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Federal spending in Tennessee

Population 7,315,076 (2025) · per-resident rank 14 of 51 · 95 counties · 9 congressional districts

Anderson County: $85,326 per residentDavidson County: $62,018 per residentUnicoi County: $17,263 per residentHamilton County: $16,258 per residentCoffee County: $16,065 per residentBenton County: $13,277 per residentCocke County: $12,034 per residentSullivan County: $11,116 per residentCumberland County: $10,488 per residentSmith County: $9,734 per residentJohnson County: $9,501 per residentFayette County: $9,154 per residentLoudon County: $9,125 per residentStewart County: $9,052 per residentGreene County: $8,902 per residentWashington County: $8,850 per residentHawkins County: $8,820 per residentDecatur County: $8,721 per residentMarion County: $8,646 per residentRoane County: $8,581 per residentMcMinn County: $8,527 per residentHickman County: $8,491 per residentPickett County: $8,377 per residentHenry County: $8,346 per residentCarroll County: $8,155 per residentMoore County: $8,148 per residentPolk County: $8,104 per residentFentress County: $8,094 per residentMontgomery County: $8,088 per residentCarter County: $8,064 per residentClay County: $8,051 per residentGibson County: $7,997 per residentCampbell County: $7,996 per residentHardin County: $7,990 per residentLincoln County: $7,960 per residentSequatchie County: $7,953 per residentCannon County: $7,803 per residentClaiborne County: $7,799 per residentGrundy County: $7,713 per residentMonroe County: $7,705 per residentGiles County: $7,657 per residentHaywood County: $7,641 per residentObion County: $7,601 per residentHouston County: $7,520 per residentMcNairy County: $7,512 per residentJefferson County: $7,507 per residentWeakley County: $7,467 per residentKnox County: $7,431 per residentDyer County: $7,401 per residentBlount County: $7,389 per residentGrainger County: $7,365 per residentFranklin County: $7,321 per residentJackson County: $7,319 per residentMeigs County: $7,256 per residentHumphreys County: $7,254 per residentTipton County: $7,198 per residentWhite County: $7,168 per residentPutnam County: $7,094 per residentHardeman County: $7,081 per residentVan Buren County: $7,080 per residentWayne County: $7,073 per residentShelby County: $7,065 per residentMadison County: $7,038 per residentCrockett County: $7,008 per residentOverton County: $6,990 per residentDeKalb County: $6,949 per residentRhea County: $6,881 per residentSevier County: $6,879 per residentBradley County: $6,686 per residentMorgan County: $6,676 per residentLewis County: $6,674 per residentHamblen County: $6,639 per residentScott County: $6,636 per residentCheatham County: $6,588 per residentBledsoe County: $6,488 per residentHenderson County: $6,473 per residentWarren County: $6,450 per residentMaury County: $6,424 per residentUnion County: $6,408 per residentChester County: $6,405 per residentDickson County: $6,402 per residentWilliamson County: $6,375 per residentPerry County: $6,333 per residentLake County: $6,313 per residentSumner County: $6,260 per residentLauderdale County: $6,172 per residentLawrence County: $6,151 per residentHancock County: $6,012 per residentRobertson County: $5,995 per residentWilson County: $5,586 per residentMarshall County: $5,536 per residentBedford County: $5,423 per residentMacon County: $5,347 per residentRutherford County: $4,674 per residentTrousdale County: $4,413 per resident
low → high per resident, FY2025Tennessee counties; boundaries US Census Bureau.

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 $121B in awards performed in Tennessee in FY2025, $16,594 per resident against $15,158 nationally; the state ranks 14 of 51 by that rate.

The FY2025 mix was 74% direct payments, 17% grants, 9% contracts. Obligations were up 13% on FY2024; FY2026 to date stands at $120B.

435 organisations located in Tennessee reached the $1.0M listing floor in at least one fiscal year since FY2022; the largest is Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar ($53B over five years).

$121Bobligations performed in Tennessee, FY2025FY2025 (1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025) · obligations
$16,594per residentFY2025 · obligationsUS: $15,158
$548Bfive-year totalFY2022–FY2026 to date · obligations
$120BFY2026 to dateFY2026, through 30 Sep 2026 · obligations
435listed organisations located hereFY2022–FY2026

Per resident, by award type FY2025

Per residentTennesseeUnited States
All award obligations$16,594$15,158
Contracts$1,497$2,164
Grants$2,791$3,542
Direct payments$12,253$9,398
Loans (subsidy cost)$30$1
Other assistance$23$53

Obligations by fiscal year

$96B
$103B
$107B
$121B
$120B
FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Award obligations performed in Tennessee by fiscal year and award type (spending over time, place of performance). *FY2026 runs to the data date and is incomplete.

By month last 24 months

Oct 2024Oct 2025Sep 2026
Monthly obligations performed in Tennessee, by award type. The last month is partial.

Monthly award lists ($1.0M+ new awards):

Largest recipients located in Tennessee five listed years

#OrganisationObligations
1Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar$53B
2UT-Battelle LLC$13B
3Tennessee Department of Human Services$13B
4Tennessee Department of Transportation$7.1B
5Department of Education Tennessee$7.0B
6Amentum Technology, Inc.$4.2B
7Amentum Technology, Inc.$4.1B
8Vanderbilt University Medical Center$2.6B
9Corecivic, Inc.$2.6B
10Idaho Environmental Coalition LLC$2.5B
11Federal Express Corporation$2.2B
12Federal Express Corporation$2.2B
13Metropolitan Security Services, Inc.$2.1B
14Tennessee Emergency Management Authority$2.1B
15Ami Metals, Inc$2.0B
16Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated$1.8B
17Tennessee Department of Health$1.6B
18Department of Environment & Conservation Tennessee$1.4B
19Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund$1.3B
20Economic and Community Develop$1.2B
21Amentum Technology, Inc.$1.1B
22Vanderbilt University$1.1B
23McKesson Specialty Distribution LLC$1.0B
24BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc.$948M
25Tennessee Housing Development Agency$836M

Top government contractors in Tennessee contract obligations

#OrganisationContracts
1UT-Battelle LLC$13B
2Amentum Technology, Inc.$3.8B
3Federal Express Corporation$2.2B
4Federal Express Corporation$2.2B
5Metropolitan Security Services, Inc.$2.1B
6Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated$1.7B
7Corecivic, Inc.$1.7B
8Idaho Environmental Coalition LLC$1.6B
9Amentum Technology, Inc.$1.6B
10Ami Metals, Inc$1.5B
11Amentum Technology, Inc.$1.1B
12McKesson Specialty Distribution LLC$1.0B
13BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc.$948M
14Edfinancial Services LLC$819M
15CGS Administrators, LLC$662M
16Facility Services Management, Inc.$576M
17Alon Usa, LP$528M
18Rsi Entech, LLC$515M
19Workwear Outfitters, LLC$501M
20Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC$486M
21Wellpath LLC$386M
22Amentum Technology, Inc.$379M
23Nuclear Fuel Services Inc$337M
24Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc.$333M
25Inland Dredging Company, L.L.C.$322M

Recipients are grouped by the state of the recipient's own address (USAspending recipient location), not by where the work is performed. Individuals are excluded. Each figure sums the fiscal years in which the organisation reached the $1.0M listing floor.

Awarding agencies place of performance, FY2022–FY2025

Department of Health and Human Services$190B
Social Security Administration$131B
Department of Energy$29B
Department of Veterans Affairs$23B
Department of Agriculture$14B
Department of Defense$10B
Department of Education$7.3B
Department of Transportation$7.0B
Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.6B
Department of Homeland Security$2.1B
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation$1.6B
Railroad Retirement Board$1.3B
Federal Communications Commission$1.2B
Environmental Protection Agency$1.2B
Department of Commerce$993M

Contract industries NAICS

561210 Facilities Support Services$25B
562910 Remediation Services$2.6B
541330 Engineering Services$2.3B
541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services$1.4B
492110 Couriers and Express Delivery Services$1.2B
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction$879M
325920 Explosives Manufacturing$608M
325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing$581M
524114 Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers$535M
324110 Petroleum Refineries$489M
237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction$438M
424320 Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings Merchant Wholesalers$432M
541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$430M
522390 Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation$375M
236210 Industrial Building Construction$358M

Assistance programs listings

96.002 Social Security Retirement Insurance$99B
93.774 Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$75B
93.773 Medicare Hospital Insurance$60B
93.778 Grants to States for Medicaid$39B
96.001 Social Security Disability Insurance$17B
64.109 Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$16B
96.004 Social Security Survivors Insurance$10B
10.551 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$7.1B
96.006 Supplemental Security Income$5.4B
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction$5.3B
93.770 Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$4.0B
10.555 National School Lunch Program$2.7B
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program$2.5B
14.195 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$1.8B
86.001 Pension Plan Termination Insurance$1.6B

Counties per resident, FY2025

CountyPopulationFY2025 obligationsPer residentFive-year total
Davidson County745,904$46B$62,018$198B
Anderson County82,066$7.0B$85,326$38B
Shelby County910,226$6.4B$7,065$29B
Hamilton County390,833$6.4B$16,258$28B
Knox County511,453$3.8B$7,431$17B
Montgomery County249,935$2.0B$8,088$8.8B
Sullivan County163,759$1.8B$11,116$7.6B
Rutherford County386,352$1.8B$4,674$8.6B
Williamson County272,061$1.7B$6,375$8.1B
Sumner County215,538$1.3B$6,260$5.9B
Washington County141,199$1.2B$8,850$5.5B
Blount County143,820$1.1B$7,389$4.8B
Coffee County62,419$1.0B$16,065$5.1B
Wilson County175,033$978M$5,586$4.5B
Bradley County115,465$772M$6,686$3.5B
Maury County118,131$759M$6,424$3.4B
Madison County100,790$709M$7,038$3.3B
Sevier County101,342$697M$6,879$3.3B
Cumberland County66,300$695M$10,488$3.3B
Greene County73,831$657M$8,902$3.0B
Putnam County86,612$614M$7,094$2.8B
Loudon County63,764$582M$9,125$2.6B
Hawkins County59,559$525M$8,820$2.4B
Roane County57,395$492M$8,581$2.3B
McMinn County57,404$489M$8,527$2.0B
Robertson County80,175$481M$5,995$2.2B
Carter County57,361$463M$8,064$2.1B
Hamblen County68,843$457M$6,639$2.2B
Cocke County37,889$456M$12,034$1.6B
Jefferson County60,024$451M$7,507$2.1B
Tipton County62,287$448M$7,198$1.9B
Gibson County51,779$414M$7,997$2.1B
Fayette County45,071$413M$9,154$1.7B
Monroe County49,730$383M$7,705$1.8B
Dickson County58,662$376M$6,402$1.7B
Franklin County45,579$334M$7,321$1.5B
Campbell County40,290$322M$7,996$1.5B
Unicoi County17,856$308M$17,263$1.4B
Bedford County55,273$300M$5,423$1.4B
Lincoln County36,853$293M$7,960$1.2B
Lawrence County46,914$289M$6,151$1.3B
Warren County43,717$282M$6,450$1.3B
Cheatham County42,778$282M$6,588$1.3B
Henry County32,896$275M$8,346$1.3B
Dyer County36,320$269M$7,401$1.2B
Claiborne County33,229$259M$7,799$1.2B
Marion County29,804$258M$8,646$1.1B
Weakley County33,261$248M$7,467$1.1B
Giles County31,433$241M$7,657$1.1B
Rhea County34,844$240M$6,881$1.1B
Carroll County29,200$238M$8,155$1.1B
Obion County30,067$229M$7,601$1.0B
Hardin County27,983$224M$7,990$1.0B
Hickman County26,219$223M$8,491$993M
Benton County16,183$215M$13,277$726M
White County29,612$212M$7,168$979M
Marshall County38,071$211M$5,536$998M
Smith County20,981$204M$9,734$692M
McNairy County26,236$197M$7,512$918M
Grainger County25,739$190M$7,365$828M
Henderson County28,518$185M$6,473$850M
Hardeman County25,274$179M$7,081$1.0B
Johnson County18,718$178M$9,501$732M
Overton County23,787$166M$6,990$747M
Fentress County20,322$164M$8,094$740M
DeKalb County21,873$152M$6,949$752M
Lauderdale County24,617$152M$6,172$730M
Polk County18,592$151M$8,104$669M
Scott County22,671$150M$6,636$697M
Morgan County22,160$148M$6,676$679M
Macon County27,663$148M$5,347$680M
Humphreys County19,646$143M$7,254$739M
Sequatchie County17,861$142M$7,953$658M
Union County21,450$137M$6,408$660M
Stewart County14,439$131M$9,052$616M
Haywood County17,042$130M$7,641$631M
Cannon County15,296$119M$7,803$494M
Wayne County16,416$116M$7,073$508M
Chester County17,994$115M$6,405$569M
Grundy County14,116$109M$7,713$497M
Bledsoe County15,920$103M$6,488$453M
Decatur County11,820$103M$8,721$463M
Meigs County14,186$103M$7,256$477M
Crockett County14,006$98M$7,008$462M
Jackson County12,466$91M$7,319$422M
Lewis County13,487$90M$6,674$396M
Houston County8,479$64M$7,520$310M
Clay County7,821$63M$8,051$291M
Perry County9,126$58M$6,333$297M
Moore County6,920$56M$8,148$270M
Trousdale County12,623$56M$4,413$252M
Van Buren County6,874$49M$7,080$231M
Pickett County5,219$44M$8,377$207M
Hancock County7,075$43M$6,012$188M
Lake County6,249$39M$6,313$182M

Congressional districts

DistrictPopulationFY2025 obligationsPer residentFive-year total
TN-01772,206$7.5B$9,707$33B
TN-02783,395$5.9B$7,564$27B
TN-03776,693$16B$20,762$79B
TN-04781,570$4.9B$6,322$23B
TN-05775,588$3.0B$3,866$13B
TN-06768,525$4.3B$5,600$19B
TN-07784,694$5.1B$6,508$25B
TN-08764,865$4.8B$6,228$22B
TN-09767,682$6.2B$8,091$28B

Largest awards begun in FY2025

RecipientAwarding agencyTypeAward valueBegunRecord
Finance & Administration Tennessee DeparDepartment of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesGrantBlock Grant (a)$11B1 Oct 2024USAspending
Finance & Administration Tennessee DeparDepartment of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesGrantBlock Grant (a)$866M1 Oct 2024USAspending
Novonix Enterprise South LLCDepartment of EnergyLoanDirect Loan (e)$692Mloan face value16 Dec 2024USAspending
Tennessee Emergency Management AuthorityDepartment of Homeland SecurityFederal Emergency Management AgencyGrantProject Grant (B)$637M21 Nov 2024USAspending
Finance & Administration Tennessee DeparDepartment of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesGrantBlock Grant (a)$437M1 Jan 2025USAspending
Seven States Power CorporationDepartment of AgricultureRural Utilities ServiceLoanDirect Loan (e)$415Mloan face value15 Jan 2025USAspending
Department of Education TennesseeDepartment of EducationGrantFormula Grant (a)$378M1 Jul 2025USAspending
Department of Education TennesseeDepartment of AgricultureFood and Nutrition ServiceGrantFormula Grant (a)$370M7 Nov 2024USAspending
Department of Education TennesseeDepartment of EducationGrantFormula Grant (a)$289M1 Jul 2025USAspending
BWXT Enrichment Operations, LLCDepartment of EnergyContractDelivery Order$267M22 Sep 2025USAspending

Questions and answers

How much federal money is spent in Tennessee?

$121B in award obligations with a primary place of performance in Tennessee in FY2025 (1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025), $548B over the five fiscal years since FY2022. Obligations are commitments, not payments.

How much is that per resident?

$16,594 per resident in FY2025, against $15,158 nationally; Tennessee ranks 14 of 51 states and the District of Columbia. Direct payments such as Social Security and Medicare are included and split out in the table.

Who are the top government contractors in Tennessee?

By contract obligations over the listed fiscal years, organisations located in Tennessee: UT-Battelle LLC ($13B), Amentum Technology, Inc. ($3.8B), Federal Express Corporation ($2.2B), Federal Express Corporation ($2.2B), Metropolitan Security Services, Inc. ($2.1B).

Which agencies spend the most in Tennessee?

Over FY2022–FY2025: Department of Health and Human Services ($190B), Social Security Administration ($131B), Department of Energy ($29B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($23B), Department of Agriculture ($14B).

Provenance

Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (spending over time by place of performance for the state series; spending by geography for counties and districts; spending by category for recipients, agencies, NAICS and listings), loaded 30 Sep 2026. Population: Census Vintage 2025. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.