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Top States by Award Count

Top States by Award Count shows which states rank highest by Award Count in FPDS-based procurement data.

VA leads this ranking at 9.48M. The top 10 account for 58.69% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Award Count Top States State Award Count All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
VA
9.48M
Rows Returned
97
Top 10 Share
58.69%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Award Count
Top States

Analysis

VA leads this ranking at 9.48M. The top 10 account for 58.69% 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

  • VA holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 58.69% of the value in this result set.
  • PA 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

-- Top States by Award Count
SELECT
    content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode AS state_code,
    count() AS award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(count()) AS award_count_readable,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount)) AS total_obligated_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__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode IS NOT NULL
    AND content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode != ''
GROUP BY content__award__placeOfPerformance__principalPlaceOfPerformance__stateCode
ORDER BY award_count DESC
LIMIT 100

Ranking Table

This table ranks results by Award Count from highest to lowest.

# State Code Award Count Award Count Readable Total Obligated Total Obligated Readable Avg Award Size Avg Award Size Readable
1 VA 9,476,514.00
9.48 million
 9.48 million 1729430707524.1 1.73 trillion 182496.5 182.50 thousand
2 PA 8,564,661.00
8.56 million
 8.56 million 505915778865.28 505.92 billion 59070.14 59.07 thousand
3 IL 8,467,676.00
8.47 million
 8.47 million 305375037154.66 305.38 billion 36063.61 36.06 thousand
4 CA 7,944,017.00
7.94 million
 7.94 million 1678488363920.5 1.68 trillion 211289.62 211.29 thousand
5 NJ 5,901,016.00
5.90 million
 5.90 million 268451553155.42 268.45 billion 45492.42 45.49 thousand
6 TX 5,323,099.00
5.32 million
 5.32 million 1384443642668.7 1.38 trillion 260082.26 260.08 thousand
7 NY 4,950,948.00
4.95 million
 4.95 million 485925394310.37 485.93 billion 98147.94 98.15 thousand
8 MD 4,387,084.00
4.39 million
 4.39 million 880106772099.77 880.11 billion 200613.15 200.61 thousand
9 FL 3,900,460.00
3.90 million
 3.90 million 594783652203.78 594.78 billion 152490.64 152.49 thousand
10 MI 3,152,999.00
3.15 million
 3.15 million 196629942579.89 196.63 billion 62362.83 62.36 thousand
11 MA 3,016,548.00
3.02 million
 3.02 million 494547550188.1 494.55 billion 163944.86 163.94 thousand
12 GA 2,935,353.00
2.94 million
 2.94 million 312425734093.09 312.43 billion 106435.48 106.44 thousand
13 NC 2,888,689.00
2.89 million
 2.89 million 172484394499.69 172.48 billion 59710.26 59.71 thousand
14 MO 2,719,994.00
2.72 million
 2.72 million 439233511418.39 439.23 billion 161483.26 161.48 thousand
15 OH 2,673,788.00
2.67 million
 2.67 million 287787646387.56 287.79 billion 107632.93 107.63 thousand
16 DC 2,644,090.00
2.64 million
 2.64 million 620902550301.26 620.90 billion 234826.55 234.83 thousand
17 WA 2,116,192.00
2.12 million
 2.12 million 376589850548.27 376.59 billion 177956.37 177.96 thousand
18 WI 1,896,495.00
1.90 million
 1.90 million 139589110179.15 139.59 billion 73603.73 73.60 thousand
19 AL 1,649,370.00
1.65 million
 1.65 million 333613887252.61 333.61 billion 202267.46 202.27 thousand
20 AZ 1,429,862.00
1.43 million
 1.43 million 409927591139.85 409.93 billion 286690.31 286.69 thousand
21 CO 1,415,510.00
1.42 million
 1.42 million 317921361454.02 317.92 billion 224598.45 224.60 thousand
22 CT 1,401,966.00
1.40 million
 1.40 million 455306744656.62 455.31 billion 324763.04 324.76 thousand
23 SC 1,198,246.00
1.20 million
 1.20 million 201863485106.38 201.86 billion 168465.81 168.47 thousand
24 MN 1,127,753.00
1.13 million
 1.13 million 115831332189.73 115.83 billion 102709.84 102.71 thousand
25 TN 971,309.00
971.31 thousand
 971.31 thousand 274583798478.7 274.58 billion 282694.58 282.69 thousand
26 IN 943,168.00
943.17 thousand
 943.17 thousand 167835550028.16 167.84 billion 177948.73 177.95 thousand
27 KY 914,970.00
914.97 thousand
 914.97 thousand 219610187872.86 219.61 billion 240019 240.02 thousand
28 MS 906,346.00
906.35 thousand
 906.35 thousand 178727835452.56 178.73 billion 197196.03 197.20 thousand
29 OR 899,584.00
899.58 thousand
 899.58 thousand 51760047807.51 51.76 billion 57537.75 57.54 thousand
30 LA 873,282.00
873.28 thousand
 873.28 thousand 166997637261.02 167.00 billion 191229.9 191.23 thousand
31 OK 868,796.00
868.80 thousand
 868.80 thousand 109264772950.13 109.26 billion 125765.74 125.77 thousand
32 KS 760,802.00
760.80 thousand
 760.80 thousand 90813525882.67 90.81 billion 119365.51 119.37 thousand
33 HI 728,996.00
729.00 thousand
 729.00 thousand 87089872830.52 87.09 billion 119465.5 119.47 thousand
34 NM 594,691.00
594.69 thousand
 594.69 thousand 315880590715.62 315.88 billion 531167.59 531.17 thousand
35 AR 574,014.00
574.01 thousand
 574.01 thousand 42800539473.83 42.80 billion 74563.58 74.56 thousand
36 UT 517,024.00
517.02 thousand
 517.02 thousand 109948969501.09 109.95 billion 212657.38 212.66 thousand
37 AK 432,549.00
432.55 thousand
 432.55 thousand 78970881505.09 78.97 billion 182570.94 182.57 thousand
38 WV 419,312.00
419.31 thousand
 419.31 thousand 41350795465.29 41.35 billion 98615.81 98.62 thousand
39 NE 417,192.00
417.19 thousand
 417.19 thousand 35162204747.91 35.16 billion 84283.02 84.28 thousand
40 IA 415,756.00
415.76 thousand
 415.76 thousand 68371513744.35 68.37 billion 164451.05 164.45 thousand
41 MT 394,777.00
394.78 thousand
 394.78 thousand 23609431143.49 23.61 billion 59804.47 59.80 thousand
42 NV 370,360.00
370.36 thousand
 370.36 thousand 82982795276.31 82.98 billion 224059.82 224.06 thousand
43 ID 367,177.00
367.18 thousand
 367.18 thousand 77369168039.06 77.37 billion 210713.54 210.71 thousand
44 RI 278,992.00
278.99 thousand
 278.99 thousand 42906286509.2 42.91 billion 153790.38 153.79 thousand
45 SD 257,978.00
257.98 thousand
 257.98 thousand 22225111789.93 22.23 billion 86151.19 86.15 thousand
46 NH 252,480.00
252.48 thousand
 252.48 thousand 53285625175.17 53.29 billion 211048.89 211.05 thousand
47 ME 236,724.00
236.72 thousand
 236.72 thousand 72198811438 72.20 billion 304991.51 304.99 thousand
48 ND 211,200.00
211.20 thousand
 211.20 thousand 19638726830.19 19.64 billion 92986.39 92.99 thousand
49 GU 193,898.00
193.90 thousand
 193.90 thousand 39813719407.2 39.81 billion 205333.31 205.33 thousand
50 DE 178,326.00
178.33 thousand
 178.33 thousand 17034247235.61 17.03 billion 95523.07 95.52 thousand
51 PR 173,341.00
173.34 thousand
 173.34 thousand 31639569268.12 31.64 billion 182527.9 182.53 thousand
52 VT 164,043.00
164.04 thousand
 164.04 thousand 18478804805.15 18.48 billion 112646.1 112.65 thousand
53 WY 142,513.00
142.51 thousand
 142.51 thousand 14600287853.6 14.60 billion 102448.81 102.45 thousand
54 MH 22,222.00
22.22 thousand
 22.22 thousand 10968981463.2 10.97 billion 493609.1 493.61 thousand
55 98 20,315.00
20.32 thousand
 20.32 thousand 26240511097 26.24 billion 1291681.57 1.29 million
56 MP 19,666.00
19.67 thousand
 19.67 thousand 3299513313.17 3.30 billion 167777.55 167.78 thousand
57 VI 17,967.00
17.97 thousand
 17.97 thousand 3805770883.3 3.81 billion 211820.05 211.82 thousand
58 AS 11,903.00
11.90 thousand
 11.90 thousand 6354842803.86 6.35 billion 533885.81 533.89 thousand
59 FM 9,294.00
9.29 thousand
 9.29 thousand 2769185248.33 2.77 billion 297954.08 297.95 thousand
60 PW 6,933.00
6.93 thousand
 6.93 thousand 1810445991.21 1.81 billion 261134.57 261.13 thousand
61 UM 2,228.00
2.23 thousand
 2.23 thousand 1739477089.03 1.74 billion 780734.77 780.73 thousand
62 AE 364.00
364.00
 364.00 32173059.06 32.17 million 88387.52 88.39 thousand
63 AP 269.00
269.00
 269.00 15854785.44 15.85 million 58939.72 58.94 thousand
64 US 160.00
160.00
 160.00 4567448.64 4.57 million 28546.55 28.55 thousand
65 oh 119.00
119.00
 119.00 12085789.82 12.09 million 101561.25 101.56 thousand
66 49 55.00
55.00
 55.00 380130.73 380.13 thousand 6911.46 6.91 thousand
67 pa 33.00
33.00
 33.00 225698.93 225.70 thousand 6839.36 6.84 thousand
68 TS 28.00
28.00
 28.00 268796.14 268.80 thousand 9599.86 9.60 thousand
69 va 25.00
25.00
 25.00 323464.61 323.46 thousand 12938.58 12.94 thousand
70 ON 20.00
20.00
 20.00 89188.88 89.19 thousand 4459.44 4.46 thousand
71 ST 20.00
20.00
 20.00 360342.39 360.34 thousand 18017.11 18.02 thousand
72 51 19.00
19.00
 19.00 749326.27 749.33 thousand 39438.22 39.44 thousand
73 GM 12.00
12.00
 12.00 185425.72 185.43 thousand 15452.14 15.45 thousand
74 JA 9.00
9.00
 9.00 45826.79 45.83 thousand 5091.86 5.09 thousand
75 7.00
7.00
 7.00 8957942.62 8.96 million 1279706.08 1.28 million
76 mi 6.00
6.00
 6.00 412319.16 412.32 thousand 68719.86 68.72 thousand
77 0K 6.00
6.00
 6.00 1096 1.10 thousand 182.66 182.66
78 ny 5.00
5.00
 5.00 152651.3 152.65 thousand 30530.26 30.53 thousand
79 GT 4.00
4.00
 4.00 11330 11.33 thousand 2832.5 2.83 thousand
80 UK 4.00
4.00
 4.00 266965 266.96 thousand 66741.25 66.74 thousand
81 AA 4.00
4.00
 4.00 713061.35 713.06 thousand 178265.33 178.27 thousand
82 NS 2.00
2.00
 2.00 68203.5 68.20 thousand 34101.75 34.10 thousand
83 TW 2.00
2.00
 2.00 17357.41 17.36 thousand 8678.7 8.68 thousand
84 BL 2.00
2.00
 2.00 23925 23.93 thousand 11962.5 11.96 thousand
85 / 2.00
2.00
 2.00 24942.95 24.94 thousand 12471.47 12.47 thousand
86 SE 2.00
2.00
 2.00 18391.04 18.39 thousand 9195.52 9.20 thousand
87 01 2.00
2.00
 2.00 1752408.02 1.75 million 876204.01 876.20 thousand
88 40 1.00
1.00
 1.00 3000 3.00 thousand 3000 3.00 thousand
89 BC 1.00
1.00
 1.00 -298 -298.00 -298 -298.00
90 45 1.00
1.00
 1.00 11359.52 11.36 thousand 11359.52 11.36 thousand
91 ca 1.00
1.00
 1.00 66625.84 66.63 thousand 66625.84 66.63 thousand
92 56 1.00
1.00
 1.00 4125 4.13 thousand 4125 4.13 thousand
93 GB 1.00
1.00
 1.00 59840 59.84 thousand 59840 59.84 thousand
94 OL 1.00
1.00
 1.00 15000 15.00 thousand 15000 15.00 thousand
95 PK 1.00
1.00
 1.00 2236.82 2.24 thousand 2236.82 2.24 thousand
96 08 1.00
1.00
 1.00 9955.54 9.96 thousand 9955.54 9.96 thousand
97 QC 1.00
1.00
 1.00 6120 6.12 thousand 6120 6.12 thousand

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top States by Award Count" 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.
  • COUNT logic is used because the ranking is based on volume of awards.

Included fields

  • state_code — Defines the ranked state or geography.
  • award_count — Defines the main ranking metric: Award Count.
  • total_obligated — 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
25.07%
Top 5 Share
38.16%
Mean
1,090,243.80
Median
193,898.00
Max
9,476,514.00
Min
1.00
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 VA 9.48M
2 PA 8.56M
3 IL 8.47M
4 CA 7.94M
5 NJ 5.9M
6 TX 5.32M
7 NY 4.95M
8 MD 4.39M
9 FL 3.9M
10 MI 3.15M

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