How much did DOGE cut from Iowa?

Iowa is estimated to have 234 federal contract and grant terminations totaling an estimated $795.4M in claimed savings, or $249 per resident. This is an estimate based on the state's proportional share of FY2025 federal spending.

How is the Iowa DOGE estimate calculated?

DOGE.gov's savings data does not report which state each termination is based in. We estimate Iowa'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 Iowa's rank for DOGE cuts?

Iowa ranks #34 nationally by total estimated DOGE savings and #41 by per-capita impact.

DOGE Impact All States

Iowa

Compiled by PlainSpending

DOGE Federal Cuts Impact

Estimated 234 federal contract and grant terminations, totaling $795.4M in claimed savings - 0.7% of national total.

That's $249 per resident, ranked #41 nationally.

Est. Total Savings

$795.4M

Rank #34 nationally

Terminations

234

0.7% of national total

Per Capita

$249

Rank #41 nationally

FY2025 Federal Spending

$36.5B

Basis for distribution

Award Deobligation Gazette

FPDS · USASpending · DOGE claimed

TOT

$795.4M

PCAP

$249

0.7%

TERMS

234

C-MIX

28.4%

G-MIX

71.6%

RANK$

#34

RANK/C

#41

Nearest savings peers

Kansas Alaska Nebraska Hawaii

Iowa vs nearest peers, claimed DOGE savings per resident

Balanced contract/grant mix

Iowa's claimed terminations split near even: 28.4% contracts / 71.6% grants.

Mid-volume states still host national contract and grant books. Use the per-capita rank (#41) and mix (28.4% contracts) to separate scale from intensity.

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

Grant-led terminations in Iowa

Estimated DOGE savings split: $226.0M from 50 contracts (28.4%) vs $569.4M from 184 grants (71.6%).

Iowa DOGE claimed savings by termination type

Contract Terminations

50 contracts

28.4%

$226.0M

Contracts contribute $226.0M of the claimed Iowa book.

Grant Terminations

184 grants

71.6%

$569.4M

Grants contribute $569.4M of the claimed Iowa book.

Top Federal Agencies in Iowa

Agencies with the largest federal spending in Iowa 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 Agriculture

5 Department of Veterans Affairs

States With Similar DOGE Impact

States with estimated DOGE savings closest to Iowa.

State	Est. Savings	Per Capita	Terminations
Kansas	$785.6M	$267	220
Alaska	$833.1M	$1,136	256
Nebraska	$714.9M	$364	210
Hawaii	$686.5M	$472	186
Utah	$686.5M	$210	206

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Estimate Notice: DOGE.gov's API does not include state-level data. Figures for Iowa 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).