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Top States by Federal Spending

Top States by Federal Spending shows which states rank highest by Primary Metric in FPDS-based procurement data.

VA leads this ranking at 1.73T. The top 10 account for 57.64% 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
VA
1.73T
Rows Returned
97
Top 10 Share
57.64%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top States

Analysis

VA leads this ranking at 1.73T. The top 10 account for 57.64% 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 57.64% of the value in this result set.
  • CA 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 Federal 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__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 VA 1,729,430,707,524.12
1.73 trillion
 1.73 trillion 9476514 9.48 million 182496.5 182.50 thousand
2 CA 1,678,488,363,920.51
1.68 trillion
 1.68 trillion 7944017 7.94 million 211289.62 211.29 thousand
3 TX 1,384,443,642,668.74
1.38 trillion
 1.38 trillion 5323099 5.32 million 260082.26 260.08 thousand
4 MD 880,106,772,099.77
880.11 billion
 880.11 billion 4387084 4.39 million 200613.15 200.61 thousand
5 DC 620,902,550,301.26
620.90 billion
 620.90 billion 2644090 2.64 million 234826.55 234.83 thousand
6 FL 594,783,652,203.78
594.78 billion
 594.78 billion 3900460 3.90 million 152490.64 152.49 thousand
7 PA 505,915,778,865.28
505.92 billion
 505.92 billion 8564661 8.56 million 59070.14 59.07 thousand
8 MA 494,547,550,188.10
494.55 billion
 494.55 billion 3016548 3.02 million 163944.86 163.94 thousand
9 NY 485,925,394,310.37
485.93 billion
 485.93 billion 4950948 4.95 million 98147.94 98.15 thousand
10 CT 455,306,744,656.62
455.31 billion
 455.31 billion 1401966 1.40 million 324763.04 324.76 thousand
11 MO 439,233,511,418.39
439.23 billion
 439.23 billion 2719994 2.72 million 161483.26 161.48 thousand
12 AZ 409,927,591,139.85
409.93 billion
 409.93 billion 1429862 1.43 million 286690.31 286.69 thousand
13 WA 376,589,850,548.27
376.59 billion
 376.59 billion 2116192 2.12 million 177956.37 177.96 thousand
14 AL 333,613,887,252.61
333.61 billion
 333.61 billion 1649370 1.65 million 202267.46 202.27 thousand
15 CO 317,921,361,454.02
317.92 billion
 317.92 billion 1415510 1.42 million 224598.45 224.60 thousand
16 NM 315,880,590,715.62
315.88 billion
 315.88 billion 594691 594.69 thousand 531167.59 531.17 thousand
17 GA 312,425,734,093.09
312.43 billion
 312.43 billion 2935353 2.94 million 106435.48 106.44 thousand
18 IL 305,375,037,154.66
305.38 billion
 305.38 billion 8467676 8.47 million 36063.61 36.06 thousand
19 OH 287,787,646,387.56
287.79 billion
 287.79 billion 2673788 2.67 million 107632.93 107.63 thousand
20 TN 274,583,798,478.70
274.58 billion
 274.58 billion 971309 971.31 thousand 282694.58 282.69 thousand
21 NJ 268,451,553,155.42
268.45 billion
 268.45 billion 5901016 5.90 million 45492.42 45.49 thousand
22 KY 219,610,187,872.86
219.61 billion
 219.61 billion 914970 914.97 thousand 240019 240.02 thousand
23 SC 201,863,485,106.38
201.86 billion
 201.86 billion 1198246 1.20 million 168465.81 168.47 thousand
24 MI 196,629,942,579.89
196.63 billion
 196.63 billion 3152999 3.15 million 62362.83 62.36 thousand
25 MS 178,727,835,452.56
178.73 billion
 178.73 billion 906346 906.35 thousand 197196.03 197.20 thousand
26 NC 172,484,394,499.69
172.48 billion
 172.48 billion 2888689 2.89 million 59710.26 59.71 thousand
27 IN 167,835,550,028.16
167.84 billion
 167.84 billion 943168 943.17 thousand 177948.73 177.95 thousand
28 LA 166,997,637,261.02
167.00 billion
 167.00 billion 873282 873.28 thousand 191229.9 191.23 thousand
29 WI 139,589,110,179.15
139.59 billion
 139.59 billion 1896495 1.90 million 73603.73 73.60 thousand
30 MN 115,831,332,189.73
115.83 billion
 115.83 billion 1127753 1.13 million 102709.84 102.71 thousand
31 UT 109,948,969,501.09
109.95 billion
 109.95 billion 517024 517.02 thousand 212657.38 212.66 thousand
32 OK 109,264,772,950.13
109.26 billion
 109.26 billion 868796 868.80 thousand 125765.74 125.77 thousand
33 KS 90,813,525,882.67
90.81 billion
 90.81 billion 760802 760.80 thousand 119365.51 119.37 thousand
34 HI 87,089,872,830.52
87.09 billion
 87.09 billion 728996 729.00 thousand 119465.5 119.47 thousand
35 NV 82,982,795,276.31
82.98 billion
 82.98 billion 370360 370.36 thousand 224059.82 224.06 thousand
36 AK 78,970,881,505.09
78.97 billion
 78.97 billion 432549 432.55 thousand 182570.94 182.57 thousand
37 ID 77,369,168,039.06
77.37 billion
 77.37 billion 367177 367.18 thousand 210713.54 210.71 thousand
38 ME 72,198,811,438.00
72.20 billion
 72.20 billion 236724 236.72 thousand 304991.51 304.99 thousand
39 IA 68,371,513,744.35
68.37 billion
 68.37 billion 415756 415.76 thousand 164451.05 164.45 thousand
40 NH 53,285,625,175.17
53.29 billion
 53.29 billion 252480 252.48 thousand 211048.89 211.05 thousand
41 OR 51,760,047,807.51
51.76 billion
 51.76 billion 899584 899.58 thousand 57537.75 57.54 thousand
42 RI 42,906,286,509.20
42.91 billion
 42.91 billion 278992 278.99 thousand 153790.38 153.79 thousand
43 AR 42,800,539,473.83
42.80 billion
 42.80 billion 574014 574.01 thousand 74563.58 74.56 thousand
44 WV 41,350,795,465.29
41.35 billion
 41.35 billion 419312 419.31 thousand 98615.81 98.62 thousand
45 GU 39,813,719,407.20
39.81 billion
 39.81 billion 193898 193.90 thousand 205333.31 205.33 thousand
46 NE 35,162,204,747.91
35.16 billion
 35.16 billion 417192 417.19 thousand 84283.02 84.28 thousand
47 PR 31,639,569,268.12
31.64 billion
 31.64 billion 173341 173.34 thousand 182527.9 182.53 thousand
48 98 26,240,511,097.00
26.24 billion
 26.24 billion 20315 20.32 thousand 1291681.57 1.29 million
49 MT 23,609,431,143.49
23.61 billion
 23.61 billion 394777 394.78 thousand 59804.47 59.80 thousand
50 SD 22,225,111,789.93
22.23 billion
 22.23 billion 257978 257.98 thousand 86151.19 86.15 thousand
51 ND 19,638,726,830.19
19.64 billion
 19.64 billion 211200 211.20 thousand 92986.39 92.99 thousand
52 VT 18,478,804,805.15
18.48 billion
 18.48 billion 164043 164.04 thousand 112646.1 112.65 thousand
53 DE 17,034,247,235.61
17.03 billion
 17.03 billion 178326 178.33 thousand 95523.07 95.52 thousand
54 WY 14,600,287,853.60
14.60 billion
 14.60 billion 142513 142.51 thousand 102448.81 102.45 thousand
55 MH 10,968,981,463.20
10.97 billion
 10.97 billion 22222 22.22 thousand 493609.1 493.61 thousand
56 AS 6,354,842,803.86
6.35 billion
 6.35 billion 11903 11.90 thousand 533885.81 533.89 thousand
57 VI 3,805,770,883.30
3.81 billion
 3.81 billion 17967 17.97 thousand 211820.05 211.82 thousand
58 MP 3,299,513,313.17
3.30 billion
 3.30 billion 19666 19.67 thousand 167777.55 167.78 thousand
59 FM 2,769,185,248.33
2.77 billion
 2.77 billion 9294 9.29 thousand 297954.08 297.95 thousand
60 PW 1,810,445,991.21
1.81 billion
 1.81 billion 6933 6.93 thousand 261134.57 261.13 thousand
61 UM 1,739,477,089.03
1.74 billion
 1.74 billion 2228 2.23 thousand 780734.77 780.73 thousand
62 AE 32,173,059.06
32.17 million
 32.17 million 364 364.00 88387.52 88.39 thousand
63 AP 15,854,785.44
15.85 million
 15.85 million 269 269.00 58939.72 58.94 thousand
64 oh 12,085,789.82
12.09 million
 12.09 million 119 119.00 101561.25 101.56 thousand
65 8,957,942.62
8.96 million
 8.96 million 7 7.00 1279706.08 1.28 million
66 US 4,567,448.64
4.57 million
 4.57 million 160 160.00 28546.55 28.55 thousand
67 01 1,752,408.02
1.75 million
 1.75 million 2 2.00 876204.01 876.20 thousand
68 51 749,326.27
749.33 thousand
 749.33 thousand 19 19.00 39438.22 39.44 thousand
69 AA 713,061.35
713.06 thousand
 713.06 thousand 4 4.00 178265.33 178.27 thousand
70 mi 412,319.16
412.32 thousand
 412.32 thousand 6 6.00 68719.86 68.72 thousand
71 49 380,130.73
380.13 thousand
 380.13 thousand 55 55.00 6911.46 6.91 thousand
72 ST 360,342.39
360.34 thousand
 360.34 thousand 20 20.00 18017.11 18.02 thousand
73 va 323,464.61
323.46 thousand
 323.46 thousand 25 25.00 12938.58 12.94 thousand
74 TS 268,796.14
268.80 thousand
 268.80 thousand 28 28.00 9599.86 9.60 thousand
75 UK 266,965.00
266.96 thousand
 266.96 thousand 4 4.00 66741.25 66.74 thousand
76 pa 225,698.93
225.70 thousand
 225.70 thousand 33 33.00 6839.36 6.84 thousand
77 GM 185,425.72
185.43 thousand
 185.43 thousand 12 12.00 15452.14 15.45 thousand
78 ny 152,651.30
152.65 thousand
 152.65 thousand 5 5.00 30530.26 30.53 thousand
79 ON 89,188.88
89.19 thousand
 89.19 thousand 20 20.00 4459.44 4.46 thousand
80 NS 68,203.50
68.20 thousand
 68.20 thousand 2 2.00 34101.75 34.10 thousand
81 ca 66,625.84
66.63 thousand
 66.63 thousand 1 1.00 66625.84 66.63 thousand
82 GB 59,840.00
59.84 thousand
 59.84 thousand 1 1.00 59840 59.84 thousand
83 JA 45,826.79
45.83 thousand
 45.83 thousand 9 9.00 5091.86 5.09 thousand
84 / 24,942.95
24.94 thousand
 24.94 thousand 2 2.00 12471.47 12.47 thousand
85 BL 23,925.00
23.93 thousand
 23.93 thousand 2 2.00 11962.5 11.96 thousand
86 SE 18,391.04
18.39 thousand
 18.39 thousand 2 2.00 9195.52 9.20 thousand
87 TW 17,357.41
17.36 thousand
 17.36 thousand 2 2.00 8678.7 8.68 thousand
88 OL 15,000.00
15.00 thousand
 15.00 thousand 1 1.00 15000 15.00 thousand
89 45 11,359.52
11.36 thousand
 11.36 thousand 1 1.00 11359.52 11.36 thousand
90 GT 11,330.00
11.33 thousand
 11.33 thousand 4 4.00 2832.5 2.83 thousand
91 08 9,955.54
9.96 thousand
 9.96 thousand 1 1.00 9955.54 9.96 thousand
92 QC 6,120.00
6.12 thousand
 6.12 thousand 1 1.00 6120 6.12 thousand
93 56 4,125.00
4.13 thousand
 4.13 thousand 1 1.00 4125 4.13 thousand
94 40 3,000.00
3.00 thousand
 3.00 thousand 1 1.00 3000 3.00 thousand
95 PK 2,236.82
2.24 thousand
 2.24 thousand 1 1.00 2236.82 2.24 thousand
96 0K 1,096.00
1.10 thousand
 1.10 thousand 6 6.00 182.66 182.66
97 BC -298.00
-298.00
 -298.00 1 1.00 -298 -298.00

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top States by Federal 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
31.28%
Top 5 Share
41.08%
Mean
157,933,974,619.75
Median
23,609,431,143.49
Max
1,729,430,707,524.12
Min
-298.00
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 VA 1.73T
2 CA 1.68T
3 TX 1.38T
4 MD 880.11B
5 DC 620.9B
6 FL 594.78B
7 PA 505.92B
8 MA 494.55B
9 NY 485.93B
10 CT 455.31B

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