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Texas

Federal agencies obligated $296.1 billion for work performed in Texas in fiscal year 2026, ranking 2 of all states and territories reported.

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The record

Obligations performed here, FY2026
$296,132,917,666
Across every agency and award type.
Rank
2 of 56
Among states and territories with reported obligations.
Per resident
$9,463.89
Divided by 31,290,831 residents, 2024 estimate.

The per-resident figure is $296,132,917,666 divided by 31,290,831, 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 Texas 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 Texas, fiscal year 2026
RankAgencyObligationsShare of state
1Social Security Administration$100,103,766,13333.8%
2Department of Health and Human Services$48,972,318,04416.5%
3Department of Veterans Affairs$42,312,447,67914.3%
4Department of Defense$41,062,524,68113.9%
5Department of Homeland Security$27,124,975,7269.2%
6Department of Agriculture$11,869,930,5224.0%
7Department of Education$7,585,737,8462.6%
8Department of Transportation$6,605,328,8232.2%
9Department of Housing and Urban Development$3,247,283,8721.1%
10Department of Energy$1,826,847,4940.6%
11National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1,749,345,0920.6%
12Railroad Retirement Board$812,652,5270.3%
13Department of Justice$706,276,6620.2%
14National Science Foundation$460,567,8950.2%
15General Services Administration$446,195,6010.2%

The 15 largest of 46 agencies with obligations here. Texas accounts for 6.3% 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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