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Federal spending in UT-01: Utah'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.
Utah's 1st congressional district received $7.5B in federal award obligations in FY2026: $8,944 for each of its 836,389 residents.
That is in line with the Utah rate of $8,198 per resident and below the national rate of $14,744; it ranks 1 of 4 districts in the state.
The FY2026 mix was 59% contracts, 29% direct payments, 12% grants.
Obligations were up 12% on FY2025, and the five-year total since FY2023 is $31B.
Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Department of Defense ($16B), Social Security Administration ($5.7B) and Department of Education ($1.9B).
Per resident, by award type FY2026
- Contracts $4.4B
- Grants $904M
- Direct payments $2.2B
- Loans (subsidy cost) $50K
- Other assistance $23M
| Per resident | This district | Utah | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $8,944 | $8,198 | $14,744 |
| Contracts | $5,254 | $1,736 | $2,007 |
| Grants | $1,081 | $1,983 | $3,528 |
| Direct payments | $2,583 | $4,472 | $9,185 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | $0 | −$18 | −$16 |
| Other assistance | $27 | $25 | $40 |
| Rank by per-resident rate | 1 of 4 in state · 80 of 436 US | 51 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 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corp | $9.7B | 40% |
| 2 | Utah State Board of Education | $1.1B | 5% |
| 3 | University of Utah | $1.1B | 4% |
| 4 | Advantaged Solutions, LLC | $737M | 3% |
| 5 | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $730M | 3% |
| 6 | The Boeing Company | $452M | 2% |
| 7 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $389M | 2% |
| 8 | Utah State University | $351M | 1% |
| 9 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $323M | 1% |
| 10 | Utah Broadband Center | $314M | 1% |
| 11 | Utah Department of Transportation | $282M | 1% |
| 12 | Utah Office of Energy Development | $268M | 1% |
| 13 | Hhi Corporation | $200M | 1% |
| 14 | M. A. Mortenson Company | $189M | 1% |
| 15 | Sinclair Oil Corporation | $166M | 1% |
| 16 | Atk Launch Systems LLC | $165M | 1% |
| 17 | Utah Department of Workforce Services | $144M | 1% |
| 18 | NH1 JV | $129M | 1% |
| 19 | Department of Public Safety State Utah | $128M | 1% |
| 20 | Triumph Gear Systems Inc | $128M | 1% |
| 21 | Weber State University | $124M | 1% |
| 22 | Science Applications International Corporation | $121M | 0% |
| 23 | The University of Utah | $120M | 0% |
| 24 | City of Salt Lake | $118M | 0% |
| 25 | Ames Federal Contracting Group LLC | $112M | 0% |
A further $6.8B 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
- Box Elder County 100% of county area
- Cache County 100% of county area
- Morgan County 100% of county area
- Rich County 100% of county area
- Weber County 100% of county area
- Davis County 65% of county area
- Summit County 40% of county area
- Salt Lake County 16% of county area
Other districts in Utah
Questions and answers
How much federal spending goes to Utah's 1st congressional district?
$7.5B in award obligations in FY2026 and $31B 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?
$8,944 per resident in FY2026 (population 836,389), against $8,198 for Utah 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 Utah's 1st congressional district?
By obligations over FY2022–FY2025: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp ($9.7B), Utah State Board of Education ($1.1B), University of Utah ($1.1B), Advantaged Solutions, LLC ($737M) and Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory ($730M). Individuals are never listed.
Which agencies fund Utah's 1st congressional district?
Department of Defense ($16B), Social Security Administration ($5.7B), Department of Education ($1.9B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.5B) and Department of Health and Human Services ($755M), 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.