City profileMissouriFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does St. Louis get?
St. Louis received $10.0 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $36,073 per resident, 9th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $10.0 billion in awards whose place of performance is St. Louis, MO, about $36,073 per resident.
St. Louis is 3rd 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 18.5% from FY2024 ($12.3 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is down 18.2%. The largest share came as contracts ($8.7 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($8.4 billion), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($134.1 million). By this measure St. Louis ranks 9th 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 SAINT LOUIS, state MO). 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 Missouri page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to St. Louis by year
St. Louis: $10B in FY2025, down 18% 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 | $12.2B | $780.2M | $247.4M | -$2.6M | $112,801 | $13.3B | – |
| FY2019 | $11.3B | $797.2M | $220.4M | -$12.4M | $332,372 | $12.3B | – |
| FY2020 | $11.6B | $918.0M | $230.8M | -$6.7M | $3.5M | $12.8B | $42,574 |
| FY2021 | $8.8B | $1.1B | $776.4M | -$15.5M | $5.4M | $10.7B | $36,611 |
| FY2022 | $6.1B | $522.0M | $234.8M | -$10.4M | $9.8M | $6.8B | $23,889 |
| FY2023 | $10.4B | $880.0M | $251.6M | -$7.7M | $21.6M | $11.6B | $40,823 |
| FY2024 | $10.9B | $1.1B | $290.9M | -$322,781 | $2.2M | $12.3B | $43,890 |
| FY2025 | $8.7B | $1.1B | $295.9M | -$1.4M | $7.5M | $10.0B | $36,073 |
| FY2026* | $7.9B | $942.4M | $299.5M | $728,631 | $500,634 | $9.1B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
St. Louis and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Orlando, FL | $11.4 billion |
| San Diego, CA | $11.4 billion |
| St. Louis, MO (this page) | $10.0 billion |
| Atlanta, GA | $9.5 billion |
| Baltimore, MD | $9.3 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to St. Louis, 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 | $8.4 billion | 83.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $661.6 million | 6.6% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $370.7 million | 3.7% |
| Department of Education | $115.3 million | 1.1% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $99.9 million | 1.0% |
| Department of Agriculture | $76.3 million | 0.8% |
| Department of Energy | $62.2 million | 0.6% |
| Department of Justice | $58.7 million | 0.6% |
| National Science Foundation | $52.3 million | 0.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $51.0 million | 0.5% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $134.1 million | 1.3% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $109.9 million | 1.1% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $79.1 million | 0.8% |
| Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii Assistance Listing 14.228 | $78.1 million | 0.8% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $68.5 million | 0.7% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $50.1 million | 0.5% |
| Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience Assistance Listing 81.254 | $47.1 million | 0.5% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $45.0 million | 0.4% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $41.2 million | 0.4% |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847 | $40.1 million | 0.4% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in St. Louis
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does St. Louis get?
- $10.0 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in St. Louis, MO, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $36,073 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 278,144 people.
- Which agency spends the most in St. Louis?
- The Department of Defense, with $8.4 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 (SAINT LOUIS) in MO, 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 (St. Louis city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.