Federal money in Tennessee Every contract, grant, loan and direct payment the federal government committed for Tennessee in fiscal year 2025: which agencies, under which programs, who received it, and where in the state.
$121.4B
in federal awards, Medicare included
$10,666
a person without Medicare, the 39th most of 52
$43.4B
of Medicare recorded here
70.9%
paid to people, published in aggregate
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 7,315,076 residents on 1 July 2025.
Kinds of award Agencies Programs Recipients Districts Counties What kind of awards Direct payments 73.8% $89,630,575,928 Grants 16.8% $20,421,564,716 Contracts 9.0% $10,952,678,092 Loans (subsidy cost) 0.2% $216,438,000 Other assistance 0.1% $164,653,421 Awards by kind 100% $121,385,910,157 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 $28.0B23.1% Medicare Supplementary Medical InsuranceAssistance listing 93.774 $23.0B19.0% Medicare Hospital InsuranceAssistance listing 93.773 $18.1B15.0% Grants to States for MedicaidAssistance listing 93.778 $11.5B9.5% Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected DisabilityAssistance listing 64.109 $4.72B3.9% Social Security Disability InsuranceAssistance listing 96.001 $4.35B3.6% Social Security Survivors InsuranceAssistance listing 96.004 $2.75B2.3% Medicare Prescription Drug CoverageAssistance listing 93.770 $2.17B1.8% Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramAssistance listing 10.551 $1.55B1.3% Highway Planning and ConstructionAssistance listing 20.205 $1.53B1.3% Supplemental Security IncomeAssistance listing 96.006 $1.44B1.2% National School Lunch ProgramAssistance listing 10.555 $816M0.7% Show the other 18 programs Federal Pell Grant ProgramAssistance listing 84.063 $790M0.7% Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)Assistance listing 14.195 $494M0.4% Children's Health Insurance ProgramAssistance listing 93.767 $437M0.4% Section 8 Housing Choice VouchersAssistance listing 14.871 $432M0.4% Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesAssistance listing 84.010 $350M0.3% Social Insurance for Railroad WorkersAssistance listing 57.001 $331M0.3% Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters)Assistance listing 97.036 $310M0.3% Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected DeathAssistance listing 64.110 $299M0.2% Special Education Grants to StatesAssistance listing 84.027 $288M0.2% Post-9/11 Veterans Educational AssistanceAssistance listing 64.028 $240M0.2% Head StartAssistance listing 93.600 $236M0.2% Affordable Rural CooperativeAssistance listing 10.758 $217M0.2% Child Care and Development Block GrantAssistance listing 93.575 $197M0.2% Temporary Assistance for Needy FamiliesAssistance listing 93.558 $191M0.2% Drinking Water State Revolving FundAssistance listing 66.468 $189M0.2% Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports ProgramsAssistance listing 20.106 $187M0.2% WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and ChildrenAssistance listing 10.557 $180M0.1% State Energy ProgramAssistance listing 81.041 $171M0.1% Embed this chart Who received the most Named recipients of awards performed in Tennessee, 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 Davidson County $46.3B38.1% $64,619 a person Anderson County $7.00B5.8% $90,793 a person Shelby County $6.43B5.3% $6,917 a person Hamilton County $6.35B5.2% $17,351 a person Knox County $3.80B3.1% $7,935 a person Montgomery County $2.02B1.7% $9,183 a person Sullivan County $1.82B1.5% $11,509 a person Rutherford County $1.81B1.5% $5,288 a person Williamson County $1.73B1.4% $7,002 a person Sumner County $1.35B1.1% $6,874 a person Washington County $1.25B1.0% $9,396 a person Blount County $1.06B0.9% $7,855 a person Coffee County $1.00B0.8% $17,321 a person Wilson County $978M0.8% $6,618 a person Bradley County $772M0.6% $7,107 a person Show the other 80 counties Maury County $759M0.6% $7,515 a person Madison County $709M0.6% $7,178 a person Sevier County $697M0.6% $7,086 a person Cumberland County $695M0.6% $11,372 a person Greene County $657M0.5% $9,369 a person Putnam County $614M0.5% $7,694 a person Loudon County $582M0.5% $10,601 a person Hawkins County $525M0.4% $9,261 a person Roane County $492M0.4% $9,222 a person Mcminn County $489M0.4% $9,186 a person Robertson County $481M0.4% $6,601 a person Carter County $463M0.4% $8,208 a person Hamblen County $457M0.4% $7,086 a person Cocke County $456M0.4% $12,666 a person Jefferson County $451M0.4% $8,240 a person Tipton County $448M0.4% $7,353 a person Gibson County $414M0.3% $8,211 a person Fayette County $413M0.3% $9,824 a person Monroe County $383M0.3% $8,284 a person Dickson County $376M0.3% $6,914 a person Franklin County $334M0.3% $7,801 a person Campbell County $322M0.3% $8,203 a person Unicoi County $308M0.3% $17,194 a person Bedford County $300M0.2% $5,965 a person Lincoln County $293M0.2% $8,306 a person Lawrence County $289M0.2% $6,534 a person Warren County $282M0.2% $6,885 a person Cheatham County $282M0.2% $6,863 a person Henry County $275M0.2% $8,527 a person Dyer County $269M0.2% $7,305 a person Claiborne County $259M0.2% $8,088 a person Marion County $258M0.2% $8,936 a person Weakley County $248M0.2% $7,549 a person Giles County $241M0.2% $7,931 a person Rhea County $240M0.2% $7,294 a person Carroll County $238M0.2% $8,373 a person Obion County $229M0.2% $7,424 a person Hardin County $224M0.2% $8,333 a person Hickman County $223M0.2% $8,932 a person Benton County $215M0.2% $13,544 a person White County $212M0.2% $7,761 a person Marshall County $211M0.2% $6,142 a person Smith County $204M0.2% $10,261 a person Mcnairy County $197M0.2% $7,614 a person Grainger County $190M0.2% $8,057 a person Henderson County $185M0.2% $6,630 a person Hardeman County $179M0.1% $7,028 a person Johnson County $178M0.1% $9,909 a person Overton County $166M0.1% $7,386 a person Fentress County $164M0.1% $8,896 a person Dekalb County $152M0.1% $7,570 a person Lauderdale County $152M0.1% $6,043 a person Polk County $151M0.1% $8,588 a person Scott County $150M0.1% $6,885 a person Morgan County $148M0.1% $7,033 a person Macon County $148M0.1% $5,866 a person Humphreys County $143M0.1% $7,505 a person Sequatchie County $142M0.1% $8,975 a person Union County $137M0.1% $6,941 a person Stewart County $131M0.1% $9,570 a person Haywood County $130M0.1% $7,290 a person Cannon County $119M0.1% $8,228 a person Wayne County $116M0.1% $7,153 a person Chester County $115M0.1% $6,640 a person Grundy County $109M0.1% $8,048 a person Bledsoe County $103M0.1% $6,926 a person Decatur County $103M0.1% $9,015 a person Meigs County $103M0.1% $8,068 a person Crockett County $98M0.1% $7,056 a person Jackson County $91M0.1% $7,854 a person Lewis County $90M0.1% $7,154 a person Houston County $64M0.1% $7,698 a person Clay County $63M0.1% $8,306 a person Perry County $58M<0.1% $6,908 a person Moore County $56M<0.1% $8,726 a person Trousdale County $56M<0.1% $4,796 a person Van Buren County $49M<0.1% $7,890 a person Pickett County $44M<0.1% $8,742 a person Hancock County $43M<0.1% $6,385 a person Lake County $39M<0.1% $5,632 a person Embed this chart From USAspending.gov: prime award obligations with a place of performance in Tennessee, 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.