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How much federal money does the U.S. Virgin Islands get?
The U.S. Virgin Islands received $10.7 billion in federal money in FY2025.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), federal agencies obligated $10.7 billion in contracts, grants, loans and direct payments with a place of performance in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What the money is
That is up 53.4% from FY2024 ($7.0 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 537.2%. The largest share came as grants ($10.1 billion, 94.4% of the total). The agency obligating the most was the Department of Homeland Security with $9.7 billion, and the biggest single program was Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) (Assistance Listing 97.036) at $9.7 billion.
For FY2026, which ended on 30 September 2026, $1.4 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 the U.S. Virgin Islands by year
U.S. Virgin Islands: $11B in FY2025, up 537% 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 | $348.1M | $1.8B | $495.9M | $37.4M | $17.9M | $2.7B |
| FY2019 | $24.2M | $1.3B | $401.5M | -$5.7M | $2.4M | $1.7B |
| FY2020 | $96.4M | $1.9B | $530.1M | $140.8M | -$276,752 | $2.6B |
| FY2021 | $69.3M | $1.9B | $1.2B | $81.8M | -$1.3M | $3.2B |
| FY2022 | $41.9M | $1.3B | $488.3M | $2.0M | -$493,464 | $1.9B |
| FY2023 | $26.7M | $3.2B | $520.1M | $232,402 | $850,055 | $3.7B |
| FY2024 | $35.7M | $6.4B | $529.2M | $388,844 | $813,901 | $7.0B |
| FY2025 | $48.8M | $10.1B | $552.9M | $75,279 | $660,538 | $10.7B |
| FY2026* | $49.8M | $878.2M | $514.1M | $1.4M | $882,276 | $1.4B |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to the U.S. Virgin Islands, 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 Homeland Security | $9.7 billion | 90.3% |
| Social Security Administration | $431.7 million | 4.0% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $190.6 million | 1.8% |
| Department of Agriculture | $83.7 million | 0.8% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $73.9 million | 0.7% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $56.2 million | 0.5% |
| Department of Energy | $52.2 million | 0.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $51.0 million | 0.5% |
| Department of Education | $35.0 million | 0.3% |
| Department of Defense | $11.8 million | 0.1% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) Assistance Listing 97.036 | $9.7 billion | 90.1% |
| Social Security Retirement Insurance Assistance Listing 96.002 | $376.7 million | 3.5% |
| Grants to States for Medicaid Assistance Listing 93.778 | $123.4 million | 1.1% |
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Assistance Listing 10.551 | $59.8 million | 0.6% |
| State Energy Program Assistance Listing 81.041 | $51.1 million | 0.5% |
| Social Security Survivors Insurance Assistance Listing 96.004 | $29.4 million | 0.3% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $27.7 million | 0.3% |
| Social Security Disability Insurance Assistance Listing 96.001 | $25.5 million | 0.2% |
| Public Housing Operating Fund Assistance Listing 14.850 | $21.3 million | 0.2% |
| Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program Assistance Listing 66.616 | $20.0 million | 0.2% |
Where the money goes inside the U.S. Virgin Islands
Cities and universities with their own pages, by FY2025 federal awards.
Universities and colleges in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Questions and answers
- How much federal money did the U.S. Virgin Islands get in 2025?
- In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $10.7 billion in awards with a place of performance in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to USAspending.gov.
- Which federal agency spends the most in the U.S. Virgin Islands?
- The Department of Homeland Security, with $9.7 billion in FY2025 (90.3% of the total).
- What is the largest federal program in the U.S. Virgin Islands?
- Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) (Assistance Listing 97.036), with $9.7 billion obligated in FY2025.
- Has federal spending in the U.S. Virgin Islands gone up?
- Yes. FY2025 obligations of $10.7 billion compare with $1.7 billion in FY2019, a change of 537.2%.
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 = VI, 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.