Findings from the USAspending data
Each finding answers one question with a table for all states, or for the largest recipients or agencies. A program writes the sentences from the figures with fixed rules. The figures are obligations of FY2026, the last closed fiscal year, and FY2025.
- Federal obligations for each resident, by state, FY2026In FY2026, the obligations for each resident were highest in the District of Columbia ($74,867) and lowest in Utah ($8,481).
- Change in federal obligations by state, FY2025 to FY2026Obligations rose in 38 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia from FY2025 to FY2026.
- Contracts, grants and direct payments by state, FY2026Contracts were 62% of the obligations in the District of Columbia in FY2026, the largest share in the table.
- The 50 recipients with the most obligations, FY2026Health Care Services, California Department of had the most obligations in FY2026: $117B.
- The 25 agencies with the most obligations, FY2026The Department of Health and Human Services had the most obligations in FY2026: $2.1T, 40.7% of the obligations of all agencies.
The first rows of each table are kept in the edition of October 2026. Every monthly edition.
The tables show activity: the amounts that agencies obligated. They do not grade a recipient, a place or an agency. FY2027 is the open fiscal year and is not in these tables.