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How much federal money does American Samoa get?
American Samoa received $586.2 million in federal money in FY2025.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), federal agencies obligated $586.2 million in contracts, grants, loans and direct payments with a place of performance in American Samoa.
What the money is
That is up 17.1% from FY2024 ($500.6 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 20.8%. The largest share came as grants ($416.3 million, 71.0% of the total). The agency obligating the most was the Department of Health and Human Services with $147.1 million, and the biggest single program was Grants to States for Medicaid (Assistance Listing 93.778) at $95.5 million.
For FY2026, which ended on 30 September 2026, $491.1 million 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 American Samoa by year
American Samoa: $586M in FY2025, up 21% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $28.2M | $211.1M | $102.2M | $1.3M | $198,919 | $343.0M |
| FY2019 | $35.5M | $335.7M | $108.0M | -$50,595 | $6.3M | $485.4M |
| FY2020 | $12.1M | $401.1M | $143.9M | $13.5M | $10.1M | $580.7M |
| FY2021 | $3.1M | $781.2M | $611.9M | $837,058 | $10.5M | $1.4B |
| FY2022 | $13.8M | $386.3M | $128.1M | $427,416 | $9.2M | $537.8M |
| FY2023 | $5.3M | $378.5M | $107.4M | -$505,053 | $3.5M | $494.2M |
| FY2024 | $19.8M | $364.4M | $115.6M | -$384,200 | $1.2M | $500.6M |
| FY2025 | $12.2M | $416.3M | $151.3M | $4.5M | $1.9M | $586.2M |
| FY2026* | $23.5M | $345.5M | $119.9M | $95,578 | $2.0M | $491.1M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to American Samoa, 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 | $147.1 million | 25.1% |
| Department of Agriculture | $76.9 million | 13.1% |
| Social Security Administration | $72.1 million | 12.3% |
| Department of Energy | $55.2 million | 9.4% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $48.3 million | 8.2% |
| Department of Education | $47.6 million | 8.1% |
| Department of the Interior | $46.0 million | 7.8% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $33.6 million | 5.7% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $29.9 million | 5.1% |
| Department of Transportation | $20.2 million | 3.4% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grants to States for Medicaid Assistance Listing 93.778 | $95.5 million | 16.3% |
| State Energy Program Assistance Listing 81.041 | $50.4 million | 8.6% |
| Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support Assistance Listing 66.600 | $47.4 million | 8.1% |
| Social Security Retirement Insurance Assistance Listing 96.002 | $42.0 million | 7.2% |
| Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories Assistance Listing 15.875 | $39.0 million | 6.7% |
| Consolidated Grant to the Outlying Areas Assistance Listing 84.403 | $33.1 million | 5.7% |
| Supply Chain Reimbursement Program Assistance Listing 32.010 | $30.2 million | 5.2% |
| Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability Assistance Listing 64.109 | $29.7 million | 5.1% |
| National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing 10.555 | $22.4 million | 3.8% |
| Social Security Disability Insurance Assistance Listing 96.001 | $17.5 million | 3.0% |
Questions and answers
- How much federal money did American Samoa get in 2025?
- In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $586.2 million in awards with a place of performance in American Samoa, according to USAspending.gov.
- Which federal agency spends the most in American Samoa?
- The Department of Health and Human Services, with $147.1 million in FY2025 (25.1% of the total).
- What is the largest federal program in American Samoa?
- Grants to States for Medicaid (Assistance Listing 93.778), with $95.5 million obligated in FY2025.
- Has federal spending in American Samoa gone up?
- Yes. FY2025 obligations of $586.2 million compare with $485.4 million in FY2019, a change of 20.8%.
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 = AS, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- The Census Bureau's annual population estimates do not cover this territory, so no per-resident figures are shown.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.