Rankings
Top states by federal spending received: FY2022
FY2022 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-11
≈ computed · place of performance
California received more federal work than any other state in FY2022: $425.3B by place of performance. Ranked by where the work is performed, which the source reports reliably at state level. This is not the same as where a company is headquartered. Computed
Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. Rank vs FY2021 is each name's change in position from FY2021; a dash means the name was not in FY2021's data.
Quick findings
Computed- The top 10 account for 50% of the $4.5T combined total of all 56 states and territories listed.
- Connecticut rose the most, from #20 in FY2021 to #12 in FY2022.
- Georgia fell the most among those listed, from #16 in FY2021 to #22 in FY2022.
| Rank | Name | FY2022 | FY2021 | Change | Rank vs FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | California361 recipients | $425.3B | $510.4B | −17% | same |
| 02 | Texas258 recipients | $277.8B | $349.8B | −21% | same |
| 03 | New York165 recipients | $268.9B | $301.3B | −11% | same |
| 04 | Florida231 recipients | $256.8B | $297.6B | −14% | same |
| 05 | Pennsylvania180 recipients | $231.3B | $262.7B | −12% | same |
| 06 | Minnesota51 recipients | $203.2B | $182.7B | +11% | same |
| 07 | Indiana57 recipients | $163.9B | $177.3B | −8% | same |
| 08 | Virginia316 recipients | $162.5B | $165.7B | −2% | same |
| 09 | Kentucky66 recipients | $150.4B | $144.9B | +4% | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Illinois147 recipients | $118.2B | $156.3B | −24% | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Ohio122 recipients | $113B | $139.9B | −19% | same |
| 12 | Connecticut46 recipients | $112.5B | $107.8B | +4% | ▲ 8 |
| 13 | Michigan76 recipients | $111.6B | $132B | −15% | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | South Carolina94 recipients | $110.4B | $124.9B | −12% | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Arizona113 recipients | $106.8B | $122.4B | −13% | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | North Carolina154 recipients | $98.7B | $118.1B | −16% | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Tennessee82 recipients | $96.3B | $113.4B | −15% | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Wisconsin43 recipients | $95.3B | $110.5B | −14% | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | Maryland342 recipients | $94.9B | $104.8B | −9% | ▲ 3 |
| 20 | New Jersey96 recipients | $89.2B | $106.8B | −16% | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Massachusetts140 recipients | $89B | $114.2B | −22% | ▼ 4 |
| 22 | Georgia218 recipients | $88.6B | $115.5B | −23% | ▼ 6 |
| 23 | Washington114 recipients | $79.4B | $99.4B | −20% | same |
| 24 | Missouri71 recipients | $76.6B | $86B | −11% | same |
| 25 | North Dakota20 recipients | $70.9B | $76.3B | −7% | same |
| 26 | Alabama121 recipients | $60.8B | $70.3B | −13% | same |
| 27 | Colorado135 recipients | $59.4B | $70.2B | −15% | same |
| 28 | Louisiana81 recipients | $54B | $69B | −22% | same |
| 29 | District Of Columbia302 recipients | $51.3B | $54.4B | −6% | ▲ 3 |
| 30 | Oregon39 recipients | $49.4B | $58.9B | −16% | same |
| 31 | Oklahoma83 recipients | $43.5B | $56.3B | −23% | same |
| 32 | Puerto Rico37 recipients | $39B | $65.2B | −40% | ▼ 3 |
| 33 | New Mexico81 recipients | $37.3B | $41.4B | −10% | same |
| 34 | Mississippi58 recipients | $33.9B | $40.4B | −16% | same |
| 35 | Arkansas40 recipients | $31.4B | $37.2B | −16% | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Iowa43 recipients | $30.5B | $37.9B | −19% | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Nevada44 recipients | $27.7B | $35.4B | −22% | same |
| 38 | Kansas41 recipients | $27.5B | $32.8B | −16% | same |
| 39 | Utah56 recipients | $25.7B | $29.7B | −13% | same |
| 40 | Nebraska32 recipients | $22.6B | $26.5B | −14% | same |
| 41 | West Virginia48 recipients | $22.4B | $26.1B | −14% | same |
| 42 | Idaho14 recipients | $18B | $21.6B | −17% | same |
| 43 | Maine22 recipients | $18B | $20.5B | −12% | ▲ 1 |
| 44 | Hawaii65 recipients | $17.2B | $21.6B | −20% | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Alaska48 recipients | $14.9B | $18.7B | −20% | same |
| 46 | Rhode Island32 recipients | $13.8B | $16.8B | −18% | ▲ 1 |
| 47 | New Hampshire22 recipients | $13.7B | $17B | −19% | ▼ 1 |
| 48 | Montana25 recipients | $13.3B | $15.7B | −15% | same |
| 49 | South Dakota20 recipients | $10.9B | $14B | −22% | same |
| 50 | Delaware14 recipients | $10.3B | $13.2B | −22% | same |
| 51 | Vermont17 recipients | $7.6B | $9.9B | −23% | same |
| 52 | Wyoming18 recipients | $6.2B | $8.4B | −26% | same |
| 53 | Guam17 recipients | $3B | $5.2B | −43% | same |
| 54 | U.S. Virgin Islands5 recipients | $1.9B | $3.2B | −41% | same |
| 55 | Northern Mariana Islands2 recipients | $554.5M | $2.3B | −76% | same |
| 56 | American Samoa3 recipients | $537.8M | $1.4B | −62% | same |
Place of performance is from source at state level. Congressional-district figures are INFERRED from it and live on their own pages, labeled as such.
Questions
- Which state receives the most federal spending in FY2022?
- California, with $425.3B of federal work performed there in FY2022, ahead of Texas at $277.8B.
- Is this where the money is spent or where the company is based?
- Where the work is performed, as reported on each award. A contractor headquartered in one state routinely performs the work in several others.
- Where does this ranking come from?
- It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the value of federal work performed in that state in FY2022. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many states are shown?
- The top 56 for FY2022. Each row opens that state's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
- Does a high position mean anything is wrong?
- No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2022, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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Why the labels? The graph is only worth anything if the links are trusted. Facts taken straight from a federal filing are Source; figures we calculate are Computed; links we infer (corporate parents, districts, similar contractors, connections between records) are Inferred, worded carefully, never asserted as fact and never a claim that one thing caused another. Spot an error? Tell us.