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Federal spending in KS-01: Kansas's 1st congressional district
USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026.
Kansas's 1st congressional district received $5.6B in federal award obligations in FY2026: $7,578 for each of its 733,038 residents.
That is below the Kansas rate of $10,325 per resident and below the national rate of $14,744; it ranks 2 of 4 districts in the state.
The FY2026 mix was 88% direct payments.
Obligations were about level on FY2025, and the five-year total since FY2023 is $22B.
Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Social Security Administration ($13B), Department of Agriculture ($3.1B) and Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.5B).
Per resident, by award type FY2026
- Contracts $227M
- Grants $421M
- Direct payments $4.9B
- Loans (subsidy cost) −$4.7M
- Other assistance $41M
| Per resident | This district | Kansas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $7,578 | $10,325 | $14,744 |
| Contracts | $309 | $1,256 | $2,007 |
| Grants | $574 | $2,786 | $3,528 |
| Direct payments | $6,645 | $6,231 | $9,185 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | −$6 | −$1 | −$16 |
| Other assistance | $55 | $52 | $40 |
| Rank by per-resident rate | 2 of 4 in state · 128 of 436 US | 44 of 51 states | — |
District attribution follows the congressional district USAspending records for the primary place of performance; awards carrying only a state-level location are counted in the state but in no district. Medicare payments are attributed to the district of the administrative contractor.
Obligations by fiscal year
Recipients that dominate the district FY2022–FY2025
| # | Recipient organisation | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas Department of Transportation | $748M | 4% |
| 2 | Kansas State University | $361M | 2% |
| 3 | University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $325M | 2% |
| 4 | Midwest Energy, Inc | $106M | 1% |
| 5 | University of Kansas | $105M | 1% |
| 6 | Skywest Airlines Inc | $88M | 0% |
| 7 | Fort Hays State University | $83M | 0% |
| 8 | Kansas State University | $73M | 0% |
| 9 | Twenty-First Century Bean Processing LLC | $54M | 0% |
| 10 | Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation | $52M | 0% |
| 11 | Firelake Construction Inc | $51M | 0% |
| 12 | Lawrence Housing Authority | $43M | 0% |
| 13 | City of Garden City | $40M | 0% |
| 14 | City of Manhattan | $38M | 0% |
| 15 | Serrato Corporation | $36M | 0% |
| 16 | City of Dodge City | $36M | 0% |
| 17 | Haskell Indian Nations University | $36M | 0% |
| 18 | Merrick & Company | $31M | 0% |
| 19 | Ames Construction, Inc. | $31M | 0% |
| 20 | Hutchinson Community College | $25M | 0% |
| 21 | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc | $23M | 0% |
| 22 | Bioscience and Technology Business Center, Inc. | $23M | 0% |
| 23 | Barton County Community College | $21M | 0% |
| 24 | Haskell Foundation | $20M | 0% |
| 25 | Sealaska Constructors LLC | $20M | 0% |
A further $17B among the top 40 went to recipients not shown: individuals, aggregated records and names USAspending withholds.
Who funds the district FY2022–FY2025
Awarding agencies
Assistance programs
Contract industries by NAICS sector
Largest awards performed in the district
Counties in the district
- Barton County 100% of county area
- Cheyenne County 100% of county area
- Clark County 100% of county area
- Clay County 100% of county area
- Cloud County 100% of county area
- Decatur County 100% of county area
- Dickinson County 100% of county area
- Ellis County 100% of county area
- Ellsworth County 100% of county area
- Finney County 100% of county area
- Ford County 100% of county area
- Gove County 100% of county area
- Graham County 100% of county area
- Grant County 100% of county area
- Gray County 100% of county area
- Greeley County 100% of county area
- Hamilton County 100% of county area
- Haskell County 100% of county area
- Hodgeman County 100% of county area
- Jefferson County 100% of county area
- Jewell County 100% of county area
- Kearny County 100% of county area
- Lane County 100% of county area
- Lincoln County 100% of county area
- Logan County 100% of county area
- McPherson County 100% of county area
- Marshall County 100% of county area
- Meade County 100% of county area
- Mitchell County 100% of county area
- Morton County 100% of county area
- Ness County 100% of county area
- Norton County 100% of county area
- Osborne County 100% of county area
- Ottawa County 100% of county area
- Phillips County 100% of county area
- Pottawatomie County 100% of county area
- Rawlins County 100% of county area
- Reno County 100% of county area
- Republic County 100% of county area
- Rice County 100% of county area
- Riley County 100% of county area
- Rooks County 100% of county area
- Rush County 100% of county area
- Russell County 100% of county area
- Saline County 100% of county area
- Scott County 100% of county area
- Seward County 100% of county area
- Sheridan County 100% of county area
- Sherman County 100% of county area
- Smith County 100% of county area
- Stanton County 100% of county area
- Stevens County 100% of county area
- Thomas County 100% of county area
- Trego County 100% of county area
- Wallace County 100% of county area
- Washington County 100% of county area
- Wichita County 100% of county area
- Jackson County 87% of county area
- Pawnee County 46% of county area
- Douglas County 13% of county area
Other districts in Kansas
Questions and answers
How much federal spending goes to Kansas's 1st congressional district?
$5.6B in award obligations in FY2026 and $22B since FY2023, counting awards whose primary place of performance is in the district. Obligations are commitments, not payments.
How much federal spending per person is that?
$7,578 per resident in FY2026 (population 733,038), against $10,325 for Kansas and $14,744 nationally. Direct payments such as Social Security and Medicare are included; the table on this page splits the rate by award type.
Which recipients dominate Kansas's 1st congressional district?
By obligations over FY2022–FY2025: Kansas Department of Transportation ($748M), Kansas State University ($361M), University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($325M), Midwest Energy, Inc ($106M) and University of Kansas ($105M). Individuals are never listed.
Which agencies fund Kansas's 1st congressional district?
Social Security Administration ($13B), Department of Agriculture ($3.1B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.5B), Department of Transportation ($1.0B) and Department of Education ($625M), over FY2022–FY2025.
What does "place of performance" mean here?
USAspending records where the work is done or the payment is directed, as reported by the awarding agency. Some awards, especially grants to state governments, carry only a state-level location and are not attributed to any county or district; Medicare payments are attributed to the county of the administrative contractor.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending-by-geography (place of performance, congressional district layer, current districts) by fiscal year and award type, loaded 30 Sep 2026; district population as returned by the same endpoint; recipient and agency cross-tabulations for FY2022–FY2025, fetched 18 Sep 2026. Boundaries and county overlap: Census cartographic boundary and relationship files for the 119th Congress. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.