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Federal Mineral Royalties by State

Federal mineral royalties by state are paid out by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue from oil, gas and other production on federal land and waters. This page gives each state's share for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, by fund and source, from ONRR's official file. These are federal revenue figures, not the income of private royalty owners.

In fiscal year 2025 ONRR disbursed $14.61 billion, of which $4.07 billion went to state and local governments in 34 states. New Mexico received the most, $2.76 billion. In fiscal year 2024 the totals were $16.45 billion and $4.29 billion across 33 states. This is the federal government’s revenue as a mineral owner and lessor, shared with states. It is not private royalty income, which never passes through ONRR.

Federal mineral royalties by state: bar chart of the ten states that received the most federal mineral revenue in fiscal year 2025
The ten states that received the most in fiscal year 2025. Million dollars, from ONRR; every state is in the table below.

Every state with a disbursement

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New Mexico2,755,192,1762,755,192,176002,877,123,632-4.2%
Wyoming544,867,466544,867,46600590,920,971-7.8%
Louisiana162,422,7294,810,146156,312,6621,299,921163,474,790-0.6%
North Dakota114,953,477114,953,47700146,655,724-21.6%
Texas99,825,4243,614,35895,539,986671,080100,743,856-0.9%
Colorado90,773,69390,773,6930089,226,212+1.7%
Utah81,723,17781,723,1770093,742,667-12.8%
Mississippi52,339,025382,52451,909,53146,97152,600,714-0.5%
Alabama51,732,978282,92649,824,8181,625,23452,144,720-0.8%
California39,115,01838,005,23201,109,78646,457,547-15.8%
Alaska27,325,85826,318,10701,007,75030,576,889-10.6%
Montana27,021,31827,021,3180022,539,065+19.9%
Nevada11,971,53411,971,534009,228,456+29.7%
Idaho6,357,9876,357,987006,434,082-1.2%
Oklahoma4,776,4554,776,455005,262,108-9.2%
Missouri1,589,0331,589,033001,788,952-11.2%
Arkansas678,822678,82200654,381+3.7%
Kansas518,570518,57000489,868+5.9%
Oregon346,586346,5860045,704+658.3%
South Dakota310,074310,07400386,350-19.7%
Ohio254,956254,95600235,264+8.4%
West Virginia189,764189,76400296,564-36.0%
Kentucky73,25073,2500066,638+9.9%
Illinois69,59269,5920084,982-18.1%
Michigan54,67954,6790059,823-8.6%
Virginia40,61140,6110027,946+45.3%
Nebraska16,47016,4700019,109-13.8%
Minnesota3,6743,674003,395+8.2%
Pennsylvania2,6132,613003,335-21.7%
Florida962962001,040-7.5%
South Carolina79779700785+1.6%
Arizona3553550066+435.8%
North Carolina747400112-33.3%
Washington4646000n/a

What federal mineral revenue is, and what it is not

The federal government is a mineral owner. It leases oil, gas, coal and other minerals under federal land and on the outer continental shelf, and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue collects the bonuses, rents and royalties those leases pay. The royalty rate on each federal lease is set by statute and by the lease itself; the current onshore and offshore rates are on the tax and royalty rates page.

This page shows what ONRR then paid to state and local governments. It is not private royalty income, which operators pay owners directly and which never passes through ONRR. It also leaves out revenue from Native American lands, which ONRR returns in full to tribes and individual owners and reports separately.

How the money is split

For leases on federal land, the state where the land lies receives 50 percent of the revenue, except Alaska, which receives 90 percent under the Alaska Statehood Act. Of the rest, 40 percent goes to the Reclamation Fund, which pays for dams, water and power projects, and 10 percent to the general fund of the U.S. Treasury. ONRR withholds 2 percent of these amounts for administrative costs.

Offshore revenue goes mostly to the Treasury, and it is the only source of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Historic Preservation Fund. Coastal states receive a share of offshore revenue under two laws, described in the questions below. In most cases a state decides how to use what it receives; ONRR pays counties directly only for Gulf of America offshore revenue and for geothermal revenue.

Source: ONRR, How revenue is disbursed, read October 2, 2026. The table of funds below shows the dollars that followed these rules.

Where all the money went

FundFY2025FY2024
U.S. Treasury5,007,256,3036,316,583,577
State and local governments4,074,549,2454,291,295,747
Reclamation Fund2,979,343,6933,089,134,141
Land and Water Conservation Fund1,051,953,0041,008,046,444
Native American tribes and individuals995,829,3081,180,277,165
Other funds350,726,797413,117,795
Historic Preservation Fund150,000,000150,000,000

Method and limits

Sum of rows with Fund Type "State and local governments", grouped by State and Source, for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. Dollars, as published. Source file: ONRR fiscal year disbursements. Fiscal years run October to September. Disbursements in a year can include corrections for earlier years. Federal government revenue from federal and offshore leases shared with states. Not private royalties, and not Native American revenue, which ONRR reports separately.

Reuse and attribution

ONRR’s disbursement data are U.S. government data in the public domain. AMR’s compilation, with state totals by source and the change column, is licensed CC BY 4.0: credit American Mineral Registry and ONRR’s file of October 1, 2026. The CSV and JSON files are on the data page.

Common questions about federal mineral revenue

Which state receives the most federal mineral revenue?

New Mexico received the most in fiscal year 2025: $2.76 billion of the $4.07 billion that ONRR paid to state and local governments, nearly all of it from onshore federal leases. Wyoming and Louisiana followed with $544.9 million and $162.4 million.

Is federal mineral revenue the same as my royalty check?

No. ONRR collects royalties only on minerals the United States owns. A private owner’s royalty is paid by the operator or purchaser directly, and minerals owned by a state are leased and paid through that state’s own land office.

Does the money go to the county where the lease is?

Usually not directly. ONRR pays the state its share, and in most cases the state decides how to use it. ONRR pays counties directly only for revenue from Gulf of America offshore leases and from geothermal leases.

Why do Gulf Coast states receive offshore revenue?

Two federal laws share offshore revenue with coastal states. Section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act gives a coastal state 27 percent of the revenue from federal leases in the three mile band of federal waters next to its own (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)).

The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 shares part of the revenue from Gulf leases with Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, and ONRR pays part of that share directly to their coastal counties and parishes. That is why Louisiana’s total comes mostly from the Gulf.

Why did a state’s total change between fiscal 2024 and 2025?

Disbursements follow production, prices and lease activity on federal land in the state, and they follow ONRR’s payment calendar. ONRR pays some revenue in the month it arrives, some at the end of the fiscal year and some in the next one, so a year’s figure can include money earned earlier.

Where does this data come from, and how often is it updated?

From ONRR’s fiscal year disbursements file, downloaded October 1, 2026. AMR totals each state by source, adds the change column and refreshes the page at each research release. Fiscal years run October through September.

Cite this page

American Mineral Registry. "Federal Mineral Royalties by State," from ONRR fiscal year disbursements, file downloaded October 1, 2026. Release 2026.10.1, October 6, 2026. https://americanmineralregistry.com/research/federal-mineral-royalties-by-state