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District Of Columbia

Federal agencies obligated $43.5 billion for work performed in District Of Columbia in fiscal year 2026, ranking 31 of all states and territories reported.

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The record

Obligations performed here, FY2026
$43,549,659,051
Across every agency and award type.
Rank
31 of 56
Among states and territories with reported obligations.
Per resident
$62,014.47
Divided by 702,250 residents, 2024 estimate.

The per-resident figure is $43,549,659,051 divided by 702,250, 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 District Of Columbia per resident. It is not federal money received by residents, and it is not a payment anyone receives.

Largest agencies

Agencies by obligations performed in District Of Columbia, fiscal year 2026
RankAgencyObligationsShare of state
1Department of Transportation$9,873,480,64122.7%
2Department of Health and Human Services$6,633,800,82115.2%
3Department of Defense$5,570,010,99312.8%
4General Services Administration$3,666,309,6138.4%
5Department of Homeland Security$3,223,107,4197.4%
6Social Security Administration$1,953,889,6684.5%
7Department of State$1,728,319,1744.0%
8Department of Energy$1,504,883,1833.5%
9Department of Veterans Affairs$1,484,139,4773.4%
10Department of Education$1,288,549,6433.0%
11Department of the Treasury$1,023,750,6962.4%
12Department of Agriculture$818,592,4441.9%
13Department of Housing and Urban Development$683,089,2431.6%
14Department of Justice$668,310,8501.5%
15Department of Labor$612,971,8141.4%

The 15 largest of 64 agencies with obligations here. District Of Columbia accounts for 0.9% of the $4,725,719,515,020 that carries a place-of-performance state.

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  • 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.

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