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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

Department of Health and Human Services obligations by award type, fiscal year 2026
Award typeObligationsShare
Direct payments$1,119,890,661,03055.2%
Grants$884,930,533,52443.6%
Contracts$20,008,339,2921.0%
Other$5,169,240,6980.3%

Where the work was performed

Department of Health and Human Services obligations by state, fiscal year 2026
RankStateObligationsShare of agency
1Minnesota$185,568,897,1199.1%
2California$184,670,193,2809.1%
3Pennsylvania$146,428,371,6417.2%
4Kentucky$144,154,697,1127.1%
5Indiana$132,789,788,0936.5%
6Florida$111,464,673,5205.5%
7New York$109,622,234,4595.4%
8Connecticut$88,992,822,9754.4%
9North Dakota$80,245,938,8684.0%
10South Carolina$75,833,367,9513.7%
11Wisconsin$58,022,359,7882.9%
12Tennessee$55,506,709,5232.7%
13Texas$48,972,318,0442.4%
14Michigan$43,154,228,6692.1%
15Ohio$39,910,337,4032.0%

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.

Where most of this work was performed

Sources

  • USAspending API v2U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18
    apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/agency_states.sql

Data retrieved