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Congressional district AR-03

Congressional district AR-03 recorded $4.3 billion of federal award obligations recorded in this congressional district in fiscal year 2026, which ranks 197 of 441 congressional districts with a figure in FY2026, and 4 of 4 in Arkansas.

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Identifiers

District
0503

The record

Reported figures for Congressional district AR-03, each linked to its source
Obligated · FY2026Nothing in this record says who decided where the money went. A district is where the work was recorded as performed, not a member of Congress’s account.$4,275,230,999USD
Rank among congressional districts · FY2026197 of 441by obligations
Share of all congressional districts · FY2026Of $2.4 trillion, which is what every congressional district the publisher reported obligated in FY2026 — not the federal total, which is larger.0.2%percent
Rank within Arkansas · FY20264 of 4by obligations
Residents · FY2026The publisher’s own denominator, returned with the geography it belongs to.766,477people
Per resident · FY2026Money recorded here divided by the people who live here. Where the figure is mostly direct payments, the numerator and the denominator are not about the same people.$5,578USD per resident

By fiscal year

Congressional district AR-03: federal award obligations recorded in this congressional district, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligated
FY2022$3,988,990,783
FY2023$4,099,863,948
FY2024$4,491,825,311
FY2025$4,660,842,436
FY2026$4,275,230,999

The publisher holds five fiscal years of this breakdown. A year missing from this table is a year this congressional district was not reported in, not a year of no spending.

By award type

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Congressional district AR-03: FY2026 obligations by award type
Award typeObligated
Direct payments$3,702,199,553
Grants$306,084,417
Contracts$229,526,062
Other$39,884,499
Insurance$1,215,431
Loans-$3,678,965

Each award type was a separate request to the publisher rather than a division of one total. They sum to $4.3 billion, against $4.3 billion for all award types together.

Other congressional districts in Arkansas

congressional districts in Arkansas, FY2026
Rankcongressional districtObligated
1AR-02$6,490,952,024
2AR-01$5,211,203,265
3AR-04$4,904,590,152

What this data cannot show

  • The fiscal year is not over. These are obligations recorded so far, and a figure here is not comparable with a full year.
  • An obligation is a binding commitment to pay, not money paid. Outlays are reported separately and the two are never equal in the same year.
  • Nothing in this record says who decided where the money went. A district is where the work was recorded as performed, not a member of Congress’s account.
  • This page is built from the database rather than from the committed extract, so it covers every congressional district the publisher reported and not only the largest hundred the ranking names. Both come from the same ingest on the date above.

Sources

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Congressional district AR-03: $4.3 billion (FY2026)