Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Health and Human Services reported $2.0 trillion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 1 of 73 top-tier agencies.
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The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $2,029,998,774,544
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 1 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 42.5%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 075
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-health-and-human-services
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Direct payments | $1,119,890,661,030 | 55.2% |
| Grants | $884,930,533,524 | 43.6% |
| Contracts | $20,008,339,292 | 1.0% |
| Other | $5,169,240,698 | 0.3% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | $185,568,897,119 | 9.1% |
| 2 | California | $184,670,193,280 | 9.1% |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | $146,428,371,641 | 7.2% |
| 4 | Kentucky | $144,154,697,112 | 7.1% |
| 5 | Indiana | $132,789,788,093 | 6.5% |
| 6 | Florida | $111,464,673,520 | 5.5% |
| 7 | New York | $109,622,234,459 | 5.4% |
| 8 | Connecticut | $88,992,822,975 | 4.4% |
| 9 | North Dakota | $80,245,938,868 | 4.0% |
| 10 | South Carolina | $75,833,367,951 | 3.7% |
| 11 | Wisconsin | $58,022,359,788 | 2.9% |
| 12 | Tennessee | $55,506,709,523 | 2.7% |
| 13 | Texas | $48,972,318,044 | 2.4% |
| 14 | Michigan | $43,154,228,669 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Ohio | $39,910,337,403 | 2.0% |
The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $2,028,387,400,185, against an overall $2,029,998,774,544 for the agency. Effectively all of this agency’s obligations carry a reported place of performance. 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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