Department of Justice
Department of Justice reported $9.3 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 16 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $9,278,216,896
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 16 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 0.2%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 015
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-justice
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts | $8,409,963,723 | 90.6% |
| Grants | $868,253,173 | 9.4% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | $2,716,066,113 | 29.3% |
| 2 | Tennessee | $741,609,547 | 8.0% |
| 3 | Texas | $706,276,662 | 7.6% |
| 4 | District Of Columbia | $668,310,850 | 7.2% |
| 5 | California | $442,681,433 | 4.8% |
| 6 | Florida | $405,025,569 | 4.4% |
| 7 | Maryland | $315,544,249 | 3.4% |
| 8 | Alabama | $289,777,236 | 3.1% |
| 9 | West Virginia | $227,398,110 | 2.5% |
| 10 | Kentucky | $167,926,689 | 1.8% |
| 11 | Colorado | $158,407,988 | 1.7% |
| 12 | Georgia | $153,619,598 | 1.7% |
| 13 | New York | $152,430,780 | 1.6% |
| 14 | North Carolina | $142,490,207 | 1.5% |
| 15 | Alaska | $123,677,338 | 1.3% |
The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $9,266,501,624, against an overall $9,278,216,896 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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