How much did DOGE cut from Louisiana?

Louisiana is estimated to have 308 federal contract and grant terminations totaling an estimated $1.1B in claimed savings, or $228 per resident. This is an estimate based on the state's proportional share of FY2025 federal spending.

How is the Louisiana DOGE estimate calculated?

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

Louisiana ranks #30 nationally by total estimated DOGE savings and #46 by per-capita impact.

DOGE Impact All States

Louisiana

Compiled by PlainSpending

DOGE Federal Cuts Impact

Estimated 308 federal contract and grant terminations, totaling $1.1B in claimed savings - 1.0% of national total.

That's $228 per resident, ranked #46 nationally.

Est. Total Savings

$1.1B

Rank #30 nationally

Terminations

308

1.0% of national total

Per Capita

$228

Rank #46 nationally

FY2025 Federal Spending

$59.8B

Basis for distribution

Award Deobligation Gazette

FPDS · USASpending · DOGE claimed

TOT

$1.1B

PCAP

$228

1.0%

TERMS

308

C-MIX

32.8%

G-MIX

67.2%

RANK$

#30

RANK/C

#46

Nearest savings peers

District Of Columbia Oregon Arkansas South Carolina

Louisiana vs nearest peers, claimed DOGE savings per resident

Low per-resident claimed cut

Louisiana residents face a thin claimed cut of $228 each (#46 of 56 per capita).

Mid-volume states still host national contract and grant books. Use the per-capita rank (#46) and mix (32.8% contracts) to separate scale from intensity.

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

Grant-led terminations in Louisiana

Estimated DOGE savings split: $348.3M from 77 contracts (32.8%) vs $714.1M from 231 grants (67.2%).

Louisiana DOGE claimed savings by termination type

Contract Terminations

77 contracts

32.8%

$348.3M

Contracts contribute $348.3M of the claimed Louisiana book.

Grant Terminations

231 grants

67.2%

$714.1M

Grants contribute $714.1M of the claimed Louisiana book.

Top Federal Agencies in Louisiana

Agencies with the largest federal spending in Louisiana 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 Louisiana.

State	Est. Savings	Per Capita	Terminations
District Of Columbia	$1.1B	$1,581	285
Oregon	$989.4M	$234	300
Arkansas	$916.6M	$304	254
South Carolina	$1.2B	$239	333
Oklahoma	$1.3B	$323	385

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