How much did DOGE cut from Colorado?

Colorado is estimated to have 435 federal contract and grant terminations totaling an estimated $1.5B in claimed savings, or $262 per resident. This is an estimate based on the state's proportional share of FY2025 federal spending.

How is the Colorado DOGE estimate calculated?

DOGE.gov's savings data does not report which state each termination is based in. We estimate Colorado's share by distributing DOGE's national claimed savings in proportion to the state's FY2025 total federal spending reported on USASpending.gov.

What is Colorado's rank for DOGE cuts?

Colorado ranks #20 nationally by total estimated DOGE savings and #40 by per-capita impact.

DOGE Impact All States

Colorado

Compiled by PlainSpending

DOGE Federal Cuts Impact

Estimated 435 federal contract and grant terminations, totaling $1.5B in claimed savings - 1.4% of national total.

That's $262 per resident, ranked #40 nationally.

Est. Total Savings

$1.5B

Rank #20 nationally

Terminations

435

1.4% of national total

Per Capita

$262

Rank #40 nationally

FY2025 Federal Spending

$70.2B

Basis for distribution

Award Deobligation Gazette

FPDS · USASpending · DOGE claimed

TOT

$1.5B

PCAP

$262

1.4%

TERMS

435

C-MIX

34.2%

G-MIX

65.8%

RANK$

#20

RANK/C

#40

Nearest savings peers

Indiana Arizona Minnesota Kentucky

Colorado vs nearest peers, claimed DOGE savings per resident

Low per-resident claimed cut

Colorado residents face a thin claimed cut of $262 each (#40 of 56 per capita).

Mid-volume states still host national contract and grant books. Use the per-capita rank (#40) and mix (34.2% contracts) to separate scale from intensity.

Attribution method: methodology (national DOGE totals × FY2025 USASpending.gov state share).

Grant-led terminations in Colorado

Estimated DOGE savings split: $517.5M from 114 contracts (34.2%) vs $994.4M from 321 grants (65.8%).

Colorado DOGE claimed savings by termination type

Contract Terminations

114 contracts

34.2%

$517.5M

Contracts contribute $517.5M of the claimed Colorado book.

Grant Terminations

321 grants

65.8%

$994.4M

Grants contribute $994.4M of the claimed Colorado book.

Top Federal Agencies in Colorado

Agencies with the largest federal spending in Colorado in FY2025, likely most affected by DOGE terminations.

1 Social Security Administration

2 Department of Health and Human Services

3 Department of Defense

4 Department of Veterans Affairs

5 Department of Agriculture

States With Similar DOGE Impact

States with estimated DOGE savings closest to Colorado.

State	Est. Savings	Per Capita	Terminations
Indiana	$1.5B	$214	436
Arizona	$1.4B	$199	403
Minnesota	$1.4B	$248	407
Kentucky	$1.4B	$305	371
Mississippi	$1.7B	$564	417

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Estimate Notice: DOGE.gov's API does not include state-level data. Figures for Colorado are estimated by distributing national DOGE savings proportionally to the state's FY2025 federal spending from USASpending.gov (U.S. Treasury). Actual impacts may vary.

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Data Sources: DOGE.gov Savings API (api.doge.gov) + USASpending.gov FY2025 Awards Data (U.S. Treasury).