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State Name

Human-readable state name for the vendor location recorded in the Other Transaction IDV vendor site details. This is the descriptive label associated with the vendor's geographic state value rather than a transactional attribute.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: label
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__state__name
Title
State Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/state/name
Description
Human-readable state name for the vendor location recorded in the Other Transaction IDV vendor site details. This is the descriptive label associated with the vendor's geographic state value rather than a transactional attribute.
Business Meaning
This field supports location-based analysis of vendor footprint, such as identifying where awardees are based, mapping geographic concentration of vendors, and linking vendor location to regional procurement patterns. It helps analysts summarize awards by vendor geography and compare location distributions across programs, agencies, or transaction types.
Example Value
INDIANA
Observed Non-Null Count
13,141

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__state__name
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/state/name
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/state/name' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__state__name'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Group vendor locations by state for geographic concentration analysis
  • Join to state reference tables for mapping and regional reporting
  • Filter awards to vendors located in a specific state

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming it is a mailing-state field for the award office rather than the vendor site location
  • Treating abbreviations, variants, or blank values as equivalent without normalization

Query Guidance

Use this field as a grouping or filter dimension on vendor location. In SQL, standardize values with UPPER(TRIM(...)) before aggregation, and if both coded and descriptive location fields are available, prefer the descriptive name for presentation while validating against the paired code field for joins or deduplication.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__state__name AS state_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__state__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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