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Impacts of Federal Grants and Other Funds on

State and Local Budgets



February   10, 2025


Together, state and local governments received more than $1 trillion in federal grants and other funds
each fiscal year from FY2021 to FY2023 the most recent years for which final data is available. These
funds play a role in helping these governments provide services such as education, health care, law
enforcement, and public transit. This Insight explores the impacts of federal funds on state and local
government budgets.


How do federal grants impact state and local

government budgets?

Federal funds represent a significant share of state and local government revenue (see Figure 1).
According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State and Local Government
Finances, the federal government sent state governments $1.112 trillion in FY2022-36.11% of total state
government revenue (in some cases, portions of this funding must be passed through to local
governments). That same year, states provided $662.3 billion to local govemments-28.2% of total local
government revenue. (Some of this was federal funding passed through states to local governments.)
The federal government sent $146.3 billion directly to local governments in FY2022, or 6.2% of total
local government revenue.












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