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States with Most Defense Spending

States with Most Defense Spending shows which states rank highest by Primary Metric in FPDS-based procurement data.

CA leads this ranking at 1.13T. The top 10 account for 59.88% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top States State Ranking All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
CA
1.13T
Rows Returned
78
Top 10 Share
59.88%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top States

Analysis

CA leads this ranking at 1.13T. The top 10 account for 59.88% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Why it matters: Use this page to identify leaders, compare major participants, and understand how activity is distributed across this segment of the federal market.

Methodology: The query groups FPDS records by the ranked entity, calculates the main metric, and orders results from highest to lowest. Supporting columns add context to the leaderboard.

Key Findings

  • CA holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 59.88% of the value in this result set.
  • TX appears in the second position.

Limitations

  • Interpretation depends on the SQL scope and selected filters.
  • This page reflects only the returned query result set.

Query Used

-- States with Most Defense Spending
SELECT
    content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode AS state_code,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount)) AS total_obligated_readable,
    count() AS award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(count()) AS award_count_readable,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) / count() AS avg_award_size,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) / count()) AS avg_award_size_readable
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
    contract_type = 1
    AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__departmentName = 'DEPT OF DEFENSE'
    AND content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode IS NOT NULL
    AND content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode != ''
GROUP BY content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 100

Ranking Table

This table ranks results by Primary Metric from highest to lowest.

# State Code Total Obligated Total Obligated Readable Award Count Award Count Readable Avg Award Size Avg Award Size Readable
1 CA 1,134,948,953,646.71
1.13 trillion
 1.13 trillion 4914394 4.91 million 230943.82 230.94 thousand
2 TX 1,049,781,198,637.03
1.05 trillion
 1.05 trillion 3644394 3.64 million 288053.7 288.05 thousand
3 VA 1,046,252,339,578.14
1.05 trillion
 1.05 trillion 6310605 6.31 million 165792.71 165.79 thousand
4 FL 452,369,898,416.10
452.37 billion
 452.37 billion 2636971 2.64 million 171549.06 171.55 thousand
5 CT 436,096,581,383.50
436.10 billion
 436.10 billion 1107084 1.11 million 393914.62 393.91 thousand
6 MD 413,286,320,523.05
413.29 billion
 413.29 billion 1720511 1.72 million 240211.37 240.21 thousand
7 MA 403,030,895,236.23
403.03 billion
 403.03 billion 1053208 1.05 million 382669.8 382.67 thousand
8 PA 367,702,876,834.06
367.70 billion
 367.70 billion 7368697 7.37 million 49900.66 49.90 thousand
9 MO 355,720,009,527.12
355.72 billion
 355.72 billion 963673 963.67 thousand 369129.37 369.13 thousand
10 NY 350,806,530,695.63
350.81 billion
 350.81 billion 2535676 2.54 million 138348.32 138.35 thousand
11 AZ 337,272,759,147.69
337.27 billion
 337.27 billion 840554 840.55 thousand 401250.55 401.25 thousand
12 AL 257,134,174,556.09
257.13 billion
 257.13 billion 1267730 1.27 million 202830.39 202.83 thousand
13 WA 224,454,305,652.00
224.45 billion
 224.45 billion 1271863 1.27 million 176476.79 176.48 thousand
14 GA 223,298,399,575.19
223.30 billion
 223.30 billion 1430544 1.43 million 156093.34 156.09 thousand
15 NJ 209,556,695,168.67
209.56 billion
 209.56 billion 5242770 5.24 million 39970.6 39.97 thousand
16 OH 201,201,409,592.77
201.20 billion
 201.20 billion 1858845 1.86 million 108240.01 108.24 thousand
17 CO 184,536,830,686.05
184.54 billion
 184.54 billion 619095 619.10 thousand 298075.14 298.08 thousand
18 KY 183,561,438,203.51
183.56 billion
 183.56 billion 610122 610.12 thousand 300860.21 300.86 thousand
19 IL 175,133,486,182.74
175.13 billion
 175.13 billion 6221831 6.22 million 28148.22 28.15 thousand
20 MS 147,728,097,140.34
147.73 billion
 147.73 billion 574580 574.58 thousand 257106.22 257.11 thousand
21 IN 140,295,890,860.77
140.30 billion
 140.30 billion 548649 548.65 thousand 255711.55 255.71 thousand
22 DC 139,457,465,378.72
139.46 billion
 139.46 billion 422327 422.33 thousand 330212.05 330.21 thousand
23 MI 134,770,818,166.17
134.77 billion
 134.77 billion 1000292 1.00 million 134731.47 134.73 thousand
24 LA 113,678,177,113.82
113.68 billion
 113.68 billion 537442 537.44 thousand 211517.1 211.52 thousand
25 NC 108,714,634,869.39
108.71 billion
 108.71 billion 1609280 1.61 million 67554.82 67.55 thousand
26 WI 97,409,580,582.86
97.41 billion
 97.41 billion 838420 838.42 thousand 116182.31 116.18 thousand
27 SC 87,850,953,470.77
87.85 billion
 87.85 billion 902032 902.03 thousand 97392.28 97.39 thousand
28 MN 82,665,471,456.42
82.67 billion
 82.67 billion 517235 517.24 thousand 159821.88 159.82 thousand
29 OK 80,821,050,821.79
80.82 billion
 80.82 billion 515300 515.30 thousand 156842.71 156.84 thousand
30 UT 75,227,447,766.69
75.23 billion
 75.23 billion 307362 307.36 thousand 244751.94 244.75 thousand
31 HI 74,433,639,283.48
74.43 billion
 74.43 billion 576451 576.45 thousand 129123.96 129.12 thousand
32 TN 73,546,583,884.15
73.55 billion
 73.55 billion 474317 474.32 thousand 155057.87 155.06 thousand
33 ME 67,404,853,046.45
67.40 billion
 67.40 billion 156783 156.78 thousand 429924.5 429.92 thousand
34 KS 61,112,791,137.23
61.11 billion
 61.11 billion 385077 385.08 thousand 158702.78 158.70 thousand
35 AK 58,620,477,061.68
58.62 billion
 58.62 billion 211168 211.17 thousand 277601.13 277.60 thousand
36 IA 47,187,962,620.06
47.19 billion
 47.19 billion 258377 258.38 thousand 182632.21 182.63 thousand
37 NM 46,081,027,975.14
46.08 billion
 46.08 billion 227144 227.14 thousand 202871.42 202.87 thousand
38 NH 45,045,216,986.22
45.05 billion
 45.05 billion 159382 159.38 thousand 282624.24 282.62 thousand
39 NV 40,974,934,087.65
40.97 billion
 40.97 billion 160821 160.82 thousand 254785.96 254.79 thousand
40 GU 38,725,721,392.04
38.73 billion
 38.73 billion 170763 170.76 thousand 226780.51 226.78 thousand
41 RI 36,867,264,860.05
36.87 billion
 36.87 billion 176264 176.26 thousand 209159.35 209.16 thousand
42 AR 27,971,517,093.02
27.97 billion
 27.97 billion 312173 312.17 thousand 89602.61 89.60 thousand
43 98 26,239,358,431.00
26.24 billion
 26.24 billion 20308 20.31 thousand 1292070.04 1.29 million
44 OR 25,367,488,813.81
25.37 billion
 25.37 billion 373131 373.13 thousand 67985.47 67.99 thousand
45 NE 21,564,763,982.43
21.56 billion
 21.56 billion 207249 207.25 thousand 104052.43 104.05 thousand
46 PR 21,461,548,735.38
21.46 billion
 21.46 billion 67125 67.13 thousand 319725.12 319.73 thousand
47 VT 14,611,424,087.23
14.61 billion
 14.61 billion 92831 92.83 thousand 157398.11 157.40 thousand
48 DE 12,268,571,666.86
12.27 billion
 12.27 billion 103315 103.31 thousand 118749.18 118.75 thousand
49 SD 11,329,103,258.41
11.33 billion
 11.33 billion 65743 65.74 thousand 172324.09 172.32 thousand
50 WV 11,234,521,523.93
11.23 billion
 11.23 billion 103395 103.39 thousand 108656.33 108.66 thousand
51 MH 10,661,462,246.20
10.66 billion
 10.66 billion 19161 19.16 thousand 556414.7 556.41 thousand
52 MT 10,520,134,929.22
10.52 billion
 10.52 billion 127731 127.73 thousand 82361.64 82.36 thousand
53 ND 9,936,299,666.55
9.94 billion
 9.94 billion 113901 113.90 thousand 87236.28 87.24 thousand
54 ID 7,646,747,437.02
7.65 billion
 7.65 billion 160638 160.64 thousand 47602.35 47.60 thousand
55 WY 6,319,641,267.90
6.32 billion
 6.32 billion 42859 42.86 thousand 147451.9 147.45 thousand
56 AS 4,473,049,313.76
4.47 billion
 4.47 billion 8407 8.41 thousand 532062.48 532.06 thousand
57 VI 2,739,099,665.46
2.74 billion
 2.74 billion 5989 5.99 thousand 457355.09 457.36 thousand
58 MP 2,586,361,961.19
2.59 billion
 2.59 billion 13507 13.51 thousand 191483.07 191.48 thousand
59 FM 2,388,518,849.91
2.39 billion
 2.39 billion 5581 5.58 thousand 427973.27 427.97 thousand
60 UM 1,708,516,336.00
1.71 billion
 1.71 billion 1727 1.73 thousand 989297.24 989.30 thousand
61 PW 1,675,894,567.49
1.68 billion
 1.68 billion 5391 5.39 thousand 310868.96 310.87 thousand
62 AE 25,867,212.43
25.87 million
 25.87 million 303 303.00 85370.33 85.37 thousand
63 AP 15,109,643.52
15.11 million
 15.11 million 259 259.00 58338.39 58.34 thousand
64 oh 12,085,789.82
12.09 million
 12.09 million 119 119.00 101561.25 101.56 thousand
65 AA 667,941.35
667.94 thousand
 667.94 thousand 3 3.00 222647.11 222.65 thousand
66 mi 412,319.16
412.32 thousand
 412.32 thousand 6 6.00 68719.86 68.72 thousand
67 US 350,139.57
350.14 thousand
 350.14 thousand 13 13.00 26933.81 26.93 thousand
68 va 323,464.61
323.46 thousand
 323.46 thousand 25 25.00 12938.58 12.94 thousand
69 UK 236,986.00
236.99 thousand
 236.99 thousand 2 2.00 118493 118.49 thousand
70 pa 225,698.93
225.70 thousand
 225.70 thousand 33 33.00 6839.36 6.84 thousand
71 GM 177,978.52
177.98 thousand
 177.98 thousand 11 11.00 16179.86 16.18 thousand
72 ny 152,651.30
152.65 thousand
 152.65 thousand 5 5.00 30530.26 30.53 thousand
73 ca 66,625.84
66.63 thousand
 66.63 thousand 1 1.00 66625.84 66.63 thousand
74 GB 59,840.00
59.84 thousand
 59.84 thousand 1 1.00 59840 59.84 thousand
75 JA 45,826.79
45.83 thousand
 45.83 thousand 9 9.00 5091.86 5.09 thousand
76 ON 31,020.00
31.02 thousand
 31.02 thousand 1 1.00 31020 31.02 thousand
77 QC 6,120.00
6.12 thousand
 6.12 thousand 1 1.00 6120 6.12 thousand
78 BC -298.00
-298.00
 -298.00 1 1.00 -298 -298.00

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "States with Most Defense Spending" using aggregated procurement data.

Query structure

  • Results are sorted from highest to lowest by the main ranking metric.
  • Grouping is used to combine FPDS records into comparable entity-level results.

Included fields

  • state_code — Defines the ranked state or geography.
  • total_obligated — Defines the main ranking metric: Primary Metric.
  • award_count — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.
  • avg_award_size — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.

How to use this ranking

  • Supports fast market review.
  • Helps compare leaders and close competitors.
  • Adds context beyond a raw transaction list.

Computed Metrics

Top 3 Share
32.19%
Top 5 Share
41.04%
Mean
128,686,218,025.60
Median
39,850,327,739.85
Max
1,134,948,953,646.71
Min
-298.00
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 CA 1.13T
2 TX 1.05T
3 VA 1.05T
4 FL 452.37B
5 CT 436.1B
6 MD 413.29B
7 MA 403.03B
8 PA 367.7B
9 MO 355.72B
10 NY 350.81B

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