Federal money in North Carolina Every contract, grant, loan and direct payment the federal government committed for North Carolina in fiscal year 2025: which agencies, under which programs, who received it, and where in the state.
$129.5B
in federal awards, Medicare included
$11,312
a person without Medicare, the 31st most of 52
$2.82B
of Medicare recorded here
53.6%
paid to people, published in aggregate
North Carolina carries 0.2% of the nation’s Medicare but has 3.25% of its people. USAspending publishes Medicare in aggregate, and the state it records does not follow where beneficiaries live, so North Carolina's residents received far more Medicare than the $2.82B recorded here. The per-person figure above leaves Medicare out for that reason; the total includes it.
Award obligations, the amounts committed in the year, by the place where the work is done or the money is received, as agencies reported them to USAspending.gov. Social Security is counted where the people who receive it live; Medicare is not (see its figure above). Not here: federal employees’ salaries, the running of agencies, and interest on the debt, which are not awards. Per person uses the Census Bureau's estimate of 11,197,968 residents on 1 July 2025.
Kinds of award Agencies Programs Recipients Districts Counties What kind of awards Direct payments 57.8% $74,841,149,184 Grants 34.3% $44,358,447,798 Contracts 7.2% $9,337,925,582 Other assistance 0.7% $847,515,452 Loans (subsidy cost) 0.1% $100,679,571 Awards by kind 100% $129,485,717,587 Loans are their subsidy cost, the government's expected loss, not the amount lent.
Embed this chart The largest programs Grants, loans and direct payments by the program they were paid under. Contracts belong to no program and are not in this list.
Social Security Retirement InsuranceAssistance listing 96.002 $44.1B34.1% Grants to States for MedicaidAssistance listing 93.778 $25.2B19.4% Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected DisabilityAssistance listing 64.109 $8.79B6.8% Social Security Disability InsuranceAssistance listing 96.001 $6.09B4.7% Social Security Survivors InsuranceAssistance listing 96.004 $3.52B2.7% Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramAssistance listing 10.551 $2.81B2.2% Supplemental Security IncomeAssistance listing 96.006 $1.92B1.5% Highway Planning and ConstructionAssistance listing 20.205 $1.88B1.5% Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in HawaiiAssistance listing 14.228 $1.70B1.3% Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment ProgramAssistance listing 11.035 $1.53B1.2% Medicare Supplementary Medical InsuranceAssistance listing 93.774 $1.44B1.1% Federal Pell Grant ProgramAssistance listing 84.063 $1.12B0.9% Show the other 18 programs Medicare Hospital InsuranceAssistance listing 93.773 $944M0.7% National School Lunch ProgramAssistance listing 10.555 $939M0.7% Children's Health Insurance ProgramAssistance listing 93.767 $923M0.7% Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters)Assistance listing 97.036 $900M0.7% Section 8 Housing Choice VouchersAssistance listing 14.871 $630M0.5% Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial ApplicationsAssistance listing 81.253 $554M0.4% Drinking Water State Revolving FundAssistance listing 66.468 $546M0.4% Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesAssistance listing 84.010 $523M0.4% Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected DeathAssistance listing 64.110 $493M0.4% Medicare Prescription Drug CoverageAssistance listing 93.770 $433M0.3% Climate Pollution Reduction GrantsAssistance listing 66.046 $426M0.3% Post-9/11 Veterans Educational AssistanceAssistance listing 64.028 $421M0.3% Federal Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households in Presidential Declared Disaster AreasAssistance listing 97.048 $420M0.3% Clean Water State Revolving FundAssistance listing 66.458 $413M0.3% Head StartAssistance listing 93.600 $407M0.3% Special Education Grants to StatesAssistance listing 84.027 $406M0.3% Temporary Assistance for Needy FamiliesAssistance listing 93.558 $336M0.3% Good Neighbor AuthorityAssistance listing 10.691 $304M0.2% Embed this chart Who received the most Named recipients of awards performed in North Carolina, as USAspending records them. Payments to individuals have no name and are not in this list.
By congressional district The same awards by the congressional district USAspending records for the place of performance. Some awards carry no district, so these add to less than the state’s total. Each opens the district's own page.
By county Wake County $12.9B10.0% $11,444 a person Durham County $6.13B4.7% $18,869 a person Mecklenburg County $5.85B4.5% $5,240 a person Cumberland County $4.31B3.3% $12,872 a person Guilford County $4.10B3.2% $7,578 a person Buncombe County $3.62B2.8% $13,419 a person Forsyth County $2.85B2.2% $7,451 a person Onslow County $2.39B1.8% $11,686 a person Brunswick County $2.15B1.7% $15,745 a person New Hanover County $1.97B1.5% $8,719 a person Gaston County $1.59B1.2% $6,974 a person Craven County $1.50B1.2% $14,868 a person Orange County $1.49B1.2% $10,037 a person Iredell County $1.46B1.1% $7,828 a person Johnston County $1.46B1.1% $6,738 a person Show the other 85 counties Henderson County $1.38B1.1% $11,874 a person Union County $1.32B1.0% $5,561 a person Catawba County $1.25B1.0% $7,792 a person Cabarrus County $1.23B1.0% $5,454 a person Pitt County $1.17B0.9% $6,896 a person Davidson County $1.14B0.9% $6,776 a person Alamance County $1.14B0.9% $6,650 a person Moore County $1.12B0.9% $11,276 a person Rowan County $1.09B0.8% $7,448 a person Randolph County $967M0.7% $6,704 a person Robeson County $962M0.7% $8,255 a person Rutherford County $958M0.7% $14,861 a person Harnett County $901M0.7% $6,748 a person Wayne County $883M0.7% $7,523 a person Haywood County $808M0.6% $13,016 a person Nash County $760M0.6% $7,998 a person Cleveland County $755M0.6% $7,583 a person Mcdowell County $742M0.6% $16,638 a person Rockingham County $733M0.6% $8,051 a person Carteret County $711M0.5% $10,509 a person Chatham County $650M0.5% $8,517 a person Wilson County $645M0.5% $8,193 a person Burke County $629M0.5% $7,178 a person Lincoln County $615M0.5% $7,090 a person Watauga County $585M0.5% $10,821 a person Caldwell County $581M0.4% $7,208 a person Wilkes County $572M0.4% $8,678 a person Lee County $532M0.4% $8,411 a person Pasquotank County $521M0.4% $12,851 a person Pender County $501M0.4% $8,329 a person Surry County $491M0.4% $6,875 a person Hoke County $473M0.4% $9,078 a person Lenoir County $463M0.4% $8,408 a person Franklin County $459M0.4% $6,695 a person Stanly County $454M0.4% $7,261 a person Transylvania County $444M0.3% $13,458 a person Columbus County $443M0.3% $8,743 a person Beaufort County $440M0.3% $9,853 a person Sampson County $412M0.3% $6,980 a person Ashe County $409M0.3% $15,398 a person Halifax County $405M0.3% $8,322 a person Granville County $389M0.3% $6,384 a person Duplin County $386M0.3% $7,933 a person Richmond County $386M0.3% $8,989 a person Edgecombe County $384M0.3% $7,853 a person Vance County $366M0.3% $8,588 a person Stokes County $357M0.3% $8,027 a person Dare County $353M0.3% $9,562 a person Macon County $349M0.3% $9,420 a person Davie County $338M0.3% $7,923 a person Cherokee County $327M0.3% $11,380 a person Polk County $316M0.2% $16,328 a person Person County $290M0.2% $7,420 a person Jackson County $284M0.2% $6,582 a person Bladen County $284M0.2% $9,578 a person Yadkin County $267M0.2% $7,170 a person Scotland County $266M0.2% $7,783 a person Currituck County $258M0.2% $9,181 a person Mitchell County $257M0.2% $17,227 a person Alexander County $254M0.2% $6,967 a person Yancey County $212M0.2% $11,476 a person Martin County $192M0.1% $8,722 a person Madison County $185M0.1% $8,719 a person Swain County $182M0.1% $12,867 a person Montgomery County $176M0.1% $6,835 a person Northampton County $174M0.1% $9,931 a person Caswell County $172M0.1% $7,546 a person Anson County $170M0.1% $7,693 a person Hertford County $164M0.1% $7,588 a person Warren County $161M0.1% $8,658 a person Avery County $153M0.1% $8,569 a person Chowan County $151M0.1% $10,981 a person Bertie County $149M0.1% $8,310 a person Pamlico County $147M0.1% $12,008 a person Clay County $131M0.1% $11,810 a person Greene County $130M0.1% $6,344 a person Perquimans County $128M0.1% $9,819 a person Jones County $124M0.1% $13,553 a person Alleghany County $117M0.1% $10,755 a person Washington County $99M0.1% $9,022 a person Camden County $88M0.1% $8,512 a person Gates County $87M0.1% $8,327 a person Graham County $83M0.1% $10,334 a person Hyde County $43M<0.1% $9,349 a person Tyrrell County $23M<0.1% $7,089 a person Embed this chart From USAspending.gov: prime award obligations with a place of performance in North Carolina, fiscal year 2025 (by action date). A recipient’s own address can be elsewhere; the place is where the work is done or the payment received.