City profileKansasFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Wichita get?
Wichita received $1.3 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $3,260 per resident, 61st of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $1.3 billion in awards whose place of performance is Wichita, KS, about $3,260 per resident.
Wichita is 52nd 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 27.8% from FY2024 ($1.0 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 146.9%. The largest share came as contracts ($1.0 billion). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($736.4 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($54.1 million). By this measure Wichita ranks 61st 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 WICHITA, state KS). 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 Kansas page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Wichita by year
Wichita: $1.3B in FY2025, up 147% 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 | $403.4M | $47.1M | $66.7M | -$186,957 | $2.4M | $519.5M | – |
| FY2019 | $360.9M | $90.6M | $78.4M | -$581,223 | $137,058 | $529.4M | – |
| FY2020 | $362.4M | $99.6M | $69.8M | $1.4M | $288,228 | $533.5M | $1,340 |
| FY2021 | $470.7M | $225.1M | $134.9M | $382,573 | $245,790 | $831.4M | $2,095 |
| FY2022 | $735.1M | $165.7M | $67.9M | $8,942 | $12.0M | $980.7M | $2,476 |
| FY2023 | $574.6M | $105.5M | $70.3M | -$566,717 | $76.2M | $826.0M | $2,080 |
| FY2024 | $745.0M | $136.5M | $86.9M | -$85,758 | $54.6M | $1.0B | $2,559 |
| FY2025 | $1.0B | $128.9M | $100.6M | $14.3M | $26.8M | $1.3B | $3,260 |
| FY2026* | $292.4M | $74.9M | $93.2M | $157,139 | $65.9M | $526.6M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Wichita and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Lincoln, NE | $1.4 billion |
| San Jose, CA | $1.3 billion |
| Wichita, KS (this page) | $1.3 billion |
| Oakland, CA | $1.3 billion |
| Tulsa, OK | $1.3 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Wichita, 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 | $736.4 million | 56.3% |
| Department of Transportation | $177.4 million | 13.6% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $100.5 million | 7.7% |
| Department of Education | $69.4 million | 5.3% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $62.2 million | 4.8% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $46.4 million | 3.5% |
| Department of Agriculture | $40.3 million | 3.1% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $32.4 million | 2.5% |
| Department of Energy | $15.4 million | 1.2% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $7.7 million | 0.6% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $54.1 million | 4.1% |
| Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 12.630 | $25.6 million | 2.0% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $24.1 million | 1.8% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $23.5 million | 1.8% |
| Conservation Research and Development Assistance Listing 81.086 | $15.0 million | 1.1% |
| Powering Affordable Reliable Technology Energy Program Assistance Listing 10.757 | $13.2 million | 1.0% |
| Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600 | $12.7 million | 1.0% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $11.6 million | 0.9% |
| Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program Assistance Listing 10.754 | $6.1 million | 0.5% |
| Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Assistance Listing 84.334 | $6.1 million | 0.5% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Wichita
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Wichita get?
- $1.3 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in Wichita, KS, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $3,260 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 400,987 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Wichita?
- The Department of Defense, with $736.4 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 (WICHITA) in KS, 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 (Wichita city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.