Iowa
Federal agencies obligated $29.7 billion for work performed in Iowa in fiscal year 2026, ranking 35 of all states and territories reported.
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The record
- Obligations performed here, FY2026
- $29,692,994,121
- Across every agency and award type.
- Rank
- 35 of 56
- Among states and territories with reported obligations.
- Per resident
- $9,160.30
- Divided by 3,241,488 residents, 2024 estimate.
The per-resident figure is $29,692,994,121 divided by 3,241,488, 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 Iowa 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 | $14,496,338,073 | 48.8% |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | $7,738,753,665 | 26.1% |
| 3 | Department of Agriculture | $1,784,968,147 | 6.0% |
| 4 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,547,854,978 | 5.2% |
| 5 | Department of Defense | $1,140,088,570 | 3.8% |
| 6 | Department of Transportation | $1,042,119,067 | 3.5% |
| 7 | Department of Education | $592,267,222 | 2.0% |
| 8 | Department of Homeland Security | $322,822,618 | 1.1% |
| 9 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | $233,348,681 | 0.8% |
| 10 | Railroad Retirement Board | $186,395,260 | 0.6% |
| 11 | Department of the Treasury | $176,856,573 | 0.6% |
| 12 | Federal Communications Commission | $112,526,919 | 0.4% |
| 13 | Department of Energy | $77,107,274 | 0.3% |
| 14 | National Science Foundation | $53,479,914 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Department of Labor | $44,861,170 | 0.2% |
The 15 largest of 36 agencies with obligations here. Iowa 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