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Federal Spending in Culberson County, TX
Federal agencies obligated $26.78M in Culberson County in fiscal year 2026, 219th highest of 254 counties in Texas.
- Total, FY 2026
- $26.78M
- -45.4% from FY 2025
- Per person
- $12,240
- TX average: $9,900
- Contracts
- -$10.64K
- Grants
- $16.43M
A negative total is the official net figure: in that fiscal year, cancellations and reductions of earlier federal awards were larger than new awards, so the net amount fell below zero. We show it as published by USAspending.gov.
How the money is awarded
Fiscal year 2026, share of Culberson County federal obligations
- Contracts-$10.64K0.0%
- Grants$16.43M61.3%
- Direct payments$10.06M37.6%
- Loans (subsidy cost)$00.0%
- Insurance and other$304K1.1%
Top federal recipients in Culberson County
Fiscal year 2026, all award types, by place of performance
Compared with other Texas counties
Fiscal year 2026, largest first
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| # | County | Total | Per person |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas County | $43.74B | $16,736 |
| 2 | Harris County | $25.97B | $5,489 |
| 3 | Tarrant County | $25.93B | $12,287 |
| 4 | Bexar County | $20.97B | $10,436 |
| 5 | Travis County | $20.75B | $16,082 |
| 6 | El Paso County | $10.3B | $11,900 |
| 7 | Brewster County | $6.58B | $689,662 |
| 8 | Collin County | $6.26B | $5,882 |
| 9 | Bell County | $5.91B | $15,940 |
| 10 | Galveston County | $5.87B | $16,728 |
| 11 | Fort Bend County | $4.88B | $5,927 |
| 12 | Williamson County | $4.75B | $7,808 |
| 13 | Hidalgo County | $4.59B | $5,268 |
| 14 | Denton County | $4.54B | $5,009 |
| 15 | Montgomery County | $3.79B | $6,115 |
| 16 | Potter County | $3.74B | $31,566 |
| 17 | Webb County | $3.31B | $12,373 |
| 18 | Cameron County | $2.86B | $6,785 |
| 19 | Starr County | $2.71B | $41,170 |
| 20 | Nueces County | $2.28B | $6,449 |
| 21 | Brazoria County | $2.12B | $5,702 |
| 22 | Mclennan County | $2.07B | $7,943 |
| 23 | Hunt County | $1.93B | $19,316 |
| 24 | Lubbock County | $1.92B | $6,180 |
| 25 | Brazos County | $1.82B | $7,784 |
| 26 | Comal County | $1.76B | $10,917 |
| 27 | Val Verde County | $1.57B | $33,034 |
| 28 | Smith County | $1.56B | $6,687 |
| 29 | Hays County | $1.51B | $6,275 |
| 30 | Guadalupe County | $1.5B | $8,708 |
| 31 | Jefferson County | $1.49B | $5,817 |
| 32 | La Salle County | $1.49B | $223,432 |
| 33 | Ellis County | $1.24B | $6,454 |
| 34 | Johnson County | $1.14B | $6,361 |
| 35 | Hudspeth County | $1.14B | $354,515 |
| 36 | Parker County | $1.13B | $7,601 |
| 37 | Taylor County | $1.12B | $7,850 |
| 38 | Wichita County | $1.06B | $8,174 |
| 39 | Grayson County | $955M | $7,046 |
| 40 | Randall County | $919M | $6,530 |
| 41 | Kaufman County | $863M | $5,938 |
| 42 | Gregg County | $851M | $6,850 |
| 43 | Bowie County | $844M | $9,086 |
| 44 | Coryell County | $811M | $9,760 |
| 45 | Tom Green County | $793M | $6,610 |
| 46 | Rockwall County | $746M | $6,920 |
| 47 | Victoria County | $711M | $7,789 |
| 48 | Midland County | $654M | $3,845 |
| 49 | Ector County | $640M | $3,874 |
| 50 | Henderson County | $618M | $7,527 |
| 51 | Hood County | $593M | $9,622 |
| 52 | Kendall County | $560M | $12,651 |
| 53 | Bastrop County | $557M | $5,729 |
| 54 | Angelina County | $548M | $6,338 |
| 55 | Polk County | $535M | $10,664 |
| 56 | Liberty County | $533M | $5,812 |
| 57 | Orange County | $518M | $6,102 |
| 58 | Kerr County | $481M | $9,145 |
| 59 | Nacogdoches County | $454M | $7,019 |
| 60 | Wise County | $451M | $6,564 |
| 61 | Wood County | $446M | $9,956 |
| 62 | Burnet County | $441M | $8,972 |
| 63 | Walker County | $441M | $5,766 |
| 64 | San Patricio County | $436M | $6,338 |
| 65 | Wilson County | $418M | $8,399 |
| 66 | Harrison County | $415M | $6,023 |
| 67 | Waller County | $412M | $7,249 |
| 68 | Van Zandt County | $398M | $6,684 |
| 69 | Medina County | $390M | $7,686 |
| 70 | Maverick County | $375M | $6,484 |
| 71 | Hardin County | $365M | $6,497 |
| 72 | Anderson County | $355M | $6,137 |
| 73 | Lamar County | $342M | $6,819 |
| 74 | Matagorda County | $336M | $9,274 |
| 75 | Navarro County | $322M | $6,125 |
| 76 | Wharton County | $316M | $7,611 |
| 77 | Rusk County | $310M | $5,937 |
| 78 | Fannin County | $306M | $8,581 |
| 79 | Washington County | $300M | $8,365 |
| 80 | Cherokee County | $299M | $5,935 |
| 81 | Cooke County | $289M | $6,939 |
| 82 | Hill County | $284M | $7,904 |
| 83 | Gillespie County | $282M | $10,552 |
| 84 | Atascosa County | $276M | $5,629 |
| 85 | Upshur County | $276M | $6,740 |
| 86 | Brown County | $269M | $7,068 |
| 87 | Chambers County | $263M | $5,654 |
| 88 | Austin County | $254M | $8,408 |
| 89 | Jasper County | $249M | $7,536 |
| 90 | Bandera County | $244M | $11,701 |
| 91 | Jim Wells County | $243M | $6,253 |
| 92 | Cass County | $241M | $8,465 |
| 93 | Erath County | $239M | $5,613 |
| 94 | Caldwell County | $235M | $5,130 |
| 95 | Aransas County | $235M | $9,865 |
| 96 | Lampasas County | $233M | $10,779 |
| 97 | Fayette County | $232M | $9,486 |
| 98 | Hopkins County | $230M | $6,252 |
| 99 | Llano County | $225M | $10,598 |
| 100 | Kleberg County | $206M | $6,629 |
| 101 | Grimes County | $205M | $6,994 |
| 102 | San Jacinto County | $192M | $7,016 |
| 103 | Palo Pinto County | $185M | $6,509 |
| 104 | Howard County | $179M | $5,131 |
| 105 | Milam County | $176M | $7,118 |
| 106 | Colorado County | $172M | $8,387 |
| 107 | Titus County | $172M | $5,504 |
| 108 | Presidio County | $167M | $27,277 |
| 109 | Hale County | $165M | $5,063 |
| 110 | Uvalde County | $164M | $6,669 |
| 111 | Bee County | $163M | $5,265 |
| 112 | Callahan County | $163M | $11,909 |
| 113 | Bosque County | $163M | $8,937 |
| 114 | Houston County | $162M | $7,356 |
| 115 | Panola County | $161M | $7,140 |
| 116 | Leon County | $158M | $10,047 |
| 117 | Hockley County | $157M | $7,293 |
| 118 | Burleson County | $156M | $8,824 |
| 119 | Montague County | $153M | $7,683 |
| 120 | Calhoun County | $151M | $7,535 |
| 121 | Limestone County | $149M | $6,731 |
| 122 | Tyler County | $145M | $7,334 |
| 123 | Lavaca County | $143M | $7,045 |
| 124 | Blanco County | $139M | $12,240 |
| 125 | Freestone County | $138M | $7,104 |
| 126 | Shelby County | $137M | $5,684 |
| 127 | Frio County | $136M | $7,400 |
| 128 | Hutchinson County | $133M | $6,450 |
| 129 | Eastland County | $130M | $7,338 |
| 130 | Kinney County | $128M | $40,786 |
| 131 | Trinity County | $127M | $9,309 |
| 132 | Dewitt County | $123M | $6,226 |
| 133 | Young County | $122M | $6,801 |
| 134 | Gonzales County | $120M | $6,090 |
| 135 | Willacy County | $115M | $5,705 |
| 136 | Falls County | $114M | $6,697 |
| 137 | Robertson County | $113M | $6,715 |
| 138 | Jackson County | $111M | $7,430 |
| 139 | Jones County | $111M | $5,639 |
| 140 | Duval County | $110M | $11,201 |
| 141 | Gray County | $109M | $5,126 |
| 142 | Gaines County | $109M | $5,026 |
| 143 | Live Oak County | $103M | $9,098 |
| 144 | Morris County | $102M | $8,559 |
| 145 | Terry County | $102M | $8,660 |
| 146 | Lee County | $102M | $5,849 |
| 147 | Sabine County | $99.85M | $10,092 |
| 148 | Rains County | $99.8M | $8,204 |
| 149 | Madison County | $99.26M | $7,377 |
| 150 | Red River County | $97.71M | $8,433 |
| 151 | Comanche County | $97.4M | $7,165 |
| 152 | Camp County | $94.07M | $7,547 |
| 153 | Lamb County | $85.4M | $6,546 |
| 154 | Scurry County | $85.33M | $5,040 |
| 155 | Marion County | $84.25M | $8,663 |
| 156 | Karnes County | $83.82M | $5,698 |
| 157 | Nolan County | $83.58M | $5,671 |
| 158 | Goliad County | $81.96M | $11,688 |
| 159 | Reeves County | $79.29M | $5,376 |
| 160 | Wilbarger County | $78.34M | $6,079 |
| 161 | Deaf Smith County | $76.86M | $4,136 |
| 162 | Moore County | $76.13M | $3,564 |
| 163 | Clay County | $74.65M | $7,306 |
| 164 | Archer County | $73.84M | $8,626 |
| 165 | Coleman County | $73.78M | $9,602 |
| 166 | Runnels County | $73.4M | $7,415 |
| 167 | Franklin County | $72.75M | $7,023 |
| 168 | Andrews County | $72.01M | $3,869 |
| 169 | Newton County | $71.41M | $5,845 |
| 170 | Pecos County | $70.74M | $4,656 |
| 171 | San Augustine County | $68.09M | $8,600 |
| 172 | Somervell County | $67.05M | $7,284 |
| 173 | Hamilton County | $65.52M | $7,969 |
| 174 | Lynn County | $63.82M | $11,405 |
| 175 | Mcculloch County | $62.24M | $8,158 |
| 176 | Zavala County | $61.94M | $6,406 |
| 177 | Castro County | $60.53M | $8,212 |
| 178 | Crosby County | $60.44M | $11,774 |
| 179 | Dallam County | $58.41M | $8,210 |
| 180 | Refugio County | $58.4M | $8,663 |
| 181 | Childress County | $57.5M | $8,628 |
| 182 | Haskell County | $57.05M | $10,534 |
| 183 | Stephens County | $56.6M | $6,219 |
| 184 | Parmer County | $56.02M | $5,677 |
| 185 | Jack County | $52.78M | $6,230 |
| 186 | Swisher County | $52.68M | $7,558 |
| 187 | Carson County | $50.17M | $8,640 |
| 188 | Fisher County | $49.63M | $13,515 |
| 189 | Zapata County | $47.8M | $3,442 |
| 190 | Martin County | $47.77M | $9,121 |
| 191 | Ward County | $47.72M | $4,098 |
| 192 | Mitchell County | $46.4M | $5,162 |
| 193 | Floyd County | $46.2M | $8,552 |
| 194 | Crockett County | $45.17M | $14,581 |
| 195 | Dawson County | $44.8M | $3,597 |
| 196 | Yoakum County | $42.02M | $5,462 |
| 197 | Bailey County | $41.74M | $6,045 |
| 198 | Armstrong County | $41.62M | $22,521 |
| 199 | Mills County | $40.96M | $9,193 |
| 200 | San Saba County | $40.27M | $7,027 |
| 201 | Delta County | $40.02M | $7,652 |
| 202 | Kimble County | $39.14M | $9,133 |
| 203 | Brooks County | $38.44M | $5,433 |
| 204 | Dimmit County | $37.27M | $4,327 |
| 205 | Ochiltree County | $37.18M | $3,713 |
| 206 | Mason County | $36.49M | $9,231 |
| 207 | Borden County | $34.98M | $55,441 |
| 208 | Concho County | $34.63M | $10,483 |
| 209 | Coke County | $34.07M | $10,372 |
| 210 | Winkler County | $33.11M | $4,250 |
| 211 | Real County | $33.02M | $11,973 |
| 212 | Cochran County | $32.34M | $12,698 |
| 213 | Wheeler County | $30.11M | $6,035 |
| 214 | Hansford County | $29.78M | $5,635 |
| 215 | Garza County | $28.34M | $4,873 |
| 216 | Jim Hogg County | $27.92M | $5,770 |
| 217 | Lipscomb County | $27.75M | $9,071 |
| 218 | Edwards County | $27.1M | $19,054 |
| 219 | Culberson CountyThis county | $26.78M | $12,240 |
| 220 | King County | $26.63M | $100,473 |
| 221 | Cottle County | $24.7M | $17,896 |
Frequently asked questions
- How much federal money goes to Culberson County?
- In fiscal year 2026, federal agencies obligated $26,780,431 for work done or benefits received in Culberson County, about $12,240 per resident.
- Who receives the most federal money in Culberson County?
- The largest recipients were TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ($16.23M), TOWN OF VAN HORN HOUSING AUTHORITY ($195K), FIBERLIGHT LLC ($18.72K).
- What are direct payments?
- Direct payments are federal money paid straight to people or organizations, such as Social Security, farm payments and some disaster aid. In Culberson County they totaled $10.06M in fiscal year 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury · Last updated 09/30/2026 · Per-person figures use a population of 2,188.