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New Mexico

Federal agencies obligated $41.3 billion for work performed in New Mexico in fiscal year 2026, ranking 32 of all states and territories reported.

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The record

Obligations performed here, FY2026
$41,289,633,858
Across every agency and award type.
Rank
32 of 56
Among states and territories with reported obligations.
Per resident
$19,382.48
Divided by 2,130,256 residents, 2024 estimate.

The per-resident figure is $41,289,633,858 divided by 2,130,256, 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 New Mexico 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 New Mexico, fiscal year 2026
RankAgencyObligationsShare of state
1Department of Health and Human Services$11,503,996,67327.9%
2Department of Energy$10,600,177,61225.7%
3Social Security Administration$9,371,415,20622.7%
4Department of Homeland Security$2,574,776,4086.2%
5Department of Agriculture$1,767,979,6764.3%
6Department of Veterans Affairs$1,666,564,0614.0%
7Department of Defense$1,049,827,2902.5%
8Department of the Interior$858,713,8992.1%
9Department of Education$701,801,9701.7%
10Department of Transportation$499,379,7841.2%
11Department of Housing and Urban Development$243,502,1080.6%
12Federal Communications Commission$88,778,6370.2%
13Railroad Retirement Board$84,726,6260.2%
14Environmental Protection Agency$67,980,4540.2%
15National Science Foundation$67,394,9190.2%

The 15 largest of 35 agencies with obligations here. New Mexico accounts for 0.9% 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.

Sources

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