City profileOklahomaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Tulsa get?
Tulsa received $1.3 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $3,099 per resident, 63rd of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $1.3 billion in awards whose place of performance is Tulsa, OK, about $3,099 per resident.
Tulsa is 54th 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 126.7% from FY2024 ($569.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 67.3%. The largest share came as contracts ($1.0 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($789.3 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($99.2 million). By this measure Tulsa ranks 63rd 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 TULSA, state OK). 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 Oklahoma page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Tulsa by year
Tulsa: $1.3B in FY2025, up 67% 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 | $485.3M | $138.8M | $108.9M | -$3.8M | $285,383 | $729.5M | – |
| FY2019 | $577.2M | $96.0M | $107.7M | -$10.0M | $96,853 | $771.1M | – |
| FY2020 | $612.5M | $171.3M | $124.2M | -$5.6M | $971,732 | $903.3M | $2,184 |
| FY2021 | $259.4M | $256.3M | $273.5M | -$60.5M | $396,194 | $729.1M | $1,765 |
| FY2022 | $378.1M | $171.1M | $114.1M | -$87.4M | $392,758 | $576.2M | $1,395 |
| FY2023 | $370.7M | $89.3M | $133.5M | -$85.4M | $608,144 | $508.7M | $1,228 |
| FY2024 | $317.1M | $186.3M | $152.6M | -$87.6M | $625,315 | $569.0M | $1,367 |
| FY2025 | $1.0B | $142.3M | $181.6M | -$73.6M | $874,372 | $1.3B | $3,099 |
| FY2026* | $234.9M | $95.8M | $175.2M | -$78.2M | $540,742 | $428.1M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Tulsa and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Wichita, KS | $1.3 billion |
| Oakland, CA | $1.3 billion |
| Tulsa, OK (this page) | $1.3 billion |
| McKinney, TX | $1.3 billion |
| El Paso, TX | $1.2 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Tulsa, 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 | $789.3 million | 61.2% |
| Department of Education | $107.4 million | 8.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $101.9 million | 7.9% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $82.2 million | 6.4% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $47.2 million | 3.7% |
| Department of Transportation | $29.4 million | 2.3% |
| Department of Commerce | $26.8 million | 2.1% |
| Department of the Interior | $22.7 million | 1.8% |
| Department of the Treasury | $21.0 million | 1.6% |
| Department of Agriculture | $18.3 million | 1.4% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $99.2 million | 7.7% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $56.9 million | 4.4% |
| Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs Assistance Listing 11.039 | $25.0 million | 1.9% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $19.1 million | 1.5% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $17.9 million | 1.4% |
| Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program Assistance Listing 10.754 | $12.2 million | 0.9% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $8.3 million | 0.6% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $8.3 million | 0.6% |
| State and Community Highway Safety Assistance Listing 20.600 | $8.0 million | 0.6% |
| Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Assistance Listing 93.530 | $4.9 million | 0.4% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Tulsa
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Tulsa get?
- $1.3 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Tulsa, OK, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $3,099 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 416,209 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Tulsa?
- The Department of Defense, with $789.3 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 (TULSA) in OK, 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 (Tulsa city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.