Arkansas
Federal agencies obligated $29.7 billion for work performed in Arkansas in fiscal year 2026, ranking 36 of all states and territories reported.
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The record
- Obligations performed here, FY2026
- $29,681,562,249
- Across every agency and award type.
- Rank
- 36 of 56
- Among states and territories with reported obligations.
- Per resident
- $9,610.80
- Divided by 3,088,354 residents, 2024 estimate.
The per-resident figure is $29,681,562,249 divided by 3,088,354, the 2024 resident population estimate from U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA). It is dollars of federally obligated work recorded in Arkansas per resident. It is not federal money received by residents, and it is not a payment anyone receives.
Largest agencies
| Rank | Agency | Obligations | Share of state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social Security Administration | $14,154,695,368 | 47.7% |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | $8,632,405,488 | 29.1% |
| 3 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $2,547,189,141 | 8.6% |
| 4 | Department of Agriculture | $1,035,547,026 | 3.5% |
| 5 | Department of Transportation | $984,658,733 | 3.3% |
| 6 | Department of Education | $721,643,212 | 2.4% |
| 7 | Department of Defense | $589,633,209 | 2.0% |
| 8 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | $347,742,783 | 1.2% |
| 9 | Railroad Retirement Board | $202,596,265 | 0.7% |
| 10 | Department of Energy | $160,647,541 | 0.5% |
| 11 | Department of Homeland Security | $108,013,827 | 0.4% |
| 12 | General Services Administration | $57,309,009 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Department of Justice | $45,924,414 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Department of State | $32,271,501 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Department of Labor | $29,989,722 | 0.1% |
The 15 largest of 37 agencies with obligations here. Arkansas accounts for 0.6% of the $4,725,719,515,020 that carries a place-of-performance state.
What this page cannot show
- Place of performance is the location the recipient reported. A contract recorded here may be performed, subcontracted, or spent elsewhere.
- These are obligations recorded in the period, not outlays and not money received by residents or by the state government.
- A per-resident figure divides work performed in a state by the people who live there. The two are not the same population, and a state with a large federal installation or contractor will rank high without its residents receiving that money.
Related
Nearby in the ranking
Largest agencies here
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/states_by_federal_awards.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/state_agencies.sql
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA) (population denominator) — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work, public domaintransforms/seeds/census_state_population.csv
Data retrieved