Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture reported $148.9 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 5 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $148,936,043,600
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 5 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 3.1%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 012
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-agriculture
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Direct payments | $86,409,636,505 | 58.0% |
| Grants | $50,377,694,400 | 33.8% |
| Contracts | $9,118,369,085 | 6.1% |
| Other | $2,770,458,505 | 1.9% |
| Loans | $259,885,105 | 0.2% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $19,004,586,977 | 12.8% |
| 2 | Texas | $11,869,930,522 | 8.0% |
| 3 | New York | $9,612,250,513 | 6.5% |
| 4 | Florida | $7,589,529,762 | 5.1% |
| 5 | Illinois | $5,461,278,106 | 3.7% |
| 6 | Georgia | $5,440,018,804 | 3.7% |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | $5,381,550,753 | 3.6% |
| 8 | North Carolina | $4,355,549,287 | 2.9% |
| 9 | Michigan | $4,180,470,888 | 2.8% |
| 10 | Ohio | $4,092,798,293 | 2.7% |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | $3,511,289,433 | 2.4% |
| 12 | Virginia | $3,368,505,036 | 2.3% |
| 13 | Washington | $3,303,849,177 | 2.2% |
| 14 | New Jersey | $2,936,841,722 | 2.0% |
| 15 | Minnesota | $2,679,853,294 | 1.8% |
The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $147,730,899,712, against an overall $148,936,043,600 for the agency. The difference was performed abroad or carries no reported location. The two figures come from separate USAspending aggregations and reconcile to within a fraction of a percent, not to the cent. Place of performance is what the recipient reported, not necessarily where work happened.
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Sources
- USAspending API v2 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/agency_states.sql
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