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Top states by federal spending received: FY2023

≈ computed · place of performance

California received more federal work than any other state in FY2023: $424.1B 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, data current as of 2026-07-03. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.

  1. 1
    California354 recipients
    $424.1B
  2. 2
    Texas273 recipients
    $293.4B
  3. 3
    Florida234 recipients
    $277.5B
  4. 4
    Pennsylvania167 recipients
    $256.3B
  5. 5
    New York140 recipients
    $240.2B
  6. 6
    Minnesota42 recipients
    $214.2B
  7. 7
    Virginia315 recipients
    $183.8B
  8. 8
    Indiana54 recipients
    $183.7B
  9. 9
    Kentucky61 recipients
    $159.3B
  10. 10
    Illinois131 recipients
    $157.9B
  11. 11
    South Carolina89 recipients
    $123.2B
  12. 12
    Connecticut40 recipients
    $121.6B
  13. 13
    Ohio120 recipients
    $116.8B
  14. 14
    Michigan72 recipients
    $112.8B
  15. 15
    Arizona104 recipients
    $110.3B
  16. 16
    Wisconsin43 recipients
    $103.7B
  17. 17
    Tennessee68 recipients
    $102.9B
  18. 18
    North Carolina162 recipients
    $100.9B
  19. 19
    Maryland324 recipients
    $98.2B
  20. 20
    Massachusetts111 recipients
    $95B
  21. 21
    Georgia182 recipients
    $92.7B
  22. 22
    New Jersey100 recipients
    $86.4B
  23. 23
    Missouri77 recipients
    $86.2B
  24. 24
    Washington109 recipients
    $85.2B
  25. 25
    North Dakota9 recipients
    $82B
  26. 26
    Alabama108 recipients
    $64.3B
  27. 27
    Colorado135 recipients
    $61.5B
  28. 28
    Louisiana72 recipients
    $59.2B
  29. 29
    District Of Columbia274 recipients
    $52.3B
  30. 30
    Oregon40 recipients
    $52.1B
  31. 31
    Oklahoma64 recipients
    $44.9B
  32. 32
    Puerto Rico40 recipients
    $39.6B
  33. 33
    New Mexico67 recipients
    $38.1B
  34. 34
    Mississippi50 recipients
    $37.8B
  35. 35
    Arkansas31 recipients
    $32B
  36. 36
    Iowa40 recipients
    $30.9B
  37. 37
    Nevada47 recipients
    $29.2B
  38. 38
    Utah48 recipients
    $27B
  39. 39
    Kansas30 recipients
    $26.9B
  40. 40
    Nebraska24 recipients
    $23B
  41. 41
    West Virginia35 recipients
    $22.8B
  42. 42
    Maine30 recipients
    $20.1B
  43. 43
    Idaho18 recipients
    $19.6B
  44. 44
    Hawaii73 recipients
    $18.9B
  45. 45
    Alaska59 recipients
    $16.2B
  46. 46
    New Hampshire20 recipients
    $14.4B
  47. 47
    Rhode Island24 recipients
    $14B
  48. 48
    Montana21 recipients
    $13.5B
  49. 49
    Delaware8 recipients
    $11.1B
  50. 50
    South Dakota23 recipients
    $9.9B
  51. 51
    Vermont20 recipients
    $8B
  52. 52
    Wyoming17 recipients
    $6B
  53. 53
    U.S. Virgin Islands4 recipients
    $3.7B
  54. 54
    Guam23 recipients
    $3.7B
  55. 55
    Northern Mariana Islands3 recipients
    $842.4M
  56. 56
    American Samoa5 recipients
    $494.2M

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 FY2023?
California, with $424.1B of federal work performed there in FY2023, ahead of Texas at $293.4B.
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 FY2023. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many states are shown?
The top 56 for FY2023. 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 FY2023, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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