PlainSpending

New York Federal Spending

$262.2B in FY2025 - a heavy absolute book (rank #5 of 56).

$262.2B total · $12,978 per capita · FY2025 · Ranked #5 total, #31 per capita · 16.9% below national avg

In FY2025, New York received $262.2B in federal spending - $12,978 per capita, ranking #31 among 56 states and 16.9% below the national average. The most common award type is contracts, accounting for 76.8% of tracked awards. The top spending agency is Department of Health and Human Services.

New York · FY2025

New York received $262.2B in federal spending in FY2025 - $12,978 per resident, 16.9% below the national average, with contracts the largest award category.

Total federal spending
$262.2B
#5 of 56 states
Per resident
$12,978
#31 per capita
Latest annual change
+$9.0B
FY2024 to FY2025 (+3.5%)
Top agency
Dept. of Health and Human Services
$105.4B

Heavy absolute federal book

New York sits #5 of 56 states by total federal spending ($262.2B).

According to USASpending.gov, the federal government directed a dense absolute book of $262.2B to New York in FY2025 ($12,978 per resident across 20,201,249 people). Total-dollar rank #5 marks a heavy absolute footprint; per-capita rank is #31 (16.9% below the $15,622 national average).

The award-type mix by count: 303,635 contracts, 25,281 grants, 15,042 loans, and 46,597 direct payments. The most common award type is contracts at 76.8% of tracked awards in the state, with direct payments a distant second at 46,597 awards. Department of Health and Human Services is the single largest federal agency operating in New York, with $105.4B in obligations - more than Social Security Administration's $93.6B.

Over the available history, federal spending in New York has contracted 0.6% from $263.7B in FY2020 to $262.2B in FY2025 - from a below-average intensity baseline. Combined with 62 counties and top recipient NYS Department of Health at $76.6B, 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) New York 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

$262.2B

Rank #5

Per Capita

$12,978

Rank #31

Population

20,201,249

Contract Awards

303,635

Grant Awards

25,281

Total Federal Spending

$262.2B

FY2025 obligations

Per Capita

$12,978

Rank #31

Counties Receiving

62

federal dollars

Top Agency Share

$105.4B

Department of Health and Human

New York award-type mix by count (FY2025)

Awards76.8%11.8%ContractsDirect PaymentsGrantsLoansOther
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.
New York per-capita federal spending vs. national average 69.2%
National average

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

Awards by Type

Contracts is the most common award type at 76.8% of tracked awards in New York (by count, not dollar value).

Contracts 303,635 awards (76.8%)
Direct Payments 46,597 awards (11.8%)
Grants 25,281 awards (6.4%)
Loans 15,042 awards (3.8%)
Other 4,649 awards (1.2%)

Comparison to National Average

Metric New York National Avg Difference
Per Capita Spending $12,978 $15,622 -16.9%
Contracts Share 0.0% - -
Grants Share 0.0% - -

Fiscal Resilience Score

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

D
Fiscal Resilience Score
47/100
New York

A transparent derived index from USASpending.gov federal award data, not an official government rating. It measures how diversified and stable New York'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 F
39%
Diversification across contract/grant/loan/direct-payment/other award counts
Agency Mix F
69%
Diversification of obligated dollars across federal agencies operating in-state
Per-Capita Norm B-
17% from avg
Distance of per-resident federal spending from the national average
Funding Stability C+
7.1% CV
Year-over-year spending volatility across 6 fiscal years

Top Federal Agencies in New York

Federal agencies ranked by total spending in New York during FY2025.

# Agency Spending % of Total
1 Department of Health and Human Services $105.4B 40.2%
2 Social Security Administration $93.6B 35.7%
3 Department of Housing and Urban Development $10.8B 4.1%
4 Department of Agriculture $10.4B 4.0%
5 Department of Transportation $9.9B 3.8%
6 Department of Defense $8.6B 3.3%
7 Department of Education $6.4B 2.5%
8 Department of Veterans Affairs $5.8B 2.2%
9 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation $1.9B 0.7%
10 Environmental Protection Agency $1.8B 0.7%

Top Recipients in New York

Organizations and entities receiving the most federal funds in New York.

# Recipient Total Awards
1 NYS Department of Health $76.6B
2 New York State Office of Temporary && Disability Assistance $11.0B
3 New York State Education Department $4.6B
4 New York City Housing Authority $4.6B
5 Metropolitan Transportation Authority $3.4B
6 Department of Transportation New York $3.3B
7 National Railroad Passenger Corporation $1.4B
8 New York State Division of Homeland Security && Emergency Services $1.4B
9 Children && Family Services, New York Office Of $1.3B
10 City University of New York, The $1.3B
11 Housing Trust Fund CORP $1.1B
12 The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund $868.8M
13 Lockheed Martin Corporation $862.5M

Spending Trends

The latest annual comparison is +$9.0B (+3.5%) from FY2024 to FY2025; this is a difference in recorded award obligations, not a claim about cause or local benefit. Federal spending in New York decreased 0.6% from FY2020 to FY2025.

$220B$240B$260B$280B$300B$320B FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025 $262B
Fiscal Year Total Spending Per Capita Population
FY2025 $262.2B $12,978 20,201,249
FY2024 $253.2B $12,533 20,201,249
FY2023 $240.2B $11,889 20,201,249
FY2022 $268.9B $13,309 20,201,249
FY2021 $301.3B $14,917 20,201,249
FY2020 $263.7B $13,055 20,201,249

Counties in New York

62 counties ranked by federal spending in FY2025.

# County Total Spending Per Capita Population
1 New York County $31.2B $18,405 1,694,251
2 Suffolk County $11.7B $7,699 1,525,920
3 Nassau County $10.7B $7,688 1,395,774
4 Kings County $10.1B $3,678 2,736,074
5 Monroe County $9.9B $13,013 759,443
6 Albany County $9.5B $30,058 314,848
7 Queens County $9.4B $3,919 2,405,464
8 Erie County $9.1B $9,584 954,236
9 Bronx County $7.8B $5,314 1,472,654
10 Westchester County $5.9B $5,877 1,004,457
11 Onondaga County $5.4B $11,396 476,516
12 Richmond County $3.3B $6,713 495,747
13 Orange County $2.5B $6,298 401,310
14 Schenectady County $2.1B $13,519 158,061
15 Oneida County $2.1B $8,874 232,125
16 Rockland County $2.1B $6,063 338,329
17 Dutchess County $2.0B $6,796 295,911
18 Niagara County $1.7B $8,099 212,666
19 Saratoga County $1.7B $7,166 235,509
20 Broome County $1.4B $6,996 198,683
21 Ulster County $1.2B $6,742 181,851
22 Tioga County $1.2B $24,885 48,455
23 Rensselaer County $1.1B $6,794 161,130
24 Chautauqua County $1.0B $8,224 127,657
25 Jefferson County $955.0M $8,182 116,721
26 Ontario County $941.7M $8,374 112,458
27 Tompkins County $853.7M $8,073 105,740
28 Oswego County $811.7M $6,907 117,525
29 Cattaraugus County $800.8M $10,394 77,042
30 St. Lawrence County $774.8M $7,141 108,505
31 Steuben County $716.7M $7,658 93,584
32 Wayne County $703.4M $7,705 91,283
33 Putnam County $654.7M $6,704 97,668
34 Clinton County $649.3M $8,132 79,843
35 Cayuga County $599.9M $7,868 76,248
36 Chemung County $591.8M $7,033 84,148
37 Warren County $576.3M $8,767 65,737
38 Sullivan County $523.3M $6,656 78,624
39 Columbia County $481.7M $7,823 61,570
40 Washington County $479.0M $7,814 61,302
41 Genesee County $477.3M $8,175 58,388
42 Madison County $469.1M $6,897 68,016
43 Livingston County $438.5M $7,092 61,834
44 Herkimer County $428.6M $7,126 60,139
45 Otsego County $428.4M $7,319 58,524
46 Chenango County $386.5M $8,186 47,220
47 Fulton County $367.8M $6,897 53,324
48 Franklin County $367.1M $7,720 47,555
49 Montgomery County $364.3M $7,356 49,532
50 Delaware County $350.8M $7,916 44,308
51 Greene County $348.6M $7,273 47,931
52 Allegany County $327.2M $7,043 46,456
53 Orleans County $319.9M $7,930 40,343
54 Essex County $315.1M $8,428 37,381
55 Wyoming County $288.4M $7,115 40,531
56 Cortland County $283.7M $6,061 46,809
57 Seneca County $233.9M $6,916 33,814
58 Schoharie County $232.7M $7,832 29,714
59 Yates County $191.2M $7,717 24,774
60 Lewis County $178.7M $6,724 26,582
61 Schuyler County $145.4M $8,122 17,898
62 Hamilton County $62.1M $12,163 5,107
DOGE impact for New York → Per-capita rankings → Why spending varies by state →

States With Similar Per Capita Spending

States with per capita federal spending closest to New York's $12,978.

Mississippi

$13,008 per capita

$38.5B total

South Dakota

$12,944 per capita

$11.5B total

Louisiana

$12,840 per capita

$59.8B total

West Virginia

$13,273 per capita

$23.8B total

Oklahoma

$12,682 per capita

$50.2B total

Compare New York to another state side-by-side →

States with similar total federal spending

Nearest nationwide peers by total obligation volume ($262.2B here) - a different axis from the per-capita neighbors above.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much federal spending did New York receive in FY2025?

New York received a heavy absolute book of $262.2B in FY2025 ($12,978 per capita; population 20,201,249).

What is the largest category of federal spending in New York?

The most common award type is contracts, accounting for 303,635 awards (76.8% of tracked awards). The second-largest is direct payments at 46,597 awards.

How has federal spending in New York changed over time?

Federal spending in New York decreased by 0.6% from FY2020 ($263.7B) to FY2025 ($262.2B).

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

New York's $12,978 runs 16.9% below the $15,622 national average (rank #31 of 56).

Where does New York rank nationally in federal spending?

New York ranks #5 out of 56 states in total federal spending and #31 in per capita spending. The state received $262.2B total ($12,978 per person) in FY2025.

Which federal agencies spend the most in New York?

The top federal agency spending in New York is Department of Health and Human Services with $105.4B. Followed by Social Security Administration ($93.6B) and Department of Housing and Urban Development ($10.8B).

How many counties in New York receive federal spending?

62 counties in New York receive federal spending. The county receiving the most is New York County with $31.2B.

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

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