City profileCaliforniaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does San Francisco get?
San Francisco received $4.8 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $5,862 per resident, 26th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $4.8 billion in awards whose place of performance is San Francisco, CA, about $5,862 per resident.
San Francisco is 32nd 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 70.7% from FY2024 ($2.8 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is down 41.5%. The largest share came as grants ($3.2 billion). The Department of Commerce obligated the most ($1.9 billion), and the largest program was Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program ($1.9 billion). By this measure San Francisco ranks 26th 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 FRANCISCO, 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 San Francisco by year
San Francisco: $4.8B in FY2025, down 42% 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 | $1.1B | $519.8M | -$1.0M | $127,780 | $7.4B | – |
| FY2019 | $6.4B | $1.3B | $588.6M | -$5.7M | $53,400 | $8.3B | – |
| FY2020 | $6.2B | $1.5B | $816.9M | -$199,046 | $371,124 | $8.5B | $9,747 |
| FY2021 | $666.0M | $1.8B | $1.0B | -$429,773 | $252,096 | $3.5B | $4,335 |
| FY2022 | $786.9M | $1.0B | $707.1M | $156,035 | $294,968 | $2.5B | $3,098 |
| FY2023 | $786.0M | $1.1B | $765.2M | $790,852 | $6.6M | $2.7B | $3,289 |
| FY2024 | $770.2M | $1.3B | $771.5M | $11,679 | $482,087 | $2.8B | $3,455 |
| FY2025 | $690.1M | $3.2B | $892.3M | $40.2M | $844,255 | $4.8B | $5,862 |
| FY2026* | $1.6B | $1.2B | $864.9M | $102,720 | $2.6M | $3.7B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
San Francisco and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Columbus, OH | $5.0 billion |
| Indianapolis, IN | $4.9 billion |
| San Francisco, CA (this page) | $4.8 billion |
| Los Angeles, CA | $4.6 billion |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $4.0 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to San Francisco, 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 Commerce | $1.9 billion | 39.1% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $890.0 million | 18.4% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $872.2 million | 18.0% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $232.8 million | 4.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $231.8 million | 4.8% |
| Department of Defense | $157.4 million | 3.2% |
| Department of Education | $143.6 million | 3.0% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $120.8 million | 2.5% |
| Department of Energy | $65.7 million | 1.4% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $56.3 million | 1.2% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Assistance Listing 11.035 | $1.9 billion | 38.4% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $522.3 million | 10.8% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $218.5 million | 4.5% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $175.2 million | 3.6% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $173.6 million | 3.6% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $134.5 million | 2.8% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $101.3 million | 2.1% |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837 | $56.6 million | 1.2% |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847 | $51.0 million | 1.1% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $50.2 million | 1.0% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in California
- Los Angeles$4.6B
- San Diego$11B
- San Jose$1.3B
- Fresno$665M
- Sacramento$7.8B
- Long Beach$3B
- Oakland$1.3B
- Bakersfield$481M
Universities in San Francisco
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does San Francisco get?
- $4.8 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in San Francisco, CA, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $5,862 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 826,079 people.
- Which agency spends the most in San Francisco?
- The Department of Commerce, with $1.9 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 FRANCISCO) 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 (San Francisco city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.