City profileFloridaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does St. Petersburg get?
St. Petersburg received $3.3 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $12,600 per resident, 34th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $3.3 billion in awards whose place of performance is St. Petersburg, FL, about $12,600 per resident.
St. Petersburg is 14th 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 399.3% from FY2024 ($666.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 617.2%. The largest share came as insurance and other ($2.3 billion). The Department of Homeland Security obligated the most ($2.4 billion), and the largest program was Flood Insurance ($2.3 billion). By this measure St. Petersburg ranks 34th 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 PETERSBURG, state FL). 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 Florida page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to St. Petersburg by year
St. Petersburg: $3.3B in FY2025, up 617% 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 | $493.4M | $29.7M | $46.6M | -$41,344 | $0 | $569.6M | – |
| FY2019 | $390.2M | $24.0M | $49.6M | -$32,364 | $17,823 | $463.8M | – |
| FY2020 | $589.7M | $28.0M | $61.0M | $2.0M | $81,563 | $680.8M | $2,626 |
| FY2021 | $276.3M | $48.3M | $118.2M | $1.2M | $47.3M | $491.3M | $1,891 |
| FY2022 | $330.8M | $23.6M | $59.1M | -$16,987 | $460,931 | $414.0M | $1,576 |
| FY2023 | $368.4M | $32.2M | $79.9M | $558,221 | $257,819 | $481.4M | $1,817 |
| FY2024 | $434.1M | $28.5M | $85.7M | $236,564 | $117.8M | $666.3M | $2,506 |
| FY2025 | $841.0M | $28.0M | $95.4M | $56.6M | $2.3B | $3.3B | $12,600 |
| FY2026* | $360.5M | $181.8M | $90.1M | $15.4M | $89.7M | $737.5M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
St. Petersburg and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Norfolk, VA | $3.7 billion |
| Nashville, TN | $3.5 billion |
| St. Petersburg, FL (this page) | $3.3 billion |
| Kansas City, MO | $3.1 billion |
| Long Beach, CA | $3.0 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to St. Petersburg, 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 Homeland Security | $2.4 billion | 70.6% |
| Department of Defense | $734.6 million | 22.1% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $104.9 million | 3.2% |
| Small Business Administration | $55.6 million | 1.7% |
| Department of the Interior | $24.9 million | 0.7% |
| Department of Commerce | $15.6 million | 0.5% |
| Department of Labor | $11.4 million | 0.3% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $7.3 million | 0.2% |
| Department of Education | $7.0 million | 0.2% |
| Department of Justice | $4.7 million | 0.1% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Flood Insurance Assistance Listing 97.022 | $2.3 billion | 69.3% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $63.1 million | 1.9% |
| Disaster Assistance Loans Assistance Listing 59.008 | $55.6 million | 1.7% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $18.3 million | 0.5% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $11.8 million | 0.4% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $6.5 million | 0.2% |
| Mainstream Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.879 | $3.7 million | 0.1% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $1.8 million | 0.1% |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.243 | $1.8 million | 0.1% |
| Supportive Housing for the Elderly Assistance Listing 14.157 | $1.7 million | 0.1% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Florida
- Jacksonville$2.7B
- Miami$2.3B
- Tampa$6B
- Orlando$11B
- Port St. Lucie$26M
- Cape Coral$159M
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does St. Petersburg get?
- $3.3 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in St. Petersburg, FL, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $12,600 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 264,033 people.
- Which agency spends the most in St. Petersburg?
- The Department of Homeland Security, with $2.4 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 PETERSBURG) in FL, 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. Petersburg city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.