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City

Human-readable city name for the place of performance ZIP code reported in the award record. It identifies the locality associated with the performance location rather than the contracting office or vendor address.

Family: Award
Category: Place Of Performance
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city
Title
City
FPDS Path
award/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceZIPCode/city
Description
Human-readable city name for the place of performance ZIP code reported in the award record. It identifies the locality associated with the performance location rather than the contracting office or vendor address.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts map where contracted work is expected to occur, supporting geographic spend analysis, regional demand assessment, and location-based reporting. It can be used to compare procurement activity across cities and to validate the stated place of performance against other location fields.
Example Value
NEW YORK
Observed Non-Null Count
89,187,549

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city
FPDS XML Path
award/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceZIPCode/city
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/placeOfPerformance/placeOfPerformanceZIPCode/city' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Geographic award analysis

Common Usage

  • Geographic rollups of place-of-performance activity by city
  • Validation of ZIP/state consistency in award records
  • Filtering awards performed in a specific locality

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing place of performance city with contractor headquarters or mailing city
  • Grouping without normalizing case, punctuation, and spelling variants

Query Guidance

Use it as a descriptive dimension in SELECT, GROUP BY, and WHERE clauses after standardizing case and trimming whitespace. For location analysis, join or filter it with ZIP code and state fields rather than relying on city alone, since city text is not guaranteed to be unique or standardized.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city AS city
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__placeOfPerformance__placeOfPerformanceZIPCode__city IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.