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State Code Name

Human-readable state name for the principal place of performance on an Other Transaction Award. It is the text label associated with the underlying state code value in the FPDS record.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Place Of Performance
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: label
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode__name
Title
State Code Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/principalPlaceOfPerformance/stateCode/name
Description
Human-readable state name for the principal place of performance on an Other Transaction Award. It is the text label associated with the underlying state code value in the FPDS record.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of where award work is performed, helping analysts summarize contract activity by state and assess regional distribution of federal spending and performance locations.
Example Value
CALIFORNIA
Observed Non-Null Count
38,375

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode__name
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/principalPlaceOfPerformance/stateCode/name
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/placeOfPerformance/principalPlaceOfPerformance/stateCode/name' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode__name'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Group awards by principal place of performance state
  • Map award activity by geography
  • Validate the human-readable label for a state code

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the name as a unique key instead of a label
  • Assuming it always reflects standardized USPS state naming

Query Guidance

Select this field for reporting and presentation, but group on the paired code when possible. In SQL, use it as a descriptive dimension (for example, SELECT ... stateCode_name, COUNT(*) ...) and standardize or filter unusual values before producing state-level summaries.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode__name AS state_code_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode__name AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode__name 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.