City profileArizonaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Scottsdale get?
Scottsdale received $993.8 million in federal awards in FY2025: $4,090 per resident, 67th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $993.8 million in awards whose place of performance is Scottsdale, AZ, about $4,090 per resident.
Scottsdale is 47th 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 4.0% from FY2024 ($1.0 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 73.7%. The largest share came as contracts ($921.6 million). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($736.1 million), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($9.9 million). By this measure Scottsdale ranks 67th 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 SCOTTSDALE, state AZ). 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 Arizona page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Scottsdale by year
Scottsdale: $994M in FY2025, up 74% 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 | $388.7M | $32.2M | $22.8M | -$593,586 | -$12 | $443.0M | – |
| FY2019 | $506.7M | $46.7M | $22.6M | -$4.0M | $15,188 | $572.1M | – |
| FY2020 | $590.3M | $41.4M | $26.0M | -$2.2M | $135,985 | $655.7M | $2,711 |
| FY2021 | $646.7M | $68.2M | $58.2M | -$16.0M | $117,475 | $757.2M | $3,121 |
| FY2022 | $581.5M | $23.4M | $24.5M | -$11.9M | $303,692 | $617.7M | $2,547 |
| FY2023 | $700.1M | $35.1M | $26.1M | -$10.6M | $409,016 | $751.1M | $3,076 |
| FY2024 | $906.8M | $106.5M | $26.6M | -$5.1M | $451,803 | $1.0B | $4,231 |
| FY2025 | $921.6M | $41.3M | $35.4M | -$4.7M | $240,233 | $993.8M | $4,090 |
| FY2026* | $754.8M | $100.8M | $32.1M | -$6.4M | $548,468 | $881.9M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Scottsdale and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| El Paso, TX | $1.2 billion |
| Milwaukee, WI | $1.0 billion |
| Scottsdale, AZ (this page) | $993.8 million |
| Aurora, CO | $972.3 million |
| Charlotte, NC | $927.3 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Scottsdale, 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 | $736.1 million | 74.1% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $66.0 million | 6.6% |
| Department of Transportation | $55.4 million | 5.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $33.5 million | 3.4% |
| Department of Justice | $23.3 million | 2.3% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $22.6 million | 2.3% |
| Department of Education | $11.4 million | 1.1% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $10.8 million | 1.1% |
| Department of the Interior | $8.5 million | 0.9% |
| Department of Energy | $7.1 million | 0.7% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $9.9 million | 1.0% |
| Grants to Increase Organ Donation Assistance Listing 93.134 | $9.4 million | 1.0% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $8.6 million | 0.9% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $4.6 million | 0.5% |
| Indian School Equalization Assistance Listing 15.042 | $3.4 million | 0.3% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $3.2 million | 0.3% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $3.1 million | 0.3% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES Assistance Listing 32.004 | $2.7 million | 0.3% |
| Cancer Centers Support Grants Assistance Listing 93.397 | $2.2 million | 0.2% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $2.0 million | 0.2% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Arizona
Federal money to ArizonaUniversities in Scottsdale
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Scottsdale get?
- $993.8 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Scottsdale, AZ, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $4,090 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 243,006 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Scottsdale?
- The Department of Defense, with $736.1 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 (SCOTTSDALE) in AZ, 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 (Scottsdale city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.