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Federal Spending in Texas

Federal agencies obligated $289B in Texas in fiscal year 2026, or $9,900 per person, 26th highest among states.

Total, FY 2026
$289B
-7.4% from FY 2025
Per person
$9,900
29,145,505 residents
Contracts
$102B
Grants
$31.3B

How the money is awarded

Fiscal year 2026, share of Texas federal obligations

  • Contracts$102B35.3%
  • Grants$31.3B10.8%
  • Direct payments$155B53.7%
  • Loans (subsidy cost)-$316M0.0%
  • Insurance and other$776M0.3%

Federal spending by county in Texas

Fiscal year 2026, by place of performance, largest first. A negative total means cancellations and reductions of earlier awards were larger than new awards (official net figure).

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#CountyTotalPer personContractsGrantsDirect payments
1Dallas County$43.74B$16,736$31.72B$820M$11.28B
2Harris County$25.97B$5,489$5B$2.4B$18.57B
3Tarrant County$25.93B$12,287$16.11B$310M$9.49B
4Bexar County$20.97B$10,436$8.4B$1.06B$11.5B
5Travis County$20.75B$16,082$1.2B$14.56B$4.85B
6El Paso County$10.3B$11,900$5.67B$185M$4.43B
7Brewster County$6.58B$689,662$6.52B$2.63M$62.57M
8Collin County$6.26B$5,882$1.33B$40.35M$4.92B
9Bell County$5.91B$15,940$1.89B$144M$3.86B
10Galveston County$5.87B$16,728$3.68B$123M$2.06B
11Fort Bend County$4.88B$5,927$32.15M$103M$4.74B
12Williamson County$4.75B$7,808$1.54B$99.84M$3.23B
13Hidalgo County$4.59B$5,268$1.24B$309M$3.03B
14Denton County$4.54B$5,009$104M$281M$4.15B
15Montgomery County$3.79B$6,115$22.61M$63.18M$3.69B
16Potter County$3.74B$31,566$3.04B$67.88M$589M
17Webb County$3.31B$12,373$2.02B$367M$913M
18Cameron County$2.86B$6,785$1.02B$78.87M$1.75B
19Starr County$2.71B$41,170$2.52B$9.4M$182M
20Nueces County$2.28B$6,449$196M$81.89M$2B
21Brazoria County$2.12B$5,702$80.87M$28.9M$2B
22McLennan County$2.07B$7,943$445M$88.6M$1.53B
23Hunt County$1.93B$19,316$1.28B$30.69M$623M
24Lubbock County$1.92B$6,180$22.28M$273M$1.59B
25Brazos County$1.82B$7,784$527M$327M$958M
26Comal County$1.76B$10,917$33.87M$25.24M$1.7B
27Val Verde County$1.57B$33,034$1.35B$1.99M$217M
28Smith County$1.56B$6,687$7.51M$80.63M$1.47B
29Hays County$1.51B$6,275$76.26M$55.65M$1.38B
30Guadalupe County$1.5B$8,708$11.1M$60.31M$1.42B
31Jefferson County$1.49B$5,817$123M$45.1M$1.32B
32La Salle County$1.49B$223,432$1.46B$6.23M$23.85M
33Ellis County$1.24B$6,454$931K$51.44M$1.19B
34Johnson County$1.14B$6,361$16.71M$31.18M$1.09B
35Hudspeth County$1.14B$354,515$1.13B$13.9M$21.87M
36Parker County$1.13B$7,601$36.03M$34.17M$1.05B
37Taylor County$1.12B$7,850$110M$165M$847M
38Wichita County$1.06B$8,174$209M$38.76M$808M
39Grayson County$955M$7,046$4.33M$19.26M$929M
40Randall County$919M$6,530$86.93M$64.37M$767M
41Kaufman County$863M$5,938$457K$16.14M$843M
42Gregg County$851M$6,850$1.17M$90.78M$757M
43Bowie County$844M$9,086$192M$63.62M$587M
44Coryell County$811M$9,760$227M$22.1M$560M
45Tom Green County$793M$6,610$40.77M$26.72M$717M
46Rockwall County$746M$6,920$27.57M$31.89M$685M
47Victoria County$711M$7,789$2.67M$41.46M$665M
48Midland County$654M$3,845$9M$41.92M$602M
49Ector County$640M$3,874$78.83K$63.8M$575M
50Henderson County$618M$7,527$0$2.3M$614M
51Hood County$593M$9,622$1.64M$4.5M$585M
52Kendall County$560M$12,651$68.29M$614K$489M
53Bastrop County$557M$5,729$9.31M$13.77M$531M
54Angelina County$548M$6,338$13.26M$9.51M$524M
55Polk County$535M$10,664$224K$8.49M$523M
56Liberty County$533M$5,812$503K$57.75M$473M
57Orange County$518M$6,102$2.73M$8.1M$504M
58Kerr County$481M$9,145$267K$4.35M$463M
59Nacogdoches County$454M$7,019$138K$83.37M$368M
60Wise County$451M$6,564$2.85M$4.04M$442M
61Wood County$446M$9,956$1.25M$4.75M$440M
62Burnet County$441M$8,972$3.59M$25.36M$410M
63Walker County$441M$5,766$11.48M$37.91M$390M
64San Patricio County$436M$6,338$219K$3.17M$431M
65Wilson County$418M$8,399$41.98K$24.36M$391M
66Harrison County$415M$6,023$4.76M$7.82M$400M
67Waller County$412M$7,249$60.02M$56.95M$289M
68Van Zandt County$398M$6,684$832K$16.07M$379M
69Medina County$390M$7,686$456K$20.55M$368M
70Maverick County$375M$6,484$154M$15.82M$205M
71Hardin County$365M$6,497$117K$1.26M$363M
72Anderson County$355M$6,137$33.21M$1.17M$318M
73Lamar County$342M$6,819$2.64M$14.88M$322M
74Matagorda County$336M$9,274$86.3M$29.31M$219M
75Navarro County$322M$6,125$511K$5.38M$312M
76Wharton County$316M$7,611$29.32K$73.51M$241M
77Rusk County$310M$5,937$36.2K$20.49M$289M
78Fannin County$306M$8,581$9.99M$59.69M$234M
79Washington County$300M$8,365$3.96M$6.66M$288M
80Cherokee County$299M$5,935$923K$3.5M$294M
81Cooke County$289M$6,939-$12.31M$26.89M$274M
82Hill County$284M$7,904$143K$11.99M$270M
83Gillespie County$282M$10,552$22.19M$3.38M$250M
84Atascosa County$276M$5,629$68.21K-$1.98M$277M
85Upshur County$276M$6,740-$51$5.42M$270M
86Brown County$269M$7,068$1.43M$5.3M$260M
87Chambers County$263M$5,654-$11.43M$15.13M$256M
88Austin County$254M$8,408$34.32M$2.42M$211M
89Jasper County$249M$7,536$2.29M-$296K$244M
90Bandera County$244M$11,701$885K$1.22M$234M
91Jim Wells County$243M$6,253$716K$2.9M$238M
92Cass County$241M$8,465-$27.58K$12.93M$228M
93Erath County$239M$5,613$34.9K$5.2M$232M
94Caldwell County$235M$5,130$75.01K$1.56M$230M
95Aransas County$235M$9,865$317K$1.18M$233M
96Lampasas County$233M$10,779$132K-$10.28M$241M
97Fayette County$232M$9,486$0$29.19M$202M
98Hopkins County$230M$6,252$309K$5.95M$221M
99Llano County$225M$10,598$3.85M$3.1M$217M
100Kleberg County$206M$6,629$8.43M$17.82M$179M
101Grimes County$205M$6,994$194K$8.74M$195M
102San Jacinto County$192M$7,016-$18.68K$2.46M$189M
103Palo Pinto County$185M$6,509$3.26M-$601K$181M
104Howard County$179M$5,131$12.38M$17.2M$149M
105Milam County$176M$7,118$0$2.69M$172M
106Colorado County$172M$8,387$246K$7.54M$164M
107Titus County$172M$5,504$7.4M$11.25M$153M
108Presidio County$167M$27,277$132M$4.56M$30.05M
109Hale County$165M$5,063$1.14M$1M$158M
110Uvalde County$164M$6,669$1.99M$1.08M$154M
111Bee County$163M$5,265$742K$21.36M$140M
112Callahan County$163M$11,909$0$44.99M$116M
113Bosque County$163M$8,937$1.22M$11.84M$149M
114Houston County$162M$7,356$351K$13.94M$147M
115Panola County$161M$7,140$0$6.12M$153M
116Leon County$158M$10,047$0$5.1M$151M
117Hockley County$157M$7,293$0-$281K$156M
118Burleson County$156M$8,824$413K$13.21M$142M
119Montague County$153M$7,683$0$1.38M$152M
120Calhoun County$151M$7,535$24.14M$1.1M$126M
121Limestone County$149M$6,731$0$6.55M$139M
122Tyler County$145M$7,334$1.89M$442K$142M
123Lavaca County$143M$7,045-$2,619$4.76M$138M
124Blanco County$139M$12,240$15.84M$8.55M$116M
125Freestone County$138M$7,104$269K$2.29M$134M
126Shelby County$137M$5,684$0$5.47M$131M
127Frio County$136M$7,400$39.95M$27.68M$68.22M
128Hutchinson County$133M$6,450$12.44M$3.02M$117M
129Eastland County$130M$7,338$0$671K$129M
130Kinney County$128M$40,786$103M$527K$23.8M
131Trinity County$127M$9,309$45.41K$1.99M$125M
132DeWitt County$123M$6,226$101K$3M$119M
133Young County$122M$6,801$0$6.75M$115M
134Gonzales County$120M$6,090$45.01K$9.72M$108M
135Willacy County$115M$5,705$23.2M$3.46M$87.67M
136Falls County$114M$6,697$8.83M$751K$103M
137Robertson County$113M$6,715$547K-$3.96M$114M
138Jackson County$111M$7,430$46.33K$18.98M$91.3M
139Jones County$111M$5,639$273K$9.33M$101M
140Duval County$110M$11,201$149K$50.35M$59.14M
141Gray County$109M$5,126$47.46K$997K$108M
142Gaines County$109M$5,026$51.54K$3.59M$102M
143Live Oak County$103M$9,098$3M$40.12M$59.15M
144Morris County$102M$8,559$0$2.97M$99.39M
145Terry County$102M$8,660$0-$995K$102M
146Lee County$102M$5,849-$321-$6.3M$108M
147Sabine County$99.85M$10,092$494K-$784K$99.97M
148Rains County$99.8M$8,204$0$673K$99.55M
149Madison County$99.26M$7,377$0$30.94M$68.39M
150Red River County$97.71M$8,433$961K$4.82M$89.95M
151Comanche County$97.4M$7,165$327K$1.33M$94.82M
152Camp County$94.07M$7,547$0$4.96M$88.53M
153Lamb County$85.4M$6,546$19.1K$827K$82.23M
154Scurry County$85.33M$5,040$0$1.02M$84M
155Marion County$84.25M$8,663$346K$3.65M$80.08M
156Karnes County$83.82M$5,698$94.7K$13.42M$70.13M
157Nolan County$83.58M$5,671-$13.56K$1.98M$79.53M
158Goliad County$81.96M$11,688$746K$28.3M$51.93M
159Reeves County$79.29M$5,376$467K$33.58M$44.63M
160Wilbarger County$78.34M$6,079$0$3.66M$74.32M
161Deaf Smith County$76.86M$4,136$1.63M$1.29M$72.39M
162Moore County$76.13M$3,564$2.9M$1.8M$69.39M
163Clay County$74.65M$7,306$0$2.13M$71.56M
164Archer County$73.84M$8,626$0$3.33M$68.81M
165Coleman County$73.78M$9,602$162K$6.03M$65.39M
166Runnels County$73.4M$7,415$0$5.2M$67.55M
167Franklin County$72.75M$7,023$0$1.09M$70.83M
168Andrews County$72.01M$3,869$7.31M-$1.44M$63.91M
169Newton County$71.41M$5,845$0$2.49M$68.7M
170Pecos County$70.74M$4,656$0$11.95M$56.44M
171San Augustine County$68.09M$8,600$0$4.87M$63.02M
172Somervell County$67.05M$7,284$1.65M$528K$64.84M
173Hamilton County$65.52M$7,969$49.39K$1.4M$63.42M
174Lynn County$63.82M$11,405$0$582K$61.61M
175McCulloch County$62.24M$8,158$0$2.83M$55.64M
176Zavala County$61.94M$6,406$0$20.99M$40.9M
177Castro County$60.53M$8,212$0$120K$58.22M
178Crosby County$60.44M$11,774$0$586K$57.59M
179Dallam County$58.41M$8,210$11.63M$2.43M$43.49M
180Refugio County$58.4M$8,663$6.18M$1.16M$49.21M
181Childress County$57.5M$8,628$11.13M-$789K$46.53M
182Haskell County$57.05M$10,534$341K$2.13M$53.13M
183Stephens County$56.6M$6,219$0$1.46M$54.5M
184Parmer County$56.02M$5,677$0$6.44M$49.58M
185Jack County$52.78M$6,230$0$1.11M$50.14M
186Swisher County$52.68M$7,558$0$3.01M$49.17M
187Carson County$50.17M$8,640$0$13.75M$36.29M
188Fisher County$49.63M$13,515$0$5.62M$40.28M
189Zapata County$47.8M$3,442$8,783$1.01M$45.86M
190Martin County$47.77M$9,121$0$9.29M$36.52M
191Ward County$47.72M$4,098$0$1.05M$46.56M
192Mitchell County$46.4M$5,162$0$5.4M$40.39M
193Floyd County$46.2M$8,552$0$307K$44.25M
194Crockett County$45.17M$14,581$0$22.41M$20.2M
195Dawson County$44.8M$3,597$324K-$5.22M$49.49M
196Yoakum County$42.02M$5,462$0$36.46K$41.79M
197Bailey County$41.74M$6,045$0$428K$40.58M
198Armstrong County$41.62M$22,521$0$8.92M$28.46M
199Mills County$40.96M$9,193$0$3.07M$37.29M
200San Saba County$40.27M$7,027$0$2.06M$37M
201Delta County$40.02M$7,652$0$2.61M$36.79M
202Kimble County$39.14M$9,133$236K$1.47M$34.71M
203Brooks County$38.44M$5,433-$29.79K$2.03M$35.7M
204Dimmit County$37.27M$4,327-$12.93M$7.44M$41.76M
205Ochiltree County$37.18M$3,713$0$490K$34.84M
206Mason County$36.49M$9,231$0$2.44M$32.54M
207Borden County$34.98M$55,441$0$145K$34.22M
208Concho County$34.63M$10,483$20K$2.22M$28.61M
209Coke County$34.07M$10,372$0$4.69M$25.62M
210Winkler County$33.11M$4,250$0$7.02M$26.08M
211Real County$33.02M$11,973$0$37.79K$32.32M
212Cochran County$32.34M$12,698$0$40.58K$31.65M
213Wheeler County$30.11M$6,035$1.53M$194K$28.37M
214Hansford County$29.78M$5,635$0-$3.12M$27M
215Garza County$28.34M$4,873$0$438K$27.08M
216Jim Hogg County$27.92M$5,770$198K$3.05M$24.25M
217Lipscomb County$27.75M$9,071$0$528K$25.53M
218Edwards County$27.1M$19,054$249K$3.12M$18.6M
219Culberson County$26.78M$12,240-$10.64K$16.43M$10.06M
220King County$26.63M$100,473$0$24.32M$1.77M
221Cottle County$24.7M$17,896$0$11.3M$13.14M
222Donley County$24.55M$7,537$0-$105K$24.67M
223Irion County$23.87M$15,778$0$3.95M$14.38M
224Shackelford County$23.67M$7,622$0$601K$19.47M
225Briscoe County$23.57M$16,425$0$42.66K$22.75M
226Hardeman County$23.45M$6,607$0$156K$23.07M
227Sherman County$23.36M$8,395$0$1.27M$21.84M
228Baylor County$23.04M$6,649$0$961K$21.89M
229Knox County$23.01M$6,864$115K$1.01M$21.31M
230Schleicher County$22.84M$9,318$0-$130K$17.51M
231Motley County$22.54M$21,208$0$3.06M$19.12M
232Hall County$22.26M$7,878$0$1.17M$20.97M
233Reagan County$22.03M$6,510$0$1.23M$20.27M
234Menard County$21.42M$10,918$0-$11.2K$15.44M
235Sutton County$19.48M$5,776$0$31.12K$19.23M
236Dickens County$19.23M$10,865$0$4.89M$14.24M
237Hemphill County$19.21M$5,680$14K$109K$18.34M
238Upton County$17.87M$5,401$0$79.02K$17.01M
239Crane County$17.53M$3,750$0$522K$16.66M
240Jeff Davis County$16.65M$8,341$553K$159K$15.77M
241Collingsworth County$15.97M$6,022$0-$1.2M$16.2M
242Stonewall County$15.56M$12,494$0$2.99M$12.28M
243Oldham County$15.12M$8,599$0$804K$13.95M
244Foard County$12.63M$11,534$0$91.31K$11.42M
245Throckmorton County$12.07M$8,383$1.72M$240K$9.26M
246Glasscock County$10.27M$9,199$0-$107K$9.73M
247Sterling County$10.15M$7,396$0$229K$6.96M
248Roberts County$8.32M$10,066$0$0$8.33M
249Kent County$7.57M$10,056$0$1.02M$5.86M
250McMullen County$6.89M$11,479$13.5K$2.49M$4.33M
251Terrell County$5.75M$7,563$0$16.3K$5.73M
252Kenedy County$1.33M$3,790$0$16.01K$1.31M
253Loving County$650K$10,153$0$116K$534K
254Hartley County-$46.71M-$8,679$0-$61.64M$14.93M

By congressional district

Fiscal year 2026

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DistrictTotalPer personContractsGrants
TX-01$5.21B$6,718$214M$324M
TX-02$69.24M$92$39.36M$11.06M
TX-03$3.16B$3,930$2.44B$40.08M
TX-04$2.7B$3,420$156M$138M
TX-05$2.48B$3,196$84.71M$44.58M
TX-06$2.96B$3,860$430M$78.28M
TX-07$2.31B$2,912$1.64B$476M
TX-08$1.01B$1,228$245M$24.94M
TX-09$926M$1,255$261M$602M
TX-10$2.89B$3,732$190M$440M
TX-11$4.78B$6,230$1.37B$248M
TX-12$14.65B$18,693$13.22B$119M
TX-13$7.35B$9,541$3.42B$218M
TX-14$7.48B$9,748$3.86B$172M
TX-15$1.77B$2,276$1.01B$184M
TX-16$10.24B$13,262$5.64B$180M
TX-17$5.86B$7,438$2.16B$217M
TX-18$1.35B$1,773$429M$336M
TX-19$4.99B$6,454$156M$524M
TX-20$4.48B$5,777$4.06B$198M
TX-21$5.04B$6,304$1.41B$145M
TX-22$5.28B$6,503$99.26M$197M
TX-23$13.66B$17,556$11.78B$230M
TX-24$1.99B$2,660$1.75B$175M
TX-25$2.64B$3,367$302M$590M
TX-26$650M$812$320M$50.89M
TX-27$5.83B$7,522$234M$1.31B
TX-28$8.28B$10,724$6.34B$425M
TX-29$193M$261$110M$16.75M
TX-30$1.82B$2,336$718M$431M
TX-31$5.24B$6,537$1.15B$151M
TX-32$448M$593$414M$12.32M
TX-33$30.97B$39,412$30.8B$17.61M
TX-34$3.48B$4,528$1.3B$93.83M
TX-35$1.85B$2,438$1.29B$252M
TX-36$3.82B$4,878$2.06B$85.03M
TX-37$12.82B$16,594$330M$12.44B
TX-38$651M$831$273M$123M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal money does Texas receive?
In fiscal year 2026, federal agencies obligated $288,546,852,111 for work done or benefits received in Texas, about $9,900 per resident. That includes $102B in contracts, $31.3B in grants and $155B in direct payments.
Which county in Texas gets the most federal spending?
Dallas County received the most, $43.74B, followed by Harris County ($25.97B).
Who are the largest federal recipients in Texas?
The largest recipients in fiscal year 2026 were HEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TX ($46.64B), LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION ($16.56B), MCKESSON CORPORATION ($13.36B).

Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury · Last updated 09/30/2026