Where My Taxes Go

Federal awardsFiscal year 202550 states, DC and territories

How much federal money does each state get?

Federal contracts, grants, loans and direct payments by state and territory for fiscal year 2025, from USAspending.gov, excluding Medicare (recorded at claims processors, not where patients live). Together they add up to $4.07 trillion. Pick a state for its trend since FY2018, top agencies and largest programs.

All states and territories
$4.1T
$4.07 trillion
US average per resident
$11,781
50 states + DC
Highest per resident
DC
$70,232
Lowest per resident
Utah
$7,875

Federal money per resident, FY2025

Each square is a state, placed roughly where it is on the map. Darker means more federal awards per resident. Select a state to open its page.

Source: USAspending.gov; U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Full ranking per resident.

Every state and territory

State or territoryFY2025 totalPer residentChange vs FY2024
Alabama$68.7B$13,2367.4%
Alaska$18.5B$25,02710.8%
American Samoa$586.2M–17.1%
Arizona$98.0B$12,86011.5%
Arkansas$34.5B$11,07210.0%
California$440.4B$11,1898.4%
Colorado$67.7B$11,2649.7%
Connecticut$73.1B$19,83235.6%
Delaware$12.2B$11,5008.9%
District of Columbia$48.7B$70,232-20.4%
Florida$247.4B$10,54412.1%
Georgia$105.0B$9,29012.4%
Guam$4.9B–22.6%
Hawaii$22.0B$15,3892.4%
Idaho$21.8B$10,7635.7%
Illinois$125.3B$9,8504.8%
Indiana$72.6B$10,4118.4%
Iowa$36.4B$11,24212.9%
Kansas$30.8B$10,34011.0%
Kentucky$63.6B$13,8051.9%
Louisiana$56.1B$12,1414.4%
Maine$21.1B$14,9393.9%
Maryland$103.9B$16,588-8.2%
Massachusetts$93.0B$12,998-0.2%
Michigan$108.9B$10,7564.4%
Minnesota$60.2B$10,3289.8%
Mississippi$38.6B$13,0554.6%
Missouri$74.2B$11,837-0.8%
Montana$15.4B$13,4226.0%
Nebraska$21.8B$10,81015.7%
Nevada$33.1B$10,0747.8%
New Hampshire$17.0B$12,0275.1%
New Jersey$91.2B$9,5487.4%
New Mexico$40.7B$19,1373.1%
New York$243.0B$12,1501.8%
North Carolina$126.7B$11,31218.2%
North Dakota$10.5B$13,15020.8%
Northern Mariana Islands$178.7M–-74.5%
Ohio$124.2B$10,4339.7%
Oklahoma$49.4B$11,9827.5%
Oregon$51.7B$12,1045.0%
Pennsylvania$162.2B$12,4174.0%
Puerto Rico$28.9B$9,086-11.4%
Rhode Island$13.7B$12,3013.7%
South Carolina$63.5B$11,4066.9%
South Dakota$11.4B$12,1624.3%
Tennessee$78.0B$10,6667.3%
Texas$307.9B$9,71116.5%
U.S. Virgin Islands$10.7B–53.4%
Utah$27.9B$7,875-5.5%
Vermont$8.9B$13,7602.0%
Virginia$204.7B$23,0479.4%
Washington$88.5B$11,0655.5%
West Virginia$23.8B$13,499-0.2%
Wisconsin$61.7B$10,330-0.3%
Wyoming$7.0B$11,8766.9%

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by place of performance state, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.