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UT — funding

Every dollar into UT 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 · $29,110,497,045 in FY2025 · USAspending

Money into Utah — federal spending over time

Federal spending in Utah over time
FYUtah
2016$14,857,241,625
2017$15,484,755,735
2018$16,172,367,755
2019$17,442,969,997
2020$26,911,969,794
2021$29,682,100,935
2022$25,705,686,941
2023$27,019,263,232
2024$30,500,150,810
2025$29,110,497,045

State government revenue — where it comes from (2023)

5 sources
  • Taxes$13,490,466,00043.8%
  • Federal transfers$8,596,795,00027.9%
  • Charges & fees$6,674,040,00021.7%
  • Miscellaneous$2,007,624,0006.5%
  • Local transfers$6,949,0000.0%

Revenue by source over time

State revenue by source over time
YrFederal transfersLocal transfersMiscellaneousCharges & feesTaxes
2017$4,531,587,000$2,935,000$1,182,786,000$4,365,698,000$7,882,783,000
2018$4,721,316,000$2,892,000$1,350,271,000$4,567,838,000$9,365,101,000
2019$4,806,692,000$3,991,000$1,459,891,000$5,077,343,000$9,918,773,000
2020$5,797,169,000$4,043,000$1,488,817,000$5,252,820,000$8,731,796,000
2021$7,397,174,000$5,834,000$1,588,147,000$5,780,881,000$12,631,617,000
2022$8,700,809,000$6,425,000$1,290,735,000$6,241,602,000$13,491,108,000
2023$8,596,795,000$6,949,000$2,007,624,000$6,674,040,000$13,490,466,000

How Utah spends — by function (2023)

10 functions
  • Education$7,669,848,00031.8%
  • Public welfare$6,788,825,00028.2%
  • Hospitals$3,175,585,00013.2%
  • Other$2,961,985,00012.3%
  • Highways$1,530,174,0006.3%
  • Health$640,441,0002.7%
  • Correction$503,101,0002.1%
  • Natural resources$389,248,0001.6%
  • Police protection$240,360,0001.0%
  • Interest on debt$200,643,0000.8%

Allocation by function over time

State spending by function over time
YrEducationOtherInterest on debtNatural resourcesCorrectionPolice protectionHighwaysHealthHospitalsPublic welfare
2017$4,845,766,000$1,612,964,000$236,315,000$213,338,000$372,616,000$137,067,000$1,165,245,000$364,390,000$1,944,980,000$3,750,259,000
2018$5,134,463,000$1,724,512,000$223,770,000$241,862,000$377,619,000$148,845,000$1,278,582,000$370,760,000$2,137,234,000$3,879,610,000
2019$5,518,295,000$1,891,381,000$223,666,000$247,720,000$366,247,000$153,002,000$1,378,179,000$402,516,000$2,422,718,000$4,100,564,000
2020$5,611,589,000$1,971,497,000$204,700,000$281,240,000$373,378,000$168,289,000$1,749,872,000$467,675,000$2,725,308,000$4,624,342,000
2021$6,233,876,000$2,391,726,000$198,790,000$318,048,000$374,331,000$157,499,000$1,732,166,000$613,750,000$2,582,015,000$5,270,166,000
2022$7,076,741,000$2,710,918,000$185,955,000$303,152,000$453,017,000$205,346,000$1,474,906,000$668,016,000$3,001,509,000$6,431,724,000
2023$7,669,848,000$2,961,985,000$200,643,000$389,248,000$503,101,000$240,360,000$1,530,174,000$640,441,000$3,175,585,000$6,788,825,000

People of Utah — money received

Data from FEC

Contributions received per year by role

Contributions received per year by role
xGovernorsSenatorsRepresentativesCandidates
2025$33,283
2026$3,292$246,394
Mike KennedyrepresentativeR$33,283$179,566
Celeste MaloyrepresentativeR$0$96,700
Burgess OwensrepresentativeR$0$3,411
Mike LeesenatorR$0$3,292
Spencer CoxgovernorR$0$0
Blake D. MoorerepresentativeR$0$0
John R. CurtissenatorR$0$0
Nate BlouincandidateD$0$0
Steven BurtcandidateI$0$0
Peter CrosbycandidateD$0$0
Michael FarrellcandidateD$0$0
Jarom GillinscandidateD$0$0
David HarriscandidateR$0$0
Derek KitchencandidateD$0$0
Jonny LarsencandidateD$0$0
Karianne LisonbeecandidateR$0$0
Eva Lopez ChavezcandidateD$0$0
Phillip Kay LymancandidateR$0$0
Ben McadamscandidateD$0$0
Steven MerrillcandidateD$0$0
Steven MerrillcandidateD$0$0
Robert Michael MoesingercandidateI$0$0
Liban MohamedcandidateD$0$0
Riley Montgomery OwencandidateR$0$0
Kathleen RiebecandidateD$0$0
Kent Dr. UdellcandidateD$0$0
Celeste MaloycandidateR$0$0
Blake MoorecandidateR$0$0
Mike KennedycandidateR$0$0
Burgess OwenscandidateR$0$0
Totals (30)$33,283$282,970

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
  • Salt Lake County$9,442,658,56443.5%
  • Davis County$3,012,452,22013.9%
  • Weber County$2,726,742,42712.6%
  • Utah County$2,329,119,25710.7%
  • Washington County$1,384,336,6556.4%
  • Cache County$939,600,1744.3%
  • Iron County$424,412,4512.0%
  • Tooele County$403,495,3141.9%
  • Box Elder County$360,186,5671.7%
  • Summit County$297,498,1851.4%
  • Uintah County$193,714,5880.9%
  • Sevier County$187,962,0660.9%

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 Utah

10 recipients
  • UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$3,625,527,84241.2%
  • NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$1,274,025,03114.5%
  • UTAH DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICE$710,191,9858.1%
  • UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$661,706,9107.5%
  • WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY$494,212,0085.6%
  • UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION$490,073,8315.6%
  • L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$475,301,5955.4%
  • UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$383,358,4804.4%
  • UTAH OFFICE OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT$351,618,8274.0%
  • ASAHI REFINING USA INC$339,833,3373.9%

Federal funding by district

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

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