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Federal spending in VA-06: Virginia's 6th 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.
Virginia's 6th congressional district received $5.5B in federal award obligations in FY2026: $6,960 for each of its 785,188 residents.
That is below the Virginia rate of $21,956 per resident (32% of it) and below the national rate of $14,744; it ranks 9 of 11 districts in the state.
The FY2026 mix was 86% direct payments, 12% contracts.
Obligations were down 10% on FY2025, and the five-year total since FY2023 is $22B.
Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Social Security Administration ($15B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.8B) and Department of Defense ($1.2B).
Per resident, by award type FY2026
- Contracts $662M
- Grants $106M
- Direct payments $4.7B
- Loans (subsidy cost) −$2.3M
- Other assistance $9.1M
| Per resident | This district | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $6,960 | $21,956 | $14,744 |
| Contracts | $843 | $12,524 | $2,007 |
| Grants | $136 | $3,015 | $3,528 |
| Direct payments | $5,973 | $6,401 | $9,185 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | −$3 | −$1 | −$16 |
| Other assistance | $12 | $17 | $40 |
| Rank by per-resident rate | 9 of 11 in state · 157 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 $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
- Alleghany County 100% of county area
- Augusta County 100% of county area
- Bath County 100% of county area
- Botetourt County 100% of county area
- Clarke County 100% of county area
- Frederick County 100% of county area
- Highland County 100% of county area
- Page County 100% of county area
- Rockbridge County 100% of county area
- Rockingham County 100% of county area
- Shenandoah County 100% of county area
- Warren County 100% of county area
- Buena Vista city 100% of county area
- Covington city 100% of county area
- Harrisonburg city 100% of county area
- Lexington city 100% of county area
- Roanoke city 100% of county area
- Salem city 100% of county area
- Staunton city 100% of county area
- Waynesboro city 100% of county area
- Winchester city 100% of county area
- Roanoke County 66% of county area
Other districts in Virginia
- VA-01 $4,893
- VA-02 $15,144
- VA-03 $17,348
- VA-04 $6,327
- VA-05 $7,687
- 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 6th congressional district?
$5.5B 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?
$6,960 per resident in FY2026 (population 785,188), 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 6th congressional district?
By obligations over FY2022–FY2025: Elbit Systems of America - Night Vision LLC ($758M), Panamerica Computers, Inc. ($220M), Virginia Department of Transportation ($188M), City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority ($126M) and Michael Stapleton Associates, LTD. ($121M). Individuals are never listed.
Which agencies fund Virginia's 6th congressional district?
Social Security Administration ($15B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.8B), Department of Defense ($1.2B), Railroad Retirement Board ($483M) and Department of Homeland Security ($422M), 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.