PlainSpending

Louisiana Federal Spending

$12,840 per resident in FY2025, rank #33 per capita.

$59.8B total · $12,840 per capita · FY2025 · Ranked #28 total, #33 per capita · 17.8% below national avg

In FY2025, Louisiana received $59.8B in federal spending - $12,840 per capita, ranking #33 among 56 states and 17.8% below the national average. The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 49.9% of tracked awards. The top spending agency is Social Security Administration.

Louisiana · FY2025

Louisiana received $59.8B in federal spending in FY2025 - $12,840 per resident, 17.8% below the national average, with direct payments the largest award category.

Total federal spending
$59.8B
#28 of 56 states
Per resident
$12,840
#33 per capita
Latest annual change
+$3.5B
FY2024 to FY2025 (+6.2%)
Top agency
Social Security Administration
$21.7B

Mid per-resident intensity

Louisiana sits mid-band on per-capita spending (#33 of 56, $12,840).

According to USASpending.gov, Louisiana received $59.8B in FY2025 ($12,840 per resident; population 4,657,757). Total rank #28 and per-capita rank #33 (17.8% below the $15,622 national average) show volume vs intensity.

The award-type mix by count: 31,991 contracts, 7,101 grants, 9,322 loans, and 54,942 direct payments. The most common award type is direct payments at 49.9% of tracked awards in the state, with contracts a distant second at 31,991 awards. Social Security Administration is the single largest federal agency operating in Louisiana, with $21.7B in obligations - more than Department of Health and Human Services's $19.9B.

Over the available history, federal spending in Louisiana has grown 4.9% from $57.0B in FY2020 to $59.8B in FY2025 - from a below-average intensity baseline. Combined with 64 counties and top recipient Lousiana Department of Health at $14.6B, the trail shows whether the light intensity is closing the gap.

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) Louisiana 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.

How does this state compare on intensity?

Total Spending

$59.8B

Rank #28

Per Capita

$12,840

Rank #33

Population

4,657,757

Contract Awards

31,991

Grant Awards

7,101

Total Federal Spending

$59.8B

FY2025 obligations

Per Capita

$12,840

Rank #33

Counties Receiving

64

federal dollars

Top Agency Share

$21.7B

Social Security Administration

Louisiana award-type mix by count (FY2025)

Awards49.9%29%8.5%Direct PaymentsContractsLoansGrantsOther
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.
Louisiana per-capita federal spending vs. national average 68.5%
National average

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

Awards by Type

Direct Payments is the most common award type at 49.9% of tracked awards in Louisiana (by count, not dollar value).

Direct Payments 54,942 awards (49.9%)
Contracts 31,991 awards (29.0%)
Loans 9,322 awards (8.5%)
Grants 7,101 awards (6.4%)
Other 6,819 awards (6.2%)

Comparison to National Average

Metric Louisiana National Avg Difference
Per Capita Spending $12,840 $15,622 -17.8%
Contracts Share 0.0% - -
Grants Share 0.0% - -

Fiscal Resilience Score

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

C
Fiscal Resilience Score
59/100
Louisiana

A transparent derived index from USASpending.gov federal award data, not an official government rating. It measures how diversified and stable Louisiana'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 B-
65%
Diversification across contract/grant/loan/direct-payment/other award counts
Agency Mix C-
73%
Diversification of obligated dollars across federal agencies operating in-state
Per-Capita Norm B-
18% from avg
Distance of per-resident federal spending from the national average
Funding Stability D
8.0% CV
Year-over-year spending volatility across 6 fiscal years

Top Federal Agencies in Louisiana

Federal agencies ranked by total spending in Louisiana during FY2025.

# Agency Spending % of Total
1 Social Security Administration $21.7B 36.2%
2 Department of Health and Human Services $19.9B 33.3%
3 Department of Defense $3.6B 6.0%
4 Department of Agriculture $3.3B 5.5%
5 Department of Veterans Affairs $3.2B 5.4%
6 Department of Education $1.7B 2.8%
7 Department of Transportation $1.5B 2.6%
8 Department of Homeland Security $1.3B 2.1%
9 Department of Housing and Urban Development $1.1B 1.8%
10 Department of Energy $969.4M 1.6%

Top Recipients in Louisiana

Organizations and entities receiving the most federal funds in Louisiana.

# Recipient Total Awards
1 Lousiana Department of Health $14.6B
2 Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services $2.2B
3 LA Dept. of Admin $1.6B
4 Transportation && Development Louisiana D $1.1B
5 Textron Systems CORP $1.1B
6 Homeland Security && Emergency $806.5M
7 Health, Louisiana Department Of $346.5M
8 Vale USA LLC $282.9M
9 Housing Authority of New Orleans $277.9M
10 State of Louisiana Department of Natural Resources $263.4M
11 Coastal Protection && Restoration Authority of Louisiana $251.3M
12 Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.l.c. $174.9M
13 Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, LLC $170.8M

Spending Trends

The latest annual comparison is +$3.5B (+6.2%) from FY2024 to FY2025; this is a difference in recorded award obligations, not a claim about cause or local benefit. Federal spending in Louisiana increased 4.9% from FY2020 to FY2025.

$50B$55B$60B$65B$70B FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025 $60B
Fiscal Year Total Spending Per Capita Population
FY2025 $59.8B $12,840 4,657,757
FY2024 $56.3B $12,090 4,657,757
FY2023 $59.2B $12,706 4,657,757
FY2022 $54.0B $11,595 4,657,757
FY2021 $69.0B $14,803 4,657,757
FY2020 $57.0B $12,239 4,657,757

Counties in Louisiana

64 counties ranked by federal spending in FY2025.

# County Total Spending Per Capita Population
1 Jefferson Parish $5.9B $13,470 440,781
2 East Baton Rouge Parish $5.5B $11,976 456,781
3 Orleans Parish $4.6B $11,854 383,997
4 St. Tammany Parish $2.1B $7,885 264,570
5 Caddo Parish $1.7B $7,068 237,848
6 Lafayette Parish $1.5B $6,169 241,753
7 Calcasieu Parish $1.3B $6,131 216,785
8 Bossier Parish $1.2B $9,263 128,746
9 Ouachita Parish $1.1B $6,653 160,368
10 Rapides Parish $966.2M $7,431 130,023
11 Lafourche Parish $838.3M $8,593 97,557
12 Livingston Parish $822.4M $5,780 142,282
13 Tangipahoa Parish $811.2M $6,092 133,157
14 Ascension Parish $797.5M $6,304 126,500
15 Terrebonne Parish $772.0M $7,045 109,580
16 Vernon Parish $595.6M $12,217 48,750
17 St. Landry Parish $580.7M $7,035 82,540
18 St. Mary Parish $568.5M $11,507 49,406
19 Iberia Parish $460.4M $6,584 69,929
20 St. James Parish $448.6M $22,216 20,192
21 Acadia Parish $384.4M $6,676 57,576
22 West Baton Rouge Parish $367.6M $13,514 27,199
23 St. Charles Parish $366.8M $6,979 52,549
24 Vermilion Parish $352.8M $6,151 57,359
25 St. Martin Parish $333.6M $6,445 51,767
26 Plaquemines Parish $328.8M $13,981 23,515
27 Lincoln Parish $319.1M $6,594 48,396
28 St. John the Baptist Parish $310.0M $7,299 42,477
29 Natchitoches Parish $282.5M $7,530 37,515
30 Washington Parish $281.6M $6,194 45,463
31 Avoyelles Parish $278.8M $7,023 39,693
32 Webster Parish $273.4M $7,396 36,967
33 St. Bernard Parish $251.6M $5,750 43,764
34 Beauregard Parish $246.9M $6,756 36,549
35 Evangeline Parish $216.9M $6,706 32,350
36 Morehouse Parish $205.0M $8,001 25,629
37 Jefferson Davis Parish $202.8M $6,288 32,250
38 Iberville Parish $194.5M $6,431 30,241
39 De Soto Parish $190.8M $7,115 26,812
40 Sabine Parish $171.2M $7,727 22,155
41 Allen Parish $160.5M $7,053 22,750
42 Pointe Coupee Parish $154.5M $7,442 20,758
43 Union Parish $150.3M $7,119 21,107
44 Concordia Parish $149.4M $7,996 18,687
45 East Feliciana Parish $148.1M $7,580 19,539
46 Grant Parish $138.3M $6,240 22,169
47 Assumption Parish $132.5M $6,298 21,039
48 Richland Parish $131.8M $6,577 20,043
49 Franklin Parish $130.4M $6,596 19,774
50 Jackson Parish $103.1M $6,860 15,031
51 Bienville Parish $101.5M $7,817 12,981
52 Lasalle Parish $93.6M $6,331 14,791
53 Claiborne Parish $89.5M $6,317 14,170
54 Winn Parish $85.7M $6,234 13,755
55 Madison Parish $83.6M $8,346 10,017
56 St. Helena Parish $81.9M $7,499 10,920
57 West Carroll Parish $79.6M $8,160 9,751
58 Caldwell Parish $74.0M $7,671 9,645
59 Cameron Parish $67.7M $12,056 5,617
60 Catahoula Parish $64.9M $7,289 8,906
61 West Feliciana Parish $63.1M $4,123 15,310
62 Red River Parish $54.2M $7,109 7,620
63 Tensas Parish $45.0M $10,840 4,147
64 East Carroll Parish $42.6M $5,715 7,459
DOGE impact for Louisiana → Per-capita rankings → Why spending varies by state →

States With Similar Per Capita Spending

States with per capita federal spending closest to Louisiana's $12,840.

South Dakota

$12,944 per capita

$11.5B total

New York

$12,978 per capita

$262.2B total

Oklahoma

$12,682 per capita

$50.2B total

Mississippi

$13,008 per capita

$38.5B total

Michigan

$12,538 per capita

$126.3B total

Compare Louisiana to another state side-by-side →

States with similar total federal spending

Nearest nationwide peers by total obligation volume ($59.8B here) - a different axis from the per-capita neighbors above.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Louisiana rank nationally in federal spending?

Louisiana ranks #28 out of 56 states in total federal spending and #33 in per capita spending. The state received $59.8B total ($12,840 per person) in FY2025.

Which federal agencies spend the most in Louisiana?

The top federal agency spending in Louisiana is Social Security Administration with $21.7B. Followed by Department of Health and Human Services ($19.9B) and Department of Defense ($3.6B).

How much federal spending did Louisiana receive in FY2025?

Louisiana received $59.8B in total federal spending during Fiscal Year 2025. This equates to $12,840 per capita for the state's population of 4,657,757.

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

Louisiana's $12,840 runs 17.8% below the $15,622 national average (rank #33 of 56).

What is the largest category of federal spending in Louisiana?

The most common award type is direct payments, accounting for 54,942 awards (49.9% of tracked awards). The second-largest is contracts at 31,991 awards.

How many counties in Louisiana receive federal spending?

64 counties in Louisiana receive federal spending. The county receiving the most is Jefferson Parish with $5.9B.

How has federal spending in Louisiana changed over time?

Federal spending in Louisiana increased by 4.9% from FY2020 ($57.0B) to FY2025 ($59.8B).

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

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