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Every dollar into AR and where it goes — federal spending by place of performance, the state government's own revenue and spending, and the money received by the state's officeholders and candidates.

Federal spending by place of performance · $34,943,894,370 in FY2025 · USAspending

Money into Arkansas — federal spending over time

Federal spending in Arkansas over time
FYArkansas
2016$23,561,198,900
2017$23,950,409,861
2018$24,150,863,791
2019$25,451,989,282
2020$33,680,510,542
2021$37,217,279,174
2022$31,412,043,318
2023$32,036,309,912
2024$31,751,682,414
2025$34,943,894,370

State government revenue — where it comes from (2023)

5 sources
  • Taxes$12,752,452,00042.9%
  • Federal transfers$12,094,173,00040.7%
  • Charges & fees$3,138,859,00010.6%
  • Miscellaneous$1,700,899,0005.7%
  • Local transfers$10,241,0000.0%

Revenue by source over time

State revenue by source over time
YrFederal transfersLocal transfersMiscellaneousCharges & feesTaxes
2017$7,853,253,000$49,345,000$1,122,252,000$2,732,387,000$9,516,281,000
2018$7,832,635,000$44,717,000$1,070,220,000$2,805,279,000$9,819,284,000
2019$7,861,857,000$35,076,000$1,112,491,000$2,905,892,000$10,217,866,000
2020$9,354,429,000$10,221,000$1,135,237,000$2,815,913,000$10,255,155,000
2021$10,732,848,000$13,944,000$1,177,834,000$2,993,199,000$11,726,678,000
2022$12,481,161,000$11,030,000$1,332,934,000$3,083,577,000$12,768,129,000
2023$12,094,173,000$10,241,000$1,700,899,000$3,138,859,000$12,752,452,000

How Arkansas spends — by function (2023)

10 functions
  • Public welfare$9,692,128,00048.7%
  • Education$3,894,647,00019.6%
  • Highways$1,661,392,0008.4%
  • Hospitals$1,583,964,0008.0%
  • Other$1,552,966,0007.8%
  • Correction$402,825,0002.0%
  • Health$383,834,0001.9%
  • Natural resources$364,166,0001.8%
  • Interest on debt$222,181,0001.1%
  • Police protection$136,806,0000.7%

Allocation by function over time

State spending by function over time
YrPublic welfareHospitalsHealthHighwaysPolice protectionCorrectionNatural resourcesInterest on debtOtherEducation
2017$7,415,911,000$1,074,930,000$200,675,000$1,458,568,000$105,772,000$334,026,000$280,421,000$159,122,000$1,072,556,000$3,177,291,000
2018$6,805,973,000$1,182,854,000$201,768,000$1,433,957,000$105,107,000$337,111,000$273,570,000$152,956,000$1,038,374,000$3,403,179,000
2019$7,752,884,000$1,179,702,000$200,814,000$1,147,509,000$109,015,000$354,832,000$271,366,000$163,022,000$1,093,291,000$3,409,965,000
2020$7,353,581,000$1,333,233,000$202,696,000$1,233,045,000$104,925,000$350,260,000$242,885,000$187,196,000$1,161,835,000$3,375,660,000
2021$7,912,728,000$1,396,482,000$331,918,000$1,588,990,000$107,632,000$337,833,000$271,972,000$195,842,000$1,312,057,000$3,575,927,000
2022$9,491,215,000$1,372,651,000$339,195,000$1,561,565,000$119,683,000$359,522,000$306,166,000$214,365,000$1,523,238,000$3,774,940,000
2023$9,692,128,000$1,583,964,000$383,834,000$1,661,392,000$136,806,000$402,825,000$364,166,000$222,181,000$1,552,966,000$3,894,647,000

People of Arkansas — money received

Data from FEC

Contributions received per year by role

Contributions received per year by role
xGovernorsSenatorsRepresentativesCandidates
2024$10,275
2025$114,275
2026$16,000$304,877
John BoozmansenatorR$114,275$140,550
J. French HillrepresentativeR$0$117,600
Bruce WestermanrepresentativeR$0$106,728
Eric A. "Rick" CrawfordrepresentativeR$0$80,549
Sarah Huckabee SandersgovernorR$0$0
Steve WomackrepresentativeR$0$0
Tom CottonsenatorR$0$0
Jeffrey Francis WadlincandidateL$0$0
Diana Lynne LawrencecandidateD$0$0
Chase McdowellcandidateR$0$0
James Richard Mr Iii RussellcandidateD$0$0
Robb RyersecandidateD$0$0
Jeb LittlecandidateR$0$0
Ethan N Sr. DunbarcandidateD$0$0
Chris JonescandidateD$0$0
Zackary Blake HuffmancandidateD$0$0
Micah AshbycandidateR$0$0
Terri Yarbrough Dr. GreencandidateD$0$0
Stephen A The Hon WomackcandidateR$0$0
Hallie ShoffnercandidateD$0$0
Bruce WestermancandidateR$0$0
James French HillcandidateR$0$0
Thomas CottoncandidateR$0$0
Eric Alan Rick CrawfordcandidateR$0$0
Totals (24)$114,275$445,427

Money = federal FEC contributions received (per calendar year). Coverage is partial; governors' state-level campaign finance isn't tracked, so their figures reflect any federal candidacies only.

Top areas (counties)

12 counties
  • Pulaski County$5,450,779,54936.8%
  • Benton County$1,540,297,74710.4%
  • Washington County$1,379,185,4259.3%
  • Garland County$986,781,9656.7%
  • Sebastian County$931,827,4996.3%
  • Saline County$876,570,1925.9%
  • Faulkner County$749,515,3475.1%
  • Craighead County$743,445,5525.0%
  • Jefferson County$597,527,6514.0%
  • White County$557,037,2043.8%
  • Lonoke County$545,320,6293.7%
  • Crawford County$459,866,6913.1%

By congressional district

Each district links to its U.S. House representative. Multi-district awards are counted in each, so these rank districts but don't sum to the state total.

40 districts

Top federal recipients in Arkansas

10 recipients
  • HUMAN SERVICES, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF$7,200,092,46861.6%
  • ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION$1,063,885,7679.1%
  • DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARKANSAS$1,047,136,6009.0%
  • ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$812,328,8166.9%
  • ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$666,560,5725.7%
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.$384,823,6713.3%
  • ARKANSAS DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$185,400,1801.6%
  • SWA LITHIUM LLC$125,666,9711.1%
  • BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$103,829,7370.9%
  • ARKANSAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$103,536,5350.9%

Federal funding by district

Federal money by place of performance across AR's congressional districts. Click a district for its profile. Data from USAspending.

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