Rhode Island
Federal agencies obligated $14.1 billion for work performed in Rhode Island in fiscal year 2026, ranking 47 of all states and territories reported.
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The record
- Obligations performed here, FY2026
- $14,085,810,234
- Across every agency and award type.
- Rank
- 47 of 56
- Among states and territories with reported obligations.
- Per resident
- $12,663.59
- Divided by 1,112,308 residents, 2024 estimate.
The per-resident figure is $14,085,810,234 divided by 1,112,308, 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 Rhode Island 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 | Department of Health and Human Services | $5,745,041,920 | 40.8% |
| 2 | Social Security Administration | $5,193,500,504 | 36.9% |
| 3 | Department of Defense | $679,247,179 | 4.8% |
| 4 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $537,110,798 | 3.8% |
| 5 | Department of Transportation | $476,721,862 | 3.4% |
| 6 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | $453,284,758 | 3.2% |
| 7 | Department of Agriculture | $400,736,282 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Department of Education | $306,068,918 | 2.2% |
| 9 | National Science Foundation | $55,868,936 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Department of Homeland Security | $51,593,772 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Environmental Protection Agency | $37,733,262 | 0.3% |
| 12 | General Services Administration | $37,029,346 | 0.3% |
| 13 | Department of Labor | $21,388,817 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Railroad Retirement Board | $15,968,916 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Department of Commerce | $15,012,985 | 0.1% |
The 15 largest of 35 agencies with obligations here. Rhode Island accounts for 0.3% 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