Congressional district · 119th Congress boundaries
Federal spending in VA-04: Virginia's 4th 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.
Federal agencies obligated $4.9B for work and payments in Virginia's 4th congressional district in FY2026, or $6,327 per resident.
That is below the Virginia rate of $21,956 per resident (29% of it) and below the national rate of $14,744; it ranks 10 of 11 districts in the state.
The FY2026 mix was 53% direct payments, 33% grants, 14% contracts.
Obligations were about level on FY2025, and the five-year total since FY2023 is $21B.
Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Social Security Administration ($7.1B), Department of Education ($4.7B) and Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.9B).
Per resident, by award type FY2026
- Contracts $688M
- Grants $1.6B
- Direct payments $2.6B
- Loans (subsidy cost) −$6.9M
- Other assistance $6.5M
| Per resident | This district | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $6,327 | $21,956 | $14,744 |
| Contracts | $885 | $12,524 | $2,007 |
| Grants | $2,071 | $3,015 | $3,528 |
| Direct payments | $3,372 | $6,401 | $9,185 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | −$9 | −$1 | −$16 |
| Other assistance | $8 | $17 | $40 |
| Rank by per-resident rate | 10 of 11 in state · 196 of 436 US | 9 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
A further $9.0B 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
- Brunswick County 100% of county area
- Charles City County 100% of county area
- Dinwiddie County 100% of county area
- Greensville County 100% of county area
- Prince George County 100% of county area
- Surry County 100% of county area
- Sussex County 100% of county area
- Colonial Heights city 100% of county area
- Emporia city 100% of county area
- Hopewell city 100% of county area
- Petersburg city 100% of county area
- Richmond city 100% of county area
- Henrico County 69% of county area
- Southampton County 62% of county area
- Chesterfield County 48% of county area
Other districts in Virginia
- VA-01 $4,893
- VA-02 $15,144
- VA-03 $17,348
- VA-05 $7,687
- VA-06 $6,960
- VA-07 $46,842
- VA-08 $34,148
- VA-09 $7,604
- VA-10 $9,293
- VA-11 $41,726
Questions and answers
How much federal spending goes to Virginia's 4th congressional district?
$4.9B in award obligations in FY2026 and $21B 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?
$6,327 per resident in FY2026 (population 777,131), against $21,956 for Virginia 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 Virginia's 4th congressional district?
By obligations over FY2022–FY2025: Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education ($4.1B), Housing & Community Development Virginia Department of ($1.7B), Emergency MGMT Department of ($854M), Virginia Commonwealth University ($536M) and Virginia Housing Development Authority ($431M). Individuals are never listed.
Which agencies fund Virginia's 4th congressional district?
Social Security Administration ($7.1B), Department of Education ($4.7B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.9B), Department of Defense ($1.8B) and Department of Commerce ($1.6B), 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.