY2024 ($5.3 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 28.3%. The largest share came as contracts ($4.1 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($3.5 billion), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($320.7 million). By this measure San Antonio ranks 23rd 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 SAN ANTONIO, state TX). 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 Texas page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to San Antonio by year
San Antonio: $5.1B in FY2025, up 28% 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 | $3.6B | $440.5M | $383.4M | -$5.8M | -$28,751 | $4.4B | – |
| FY2019 | $3.1B | $524.0M | $373.4M | -$22.3M | $519,550 | $4.0B | – |
| FY2020 | $3.0B | $710.5M | $663.2M | -$23.7M | -$175,733 | $4.4B | $3,045 |
| FY2021 | $3.6B | $1.3B | $812.9M | -$41.9M | $474,649 | $5.6B | $3,850 |
| FY2022 | $4.5B | $656.8M | $422.2M | -$26.0M | $1.7M | $5.5B | $3,739 |
| FY2023 | $4.1B | $583.2M | $469.4M | -$22.8M | $46.4M | $5.1B | $3,407 |
| FY2024 | $4.1B | $707.3M | $513.6M | -$16.8M | $1.7M | $5.3B | $3,468 |
| FY2025 | $4.1B | $373.4M | $615.0M | -$198,098 | $1.1M | $5.1B | $3,291 |
| FY2026* | $7.1B | $488.1M | $606.3M | -$19.9M | $1.5M | $8.2B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
San Antonio and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Boston, MA | $5.9 billion |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $5.5 billion |
| San Antonio, TX (this page) | $5.1 billion |
| Columbus, OH | $5.0 billion |
| Indianapolis, IN | $4.9 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to San Antonio, 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 | $3.5 billion | 69.1% |
| Department of Education | $395.7 million | 7.8% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $303.8 million | 6.0% |
| General Services Administration | $203.7 million | 4.0% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $164.1 million | 3.2% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $161.0 million | 3.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $109.2 million | 2.1% |
| Department of Transportation | $85.1 million | 1.7% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $29.5 million | 0.6% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $25.4 million | 0.5% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $320.7 million | 6.3% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $191.6 million | 3.8% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $73.8 million | 1.4% |
| Science Assistance Listing 43.001 | $50.8 million | 1.0% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $47.6 million | 0.9% |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $33.0 million | 0.6% |
| Public Housing Operating Fund Assistance Listing 14.850 | $32.8 million | 0.6% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $27.1 million | 0.5% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $23.5 million | 0.5% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $19.6 million | 0.4% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Texas
- Houston$7.5B
- Dallas$2.2B
- Fort Worth$33B
- Austin$12B
- El Paso$1.2B
- Arlington$574M
- Corpus Christi$353M
- Plano$153M
Universities in San Antonio
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio$165M
- University of Texas at San Antonio$147M
- Alamo Community College District (San Antonio)$90M
- Texas A&M University-San Antonio$28M
- University of the Incarnate Word$19M
- St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas$10M
- Our Lady of Lake University of San Antonio$4.8M
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does San Antonio get?
- $5.1 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in San Antonio, TX, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $3,291 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 1,548,422 people.
- Which agency spends the most in San Antonio?
- The Department of Defense, with $3.5 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 (SAN ANTONIO) in TX, 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 (San Antonio city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.