Department of State
Department of State reported $19.1 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 12 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $19,111,352,040
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 12 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 0.4%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 019
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-state
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts | $7,183,418,288 | 37.6% |
| Grants | $6,625,395,226 | 34.7% |
| Other | $5,302,538,526 | 27.7% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | $1,859,259,528 | 9.7% |
| 2 | District Of Columbia | $1,728,319,174 | 9.0% |
| 3 | Alabama | $499,683,921 | 2.6% |
| 4 | California | $294,516,010 | 1.5% |
| 5 | Maryland | $144,007,947 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Florida | $103,825,218 | 0.5% |
| 7 | New York | $93,403,119 | 0.5% |
| 8 | South Carolina | $92,399,769 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Alaska | $70,106,927 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Arkansas | $32,271,501 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Oregon | $27,932,097 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Minnesota | $23,640,894 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Nebraska | $20,580,923 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | $19,410,956 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Michigan | $17,790,533 | 0.1% |
The 15 largest of 52 states and territories. These rows total $5,124,214,773, against an overall $19,111,352,040 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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