PlainSpending

Florida Federal Spending

$325.1B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book (rank #2 of 56).

$325.1B total · $15,092 per capita · FY2025 · Ranked #2 total, #21 per capita · 3.4% below national avg

In FY2025, Florida received $325.1B in federal spending - $15,092 per capita, ranking #21 among 56 states and 3.4% below the national average. The most common award type is contracts, accounting for 42.2% of tracked awards. The top spending agency is Social Security Administration.

Florida · FY2025

Florida received $325.1B in federal spending in FY2025 - $15,092 per resident, 3.4% below the national average, with contracts the largest award category.

Total federal spending
$325.1B
#2 of 56 states
Per resident
$15,092
#21 per capita
Latest annual change
+$38.0B
FY2024 to FY2025 (+13.2%)
Top agency
Social Security Administration
$124.2B

Heavy absolute federal book

Florida sits #2 of 56 states by total federal spending ($325.1B).

According to USASpending.gov, the federal government directed a dense absolute book of $325.1B to Florida in FY2025 ($15,092 per resident across 21,538,187 people). Total-dollar rank #2 marks a heavy absolute footprint; per-capita rank is #21 (3.4% below the $15,622 national average).

The award-type mix by count: 220,048 contracts, 18,267 grants, 156,910 loans, and 50,834 direct payments. The most common award type is contracts at 42.2% of tracked awards in the state, with loans a distant second at 156,910 awards. Social Security Administration is the single largest federal agency operating in Florida, with $124.2B in obligations - more than Department of Health and Human Services's $105.3B.

Over the available history, federal spending in Florida has grown 17.0% from $277.9B in FY2020 to $325.1B in FY2025. Combined with 67 counties receiving dollars and top recipient Florida Agency for Health Care Administration at $22.8B, this snapshot lets readers judge whether Florida's federal footprint is expanding, stable, or being scaled back.

Figures are award-transaction data from USASpending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury). See our methodology for per-capita denominators and award categories.

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) + System for Award Management (SAM) Florida federal awards (contracts, grants, loans, direct payments) for FY2025 · 2025 USAspending.gov publishes award-level data within ~30 days of obligation; categories follow OMB Object Class Codes. Per-capita metrics use Census ACS population estimates as the denominator.

Where this large absolute book sits

Total Spending

$325.1B

Rank #2

Per Capita

$15,092

Rank #21

Population

21,538,187

Contract Awards

220,048

Grant Awards

18,267

Total Federal Spending

$325.1B

FY2025 obligations

Per Capita

$15,092

Rank #21

Counties Receiving

67

federal dollars

Top Agency Share

$124.2B

Social Security Administration

Florida award-type mix by count (FY2025)

Awards42.2%30.1%14.5%9.7%ContractsLoansOtherDirect PaymentsGrants
Per-state share of tracked federal awards BY COUNT across major OMB-aligned award types (not a dollar-value breakdown). Mandatory-vs-discretionary marker reflects the entitlement-vs-appropriated split.
Florida per-capita federal spending vs. national average 80.5%
National average

Compared against the national average of $15,622 per resident.

Awards by Type

Contracts is the most common award type at 42.2% of tracked awards in Florida (by count, not dollar value).

Contracts 220,048 awards (42.2%)
Loans 156,910 awards (30.1%)
Other 75,446 awards (14.5%)
Direct Payments 50,834 awards (9.7%)
Grants 18,267 awards (3.5%)

Comparison to National Average

Metric Florida National Avg Difference
Per Capita Spending $15,092 $15,622 -3.4%
Contracts Share 0.0% - -
Grants Share 0.0% - -

Fiscal Resilience Score

A single derived score summarizing how diversified and stable Florida's federal funding mix is, built from four signals already in this page.

B
Fiscal Resilience Score
72/100
Florida

A transparent derived index from USASpending.gov federal award data, not an official government rating. It measures how diversified and stable Florida's federal funding mix is across award types, agencies, and fiscal years, not whether that funding is well or poorly spent. Full formula and benchmark table: methodology.

Award-Type Mix A
70%
Diversification across contract/grant/loan/direct-payment/other award counts
Agency Mix D
72%
Diversification of obligated dollars across federal agencies operating in-state
Per-Capita Norm A+
3% from avg
Distance of per-resident federal spending from the national average
Funding Stability C
7.3% CV
Year-over-year spending volatility across 6 fiscal years

Top Federal Agencies in Florida

Federal agencies ranked by total spending in Florida during FY2025.

# Agency Spending % of Total
1 Social Security Administration $124.2B 38.2%
2 Department of Health and Human Services $105.3B 32.4%
3 Department of Defense $25.8B 7.9%
4 Department of Veterans Affairs $20.4B 6.3%
5 Department of Homeland Security $14.3B 4.4%
6 Department of Agriculture $10.0B 3.1%
7 Department of Education $5.6B 1.7%
8 Department of Housing and Urban Development $5.2B 1.6%
9 Department of Transportation $4.9B 1.5%
10 General Services Administration $1.7B 0.5%

Top Recipients in Florida

Organizations and entities receiving the most federal funds in Florida.

# Recipient Total Awards
1 Florida Agency for Health Care Administration $22.8B
2 Florida Department of Children and Families $7.6B
3 State of Florida Division of Emergency Management $5.8B
4 Florida Department of Education $3.2B
5 State of Florida Department of Transportation $2.8B
6 Wright National Flood Insurance Company $2.8B
7 Florida Department of Commerce $2.6B
8 Lockheed Martin Corporation $2.0B
9 Department of Agriculture && Consumer Services Florida $1.9B
10 Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation $1.3B
11 Florida Department of Health $1.1B
12 Loyal Source Government Services LLC $883.6M
13 County of Pinellas $830.6M

Spending Trends

The latest annual comparison is +$38.0B (+13.2%) from FY2024 to FY2025; this is a difference in recorded award obligations, not a claim about cause or local benefit. Federal spending in Florida increased 17.0% from FY2020 to FY2025.

$240B$260B$280B$300B$320B$340B FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025 $325B
Fiscal Year Total Spending Per Capita Population
FY2025 $325.1B $15,092 21,538,187
FY2024 $287.0B $13,326 21,538,187
FY2023 $277.5B $12,885 21,538,187
FY2022 $256.8B $11,922 21,538,187
FY2021 $297.6B $13,816 21,538,187
FY2020 $277.9B $12,903 21,538,187

Counties in Florida

67 counties ranked by federal spending in FY2025.

# County Total Spending Per Capita Population
1 Hillsborough County $48.7B $33,387 1,459,762
2 Duval County $39.4B $39,620 995,567
3 Miami-Dade County $25.1B $9,300 2,701,767
4 Orange County $16.6B $11,609 1,429,908
5 Pinellas County $14.0B $14,578 959,107
6 Brevard County $13.4B $22,151 606,612
7 Leon County $13.2B $45,184 292,198
8 Palm Beach County $11.2B $7,502 1,492,191
9 Broward County $10.5B $5,396 1,944,375
10 Lee County $7.3B $9,560 760,822
11 Pasco County $5.8B $10,245 561,891
12 Volusia County $5.7B $10,359 553,543
13 Sarasota County $5.6B $12,868 434,006
14 Polk County $5.4B $7,501 725,046
15 Manatee County $4.2B $10,591 399,710
16 Okaloosa County $4.0B $19,084 211,668
17 Marion County $3.7B $9,962 375,908
18 Collier County $3.7B $9,916 375,752
19 Lake County $3.7B $9,561 383,956
20 Escambia County $3.2B $10,025 321,905
21 St. Lucie County $2.9B $8,862 329,226
22 Seminole County $2.9B $6,152 470,856
23 Charlotte County $2.7B $14,376 186,847
24 St. Johns County $2.6B $9,545 273,425
25 Sumter County $2.6B $19,798 129,752
26 Alachua County $2.5B $8,870 278,468
27 Osceola County $2.2B $5,611 388,656
28 Hernando County $2.2B $11,091 194,515
29 Citrus County $2.1B $13,821 153,843
30 Bay County $2.1B $11,966 175,216
31 Clay County $1.9B $8,889 218,245
32 Indian River County $1.8B $11,365 159,788
33 Santa Rosa County $1.8B $9,490 188,000
34 Martin County $1.5B $9,445 158,431
35 Flagler County $1.4B $11,821 115,378
36 Highlands County $1.0B $10,343 101,235
37 Nassau County $955.2M $10,573 90,352
38 Monroe County $922.8M $11,136 82,874
39 Putnam County $641.3M $8,746 73,321
40 Walton County $621.2M $8,249 75,305
41 Columbia County $597.6M $8,574 69,698
42 Levy County $436.0M $10,160 42,915
43 Suwannee County $411.4M $9,463 43,474
44 Jackson County $374.3M $7,910 47,319
45 Gadsden County $352.0M $8,032 43,826
46 Okeechobee County $288.9M $7,288 39,644
47 Wakulla County $251.5M $7,447 33,764
48 Hendry County $224.8M $5,674 39,619
49 Desoto County $223.9M $6,589 33,976
50 Taylor County $214.4M $9,836 21,796
51 Bradford County $202.4M $7,150 28,303
52 Washington County $202.1M $7,981 25,318
53 Baker County $181.9M $6,438 28,259
54 Dixie County $174.8M $10,430 16,759
55 Holmes County $166.8M $8,489 19,653
56 Madison County $161.7M $8,998 17,968
57 Hardee County $155.2M $6,129 25,327
58 Gulf County $154.2M $10,863 14,192
59 Gilchrist County $138.6M $7,758 17,864
60 Franklin County $118.2M $9,490 12,451
61 Calhoun County $115.3M $8,451 13,648
62 Jefferson County $109.5M $7,543 14,510
63 Hamilton County $102.6M $7,328 14,004
64 Glades County $88.8M $7,323 12,126
65 Union County $72.4M $4,482 16,147
66 Liberty County $47.3M $5,930 7,974
67 Lafayette County $46.6M $5,659 8,226
DOGE impact for Florida → Per-capita rankings → Understanding federal spending →

States With Similar Per Capita Spending

States with per capita federal spending closest to Florida's $15,092.

Missouri

$15,232 per capita

$93.8B total

Massachusetts

$14,689 per capita

$103.3B total

Hawaii

$15,554 per capita

$22.6B total

Arizona

$15,678 per capita

$112.1B total

Alabama

$14,242 per capita

$71.6B total

Compare Florida to another state side-by-side →

States with similar total federal spending

Nearest nationwide peers by total obligation volume ($325.1B here) - a different axis from the per-capita neighbors above.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much federal spending did Florida receive in FY2025?

Florida received a heavy absolute book of $325.1B in FY2025 ($15,092 per capita; population 21,538,187).

What is the largest category of federal spending in Florida?

The most common award type is contracts, accounting for 220,048 awards (42.2% of tracked awards). The second-largest is loans at 156,910 awards.

How has federal spending in Florida changed over time?

Federal spending in Florida increased by 17.0% from FY2020 ($277.9B) to FY2025 ($325.1B).

How does Florida's federal spending per capita compare to the national average?

Florida's per capita federal spending of $15,092 is 3.4% below the national average of $15,622. Florida ranks #21 out of 56 states by per capita spending.

Where does Florida rank nationally in federal spending?

Florida ranks #2 out of 56 states in total federal spending and #21 in per capita spending. The state received $325.1B total ($15,092 per person) in FY2025.

Which federal agencies spend the most in Florida?

The top federal agency spending in Florida is Social Security Administration with $124.2B. Followed by Department of Health and Human Services ($105.3B) and Department of Defense ($25.8B).

How many counties in Florida receive federal spending?

67 counties in Florida receive federal spending. The county receiving the most is Hillsborough County with $48.7B.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and presented.

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