State profileFiscal year 2025Federal awards
How much federal money does Alaska get?
Alaska received $18.5 billion in federal money in FY2025: $25,027 per person, 2nd of 51.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), federal agencies obligated $18.5 billion in contracts, grants, loans and direct payments with a place of performance in Alaska, or $25,027 per resident.
Alaska ranks 2nd of 51 per resident
Federal awards per resident, FY2025, 50 states and DC, highest to lowest. Dashed line: US average.
What the money is
That is up 10.8% from FY2024 ($16.7 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 78.4%. The largest share came as grants ($8.3 billion, 45.1% of the total). The agency obligating the most was the Department of Health and Human Services with $4.6 billion, and the biggest single program was Grants to States for Medicaid (Assistance Listing 93.778) at $2.5 billion. Among the 50 states and DC, Alaska ranks 43rd by total and 2nd per resident (full ranking).
For FY2026, which ended on 30 September 2026, $18.8 billion has been reported so far. That figure will rise as late reports arrive, so the comparisons on this page use FY2025, the latest complete year.
These are award obligations recorded on USAspending.gov, the official source for federal award data. They include Social Security and other direct payments, Medicaid and other grants to the state, and federal contracts performed there. They do not include federal salaries, interest on the debt, or tax refunds.
Federal money to Alaska by year
Alaska: $18B in FY2025, up 78% 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 | $2.2B | $4.4B | $3.1B | $4.1M | $44.4M | $9.8B | – |
| FY2019 | $2.3B | $4.6B | $3.4B | $6.4M | $53.3M | $10.3B | – |
| FY2020 | $2.0B | $5.3B | $8.0B | $1.4B | $36.6M | $16.7B | $22,756 |
| FY2021 | $2.3B | $6.1B | $9.4B | $771.4M | $47.0M | $18.7B | $25,418 |
| FY2022 | $3.3B | $6.3B | $5.1B | $38.1M | $55.5M | $14.9B | $20,243 |
| FY2023 | $3.8B | $6.9B | $5.3B | -$4.6M | $78.1M | $16.2B | $22,010 |
| FY2024 | $3.8B | $7.3B | $5.3B | $75.6M | $97.1M | $16.7B | $22,612 |
| FY2025 | $3.9B | $8.3B | $6.1B | $118.8M | $68.2M | $18.5B | $25,027 |
| FY2026* | $4.2B | $7.3B | $7.2B | $1.3M | $50.7M | $18.8B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
How Alaska compares
Federal money per resident: Alaska and its states ranked closest per resident
FY2025, dollars per resident. Grey bars are other states; the dark bar is the US average.
| District of Columbia | $70,232 |
| Alaska (this page) | $25,027 |
| Virginia | $23,047 |
| Connecticut | $19,832 |
| US average (50 states + DC) | $11,781 |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Alaska, 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 Health and Human Services | $4.6 billion | 24.8% |
| Social Security Administration | $2.8 billion | 14.9% |
| Department of Defense | $2.5 billion | 13.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $1.8 billion | 9.5% |
| Department of Commerce | $1.2 billion | 6.6% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1.1 billion | 6.2% |
| Department of Agriculture | $852.0 million | 4.6% |
| Department of the Interior | $741.3 million | 4.0% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $515.8 million | 2.8% |
| Department of Education | $441.9 million | 2.4% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grants to States for Medicaid Assistance Listing 93.778 | $2.5 billion | 13.5% |
| Social Security Retirement Insurance Assistance Listing 96.002 | $2.2 billion | 12.1% |
| Tribal Self-Governance Program: IHS Compacts/Funding Agreements Assistance Listing 93.210 | $1.4 billion | 7.7% |
| Highway Planning and Construction Assistance Listing 20.205 | $1.1 billion | 5.8% |
| Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Assistance Listing 11.035 | $1.0 billion | 5.5% |
| Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability Assistance Listing 64.109 | $665.0 million | 3.6% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $354.2 million | 1.9% |
| Tribal Self-Governance Assistance Listing 15.022 | $247.1 million | 1.3% |
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Assistance Listing 10.551 | $224.3 million | 1.2% |
| Social Security Disability Insurance Assistance Listing 96.001 | $213.6 million | 1.2% |
Where the money goes inside Alaska
Cities and universities with their own pages, by FY2025 federal awards.
Cities in Alaska
- Anchorage$2.1B
Universities and colleges in Alaska
Questions and answers
- How much federal money did Alaska get in 2025?
- In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $18.5 billion in awards with a place of performance in Alaska, according to USAspending.gov.
- How much federal money does Alaska get per person?
- About $25,027 per resident in FY2025, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 population estimate of 737,270.
- Which federal agency spends the most in Alaska?
- The Department of Health and Human Services, with $4.6 billion in FY2025 (24.8% of the total).
- What is the largest federal program in Alaska?
- Grants to States for Medicaid (Assistance Listing 93.778), with $2.5 billion obligated in FY2025.
- Has federal spending in Alaska gone up?
- Yes. FY2025 obligations of $18.5 billion compare with $10.3 billion in FY2019, a change of 78.4%.
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 state = AK, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates (July 1 of each year). Per-resident figures use the estimate for the July inside the fiscal year.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.