How much did DOGE cut from Tennessee?

Tennessee is estimated to have 383 federal contract and grant terminations totaling an estimated $1.3B in claimed savings, or $187 per resident. This is an estimate based on the state's proportional share of FY2025 federal spending.

How is the Tennessee DOGE estimate calculated?

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

Tennessee ranks #26 nationally by total estimated DOGE savings and #53 by per-capita impact.

DOGE Impact All States

Tennessee

Compiled by PlainSpending

DOGE Federal Cuts Impact

Estimated 383 federal contract and grant terminations, totaling $1.3B in claimed savings - 1.2% of national total.

That's $187 per resident, ranked #53 nationally.

Est. Total Savings

$1.3B

Rank #26 nationally

Terminations

383

1.2% of national total

Per Capita

$187

Rank #53 nationally

FY2025 Federal Spending

$121.4B

Basis for distribution

Award Deobligation Gazette

FPDS · USASpending · DOGE claimed

TOT

$1.3B

PCAP

$187

1.2%

TERMS

383

C-MIX

25.1%

G-MIX

74.9%

RANK$

#26

RANK/C

#53

Nearest savings peers

Oklahoma Connecticut South Carolina Kentucky

Tennessee vs nearest peers, claimed DOGE savings per resident

Low per-resident claimed cut

Tennessee residents face a thin claimed cut of $187 each (#53 of 56 per capita).

Mid-volume states still host national contract and grant books. Use the per-capita rank (#53) and mix (25.1% contracts) to separate scale from intensity.

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

Grant-led terminations in Tennessee

Estimated DOGE savings split: $323.2M from 71 contracts (25.1%) vs $966.6M from 312 grants (74.9%).

Tennessee DOGE claimed savings by termination type

Contract Terminations

71 contracts

25.1%

$323.2M

Contracts contribute $323.2M of the claimed Tennessee book.

Grant Terminations

312 grants

74.9%

$966.6M

Grants contribute $966.6M of the claimed Tennessee book.

Top Federal Agencies in Tennessee

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

1 Department of Health and Human Services

2 Social Security Administration

3 Department of Energy

4 Department of Veterans Affairs

5 Department of Agriculture

States With Similar DOGE Impact

States with estimated DOGE savings closest to Tennessee.

State	Est. Savings	Per Capita	Terminations
Oklahoma	$1.3B	$323	385
Connecticut	$1.3B	$368	379
South Carolina	$1.2B	$239	333
Kentucky	$1.4B	$305	371
Minnesota	$1.4B	$248	407

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