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Federal spending in Minnesota
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Federal agencies obligated $242B in awards performed in Minnesota in FY2025, $41,530 per resident against $15,158 nationally; the state ranks 4 of 51 by that rate.
The FY2025 mix was 90% direct payments, 9% grants. Obligations were up 14% on FY2024; FY2026 to date stands at $227B.
386 organisations located in Minnesota reached the $1.0M listing floor in at least one fiscal year since FY2022; the largest is Minnesota Department of Human Services ($69B over five years).
Per resident, by award type FY2025
- Contracts $2.5B
- Grants $21B
- Direct payments $217B
- Loans (subsidy cost) −$35M
- Other assistance $917M
| Per resident | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $41,530 | $15,158 |
| Contracts | $427 | $2,164 |
| Grants | $3,674 | $3,542 |
| Direct payments | $37,278 | $9,398 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | −$6 | $1 |
| Other assistance | $157 | $53 |
Obligations by fiscal year
By month last 24 months
Monthly award lists ($1.0M+ new awards):
- Sep 2026 120
- Aug 2026 60
- Jul 2026 84
- Jun 2026 56
- May 2026 60
- Apr 2026 56
- Mar 2026 55
- Feb 2026 36
- Jan 2026 48
- Dec 2025 66
- Nov 2025 29
- Oct 2025 44
- Sep 2025 259
- Aug 2025 89
- Jul 2025 123
- Jun 2025 59
- May 2025 59
- Apr 2025 43
- Mar 2025 54
- Feb 2025 54
- Jan 2025 69
- Dec 2024 86
- Nov 2024 61
- Oct 2024 78
Largest recipients located in Minnesota five listed years
Top government contractors in Minnesota contract obligations
| # | Organisation | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $2.3B |
| 2 | BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. | $1.4B |
| 3 | M. A. Mortenson Company | $1.1B |
| 4 | Optumrx Administrative Services, LLC | $933M |
| 5 | Agiliti Health Inc | $731M |
| 6 | Honeywell International, Inc | $521M |
| 7 | Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC | $506M |
| 8 | CHS Inc. | $407M |
| 9 | Cargill, Incorporated | $404M |
| 10 | Cummins Power Generation Inc. | $401M |
| 11 | Associated Milk Producers Inc | $389M |
| 12 | West Publishing Corporation | $374M |
| 13 | The Kinetic Group Sales LLC | $366M |
| 14 | Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc | $336M |
| 15 | Starkey Laboratories Inc | $331M |
| 16 | Wescott Agri Products, Inc | $279M |
| 17 | Medtronic Care Management Services, LLC | $272M |
| 18 | The Povolny Group Inc | $246M |
| 19 | Ames Federal Contracting Group LLC | $245M |
| 20 | Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | $242M |
| 21 | GN Hearing Care Corporation | $235M |
| 22 | 3M Company | $225M |
| 23 | Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, LLC | $218M |
| 24 | McGough Construction Co., LLC | $199M |
| 25 | Polaris Sales Inc | $178M |
Recipients are grouped by the state of the recipient's own address (USAspending recipient location), not by where the work is performed. Individuals are excluded. Each figure sums the fiscal years in which the organisation reached the $1.0M listing floor.
Awarding agencies place of performance, FY2022–FY2025
Contract industries NAICS
Assistance programs listings
Counties per resident, FY2025
| County | Population | FY2025 obligations | Per resident | Five-year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin County | 1,284,784 | $188B | $146,292 | $844B |
| Ramsey County | 541,623 | $5.6B | $10,286 | $25B |
| Dakota County | 457,710 | $5.4B | $11,854 | $25B |
| Anoka County | 381,605 | $2.5B | $6,621 | $13B |
| Washington County | 286,895 | $1.6B | $5,734 | $7.5B |
| St. Louis County | 200,518 | $1.6B | $8,203 | $9.0B |
| Sherburne County | 104,194 | $1.4B | $13,283 | $3.3B |
| Olmsted County | 166,731 | $1.3B | $7,544 | $5.4B |
| Stearns County | 164,110 | $1.1B | $6,778 | $5.3B |
| Wright County | 157,559 | $773M | $4,903 | $3.4B |
| Scott County | 159,017 | $748M | $4,707 | $3.3B |
| Carver County | 114,379 | $607M | $5,308 | $2.7B |
| Otter Tail County | 61,041 | $603M | $9,880 | $2.6B |
| Crow Wing County | 69,132 | $591M | $8,552 | $2.7B |
| Blue Earth County | 70,634 | $448M | $6,344 | $1.9B |
| Douglas County | 40,120 | $435M | $10,834 | $1.9B |
| Itasca County | 45,404 | $420M | $9,255 | $1.9B |
| Kandiyohi County | 44,720 | $418M | $9,353 | $1.9B |
| Rice County | 69,939 | $417M | $5,964 | $1.9B |
| Clay County | 67,734 | $392M | $5,792 | $1.8B |
| Chisago County | 59,142 | $374M | $6,322 | $1.7B |
| Goodhue County | 48,195 | $367M | $7,616 | $1.7B |
| Beltrami County | 47,055 | $365M | $7,755 | $1.8B |
| Cass County | 31,430 | $327M | $10,413 | $1.6B |
| Winona County | 50,523 | $320M | $6,332 | $1.5B |
| Becker County | 35,497 | $305M | $8,589 | $1.4B |
| Steele County | 37,464 | $302M | $8,056 | $1.4B |
| Isanti County | 44,386 | $283M | $6,369 | $1.3B |
| Morrison County | 34,620 | $282M | $8,145 | $1.3B |
| Carlton County | 36,711 | $281M | $7,655 | $1.3B |
| Polk County | 30,545 | $279M | $9,129 | $1.3B |
| Mower County | 40,971 | $274M | $6,697 | $1.2B |
| Freeborn County | 30,440 | $269M | $8,835 | $1.1B |
| McLeod County | 36,631 | $263M | $7,169 | $1.2B |
| Benton County | 41,744 | $241M | $5,785 | $1.1B |
| Mille Lacs County | 27,753 | $232M | $8,370 | $1.0B |
| Pine County | 30,472 | $228M | $7,490 | $1.1B |
| Nicollet County | 34,273 | $225M | $6,559 | $1.1B |
| Hubbard County | 22,369 | $223M | $9,985 | $905M |
| Wabasha County | 21,537 | $218M | $10,138 | $1.3B |
| Brown County | 25,517 | $217M | $8,517 | $907M |
| Lyon County | 25,684 | $206M | $8,007 | $793M |
| Le Sueur County | 29,453 | $196M | $6,646 | $861M |
| Meeker County | 23,603 | $188M | $7,945 | $848M |
| Martin County | 19,440 | $180M | $9,269 | $782M |
| Todd County | 26,060 | $180M | $6,897 | $820M |
| Fillmore County | 21,540 | $172M | $7,997 | $752M |
| Aitkin County | 16,252 | $164M | $10,104 | $826M |
| Houston County | 18,400 | $149M | $8,121 | $666M |
| Redwood County | 15,265 | $145M | $9,527 | $648M |
| Roseau County | 15,246 | $143M | $9,365 | $595M |
| Waseca County | 18,688 | $142M | $7,604 | $610M |
| Koochiching County | 11,587 | $141M | $12,189 | $589M |
| Nobles County | 22,338 | $141M | $6,308 | $663M |
| Faribault County | 13,888 | $140M | $10,077 | $645M |
| Dodge County | 21,376 | $133M | $6,229 | $570M |
| Kanabec County | 16,628 | $129M | $7,768 | $579M |
| Renville County | 14,356 | $125M | $8,742 | $592M |
| Sibley County | 15,356 | $122M | $7,977 | $524M |
| Pennington County | 13,686 | $120M | $8,752 | $507M |
| Wadena County | 14,388 | $116M | $8,074 | $520M |
| Lake County | 10,746 | $111M | $10,333 | $510M |
| Cottonwood County | 11,405 | $110M | $9,656 | $427M |
| Chippewa County | 12,406 | $102M | $8,250 | $436M |
| Marshall County | 8,798 | $99M | $11,241 | $405M |
| Yellow Medicine County | 9,477 | $99M | $10,416 | $422M |
| Pope County | 11,420 | $95M | $8,331 | $453M |
| Jackson County | 9,857 | $91M | $9,252 | $418M |
| Murray County | 7,942 | $90M | $11,352 | $357M |
| Lac qui Parle County | 6,704 | $84M | $12,489 | $371M |
| Rock County | 9,524 | $80M | $8,448 | $383M |
| Watonwan County | 11,459 | $80M | $7,007 | $372M |
| Swift County | 9,763 | $76M | $7,805 | $404M |
| Clearwater County | 8,647 | $75M | $8,685 | $308M |
| Wilkin County | 6,288 | $73M | $11,641 | $333M |
| Cook County | 5,522 | $72M | $13,070 | $420M |
| Grant County | 6,085 | $69M | $11,305 | $347M |
| Stevens County | 9,747 | $67M | $6,891 | $309M |
| Big Stone County | 5,054 | $67M | $13,262 | $254M |
| Norman County | 6,336 | $63M | $9,913 | $289M |
| Lincoln County | 5,583 | $63M | $11,217 | $262M |
| Pipestone County | 9,260 | $62M | $6,717 | $292M |
| Mahnomen County | 5,153 | $52M | $10,035 | $319M |
| Traverse County | 3,130 | $49M | $15,610 | $206M |
| Kittson County | 4,031 | $42M | $10,300 | $233M |
| Red Lake County | 3,940 | $35M | $8,987 | $200M |
| Lake of the Woods County | 3,770 | $30M | $8,045 | $144M |
Congressional districts
| District | Population | FY2025 obligations | Per resident | Five-year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN-01 | 714,441 | $5.2B | $7,301 | $23B |
| MN-02 | 722,101 | $6.4B | $8,856 | $29B |
| MN-03 | 706,411 | $1.3B | $1,854 | $5.8B |
| MN-04 | 705,033 | $5.6B | $7,960 | $25B |
| MN-05 | 708,012 | $1.7B | $2,356 | $8.5B |
| MN-06 | 725,893 | $3.4B | $4,652 | $13B |
| MN-07 | 707,323 | $5.7B | $8,120 | $26B |
| MN-08 | 718,176 | $5.4B | $7,496 | $26B |
Largest awards begun in FY2025
Questions and answers
How much federal money is spent in Minnesota?
$242B in award obligations with a primary place of performance in Minnesota in FY2025 (1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025), $1.1T over the five fiscal years since FY2022. Obligations are commitments, not payments.
How much is that per resident?
$41,530 per resident in FY2025, against $15,158 nationally; Minnesota ranks 4 of 51 states and the District of Columbia. Direct payments such as Social Security and Medicare are included and split out in the table.
Who are the top government contractors in Minnesota?
By contract obligations over the listed fiscal years, organisations located in Minnesota: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation ($2.3B), BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. ($1.4B), M. A. Mortenson Company ($1.1B), Optumrx Administrative Services, LLC ($933M), Agiliti Health Inc ($731M).
Which agencies spend the most in Minnesota?
Over FY2022–FY2025: Department of Health and Human Services ($690B), Social Security Administration ($102B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($31B), Department of Agriculture ($16B), Department of Transportation ($7.3B).
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (spending over time by place of performance for the state series; spending by geography for counties and districts; spending by category for recipients, agencies, NAICS and listings), loaded 30 Sep 2026. Population: Census Vintage 2025. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.