Congressional district · 119th Congress boundaries
Federal spending in IL-15: Illinois's 15th congressional district
USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026.
Illinois's 15th congressional district received $3.2B in federal award obligations in FY2026: $4,189 for each of its 754,165 residents.
That is below the Illinois rate of $10,184 per resident (41% of it) and below the national rate of $14,744; it ranks 6 of 17 districts in the state.
The FY2026 mix was 94% direct payments.
Obligations were about level on FY2025, and the five-year total since FY2023 is $13B.
Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Social Security Administration ($8.9B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.0B) and Department of Agriculture ($979M).
Per resident, by award type FY2026
- Contracts $12M
- Grants $158M
- Direct payments $3.0B
- Loans (subsidy cost) $1.6M
- Other assistance $28M
| Per resident | This district | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $4,189 | $10,184 | $14,744 |
| Contracts | $16 | $903 | $2,007 |
| Grants | $210 | $3,196 | $3,528 |
| Direct payments | $3,924 | $6,073 | $9,185 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | $2 | −$16 | −$16 |
| Other assistance | $37 | $28 | $40 |
| Rank by per-resident rate | 6 of 17 in state · 281 of 436 US | 46 of 51 states | — |
District attribution follows the congressional district USAspending records for the primary place of performance; awards carrying only a state-level location are counted in the state but in no district. Medicare payments are attributed to the district of the administrative contractor.
Obligations by fiscal year
Recipients that dominate the district FY2022–FY2025
| # | Recipient organisation | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois Department of Transportation | $621M | 5% |
| 2 | Midwest Technical Institute Inc | $67M | 1% |
| 3 | Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs | $66M | 1% |
| 4 | Eastern Illinois University | $48M | 0% |
| 5 | Tetra Tech, Inc. | $35M | 0% |
| 6 | Department of Natural Resources Illinois | $30M | 0% |
| 7 | Menard County Housing Authority | $25M | 0% |
| 8 | City of Quincy | $25M | 0% |
| 9 | Shelby Electric Cooperative | $24M | 0% |
| 10 | Quincy Housing Authority | $22M | 0% |
| 11 | Stanley Consultants, Inc. | $21M | 0% |
| 12 | Lewis & Clark Community College | $19M | 0% |
| 13 | Southern Airways Express LLC | $18M | 0% |
| 14 | Parent and Child Together (pact) for West Central Illinois | $18M | 0% |
| 15 | McDonough Telephone Cooperative | $18M | 0% |
| 16 | Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois Inc | $18M | 0% |
| 17 | John Wood Community College | $17M | 0% |
| 18 | Morgan County Housing Authority | $14M | 0% |
| 19 | Bci Construction Usa, Inc. | $14M | 0% |
| 20 | Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Co | $13M | 0% |
| 21 | Michels Corp | $13M | 0% |
| 22 | Corporate Flight Management, Inc. | $12M | 0% |
| 23 | Geotechnical Construction, Inc. | $12M | 0% |
| 24 | Illinois College | $11M | 0% |
| 25 | Decatur Memorial Hospital | $11M | 0% |
A further $11B among the top 40 went to recipients not shown: individuals, aggregated records and names USAspending withholds.
Who funds the district FY2022–FY2025
Awarding agencies
Assistance programs
Contract industries by NAICS sector
Largest awards performed in the district
Counties in the district
- Adams County 100% of county area
- Bond County 100% of county area
- Brown County 100% of county area
- Calhoun County 100% of county area
- Cass County 100% of county area
- Christian County 100% of county area
- De Witt County 100% of county area
- Douglas County 100% of county area
- Edgar County 100% of county area
- Fayette County 100% of county area
- Greene County 100% of county area
- Hancock County 100% of county area
- Henderson County 100% of county area
- Jersey County 100% of county area
- Logan County 100% of county area
- Mason County 100% of county area
- Menard County 100% of county area
- Montgomery County 100% of county area
- Morgan County 100% of county area
- Moultrie County 100% of county area
- Pike County 100% of county area
- Schuyler County 100% of county area
- Scott County 100% of county area
- Shelby County 100% of county area
- McDonough County 87% of county area
- Warren County 73% of county area
- Macon County 66% of county area
- Madison County 64% of county area
- Champaign County 62% of county area
- Mercer County 61% of county area
- Piatt County 56% of county area
- Sangamon County 52% of county area
- Coles County 47% of county area
- Fulton County 43% of county area
- Vermilion County 29% of county area
Other districts in Illinois
- IL-01 $781
- IL-02 $1,401
- IL-03 $239
- IL-04 $437
- IL-05 $799
- IL-06 $343
- IL-07 $6,553
- IL-08 $4,032
- IL-09 $2,153
- IL-10 $6,425
- IL-11 $3,212
- IL-12 $7,495
- IL-13 $5,831
- IL-14 $2,808
- IL-16 $3,324
- IL-17 $8,046
Questions and answers
How much federal spending goes to Illinois's 15th congressional district?
$3.2B in award obligations in FY2026 and $13B since FY2023, counting awards whose primary place of performance is in the district. Obligations are commitments, not payments.
How much federal spending per person is that?
$4,189 per resident in FY2026 (population 754,165), against $10,184 for Illinois and $14,744 nationally. Direct payments such as Social Security and Medicare are included; the table on this page splits the rate by award type.
Which recipients dominate Illinois's 15th congressional district?
By obligations over FY2022–FY2025: Illinois Department of Transportation ($621M), Midwest Technical Institute Inc ($67M), Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs ($66M), Eastern Illinois University ($48M) and Tetra Tech, Inc. ($35M). Individuals are never listed.
Which agencies fund Illinois's 15th congressional district?
Social Security Administration ($8.9B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.0B), Department of Agriculture ($979M), Department of Transportation ($684M) and Department of Education ($206M), over FY2022–FY2025.
What does "place of performance" mean here?
USAspending records where the work is done or the payment is directed, as reported by the awarding agency. Some awards, especially grants to state governments, carry only a state-level location and are not attributed to any county or district; Medicare payments are attributed to the county of the administrative contractor.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending-by-geography (place of performance, congressional district layer, current districts) by fiscal year and award type, loaded 30 Sep 2026; district population as returned by the same endpoint; recipient and agency cross-tabulations for FY2022–FY2025, fetched 18 Sep 2026. Boundaries and county overlap: Census cartographic boundary and relationship files for the 119th Congress. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.