Rankings
Top states by federal spending received: FY2024
FY2024 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-03
≈ computed · place of performance
California received more federal work than any other state in FY2024: $444.9B 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 FY2023 is each name's change in position from FY2023; a dash means the name was not in FY2023's data.
Quick findings
Computed- The top 10 account for 49% of the $4.8T combined total of all 56 states and territories listed.
- Maryland rose the most, from #19 in FY2023 to #15 in FY2024.
- Arizona fell the most among those listed, from #15 in FY2023 to #20 in FY2024.
| Rank | Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | Change | Rank vs FY2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | California364 recipients | $444.9B | $424.1B | +5% | same |
| 02 | Florida261 recipients | $287B | $277.5B | +3% | ▲ 1 |
| 03 | Texas277 recipients | $271.6B | $293.4B | −7% | ▼ 1 |
| 04 | Pennsylvania172 recipients | $266.8B | $256.3B | +4% | same |
| 05 | New York156 recipients | $253.2B | $240.2B | +5% | same |
| 06 | Minnesota41 recipients | $211.6B | $214.2B | −1% | same |
| 07 | Indiana54 recipients | $191.9B | $183.7B | +4% | ▲ 1 |
| 08 | Virginia347 recipients | $189.1B | $183.8B | +3% | ▼ 1 |
| 09 | Kentucky58 recipients | $163B | $159.3B | +2% | same |
| 10 | South Carolina89 recipients | $130.3B | $123.2B | +6% | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Illinois136 recipients | $127.8B | $157.9B | −19% | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Connecticut50 recipients | $120.7B | $121.6B | −1% | same |
| 13 | Michigan89 recipients | $119.4B | $112.8B | +6% | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Ohio148 recipients | $116.5B | $116.8B | 0% | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Maryland349 recipients | $114.7B | $98.2B | +17% | ▲ 4 |
| 16 | Wisconsin51 recipients | $111.5B | $103.7B | +8% | same |
| 17 | North Carolina156 recipients | $109.2B | $100.9B | +8% | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Tennessee82 recipients | $107B | $102.9B | +4% | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Massachusetts149 recipients | $102.1B | $95B | +7% | ▲ 1 |
| 20 | Arizona102 recipients | $98.8B | $110.3B | −10% | ▼ 5 |
| 21 | Georgia197 recipients | $94B | $92.7B | +1% | same |
| 22 | Missouri82 recipients | $92.4B | $86.2B | +7% | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | North Dakota17 recipients | $90.2B | $82B | +10% | ▲ 2 |
| 24 | New Jersey104 recipients | $88.4B | $86.4B | +2% | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Washington114 recipients | $85.2B | $85.2B | 0% | ▼ 1 |
| 26 | Alabama136 recipients | $66.4B | $64.3B | +3% | same |
| 27 | Colorado154 recipients | $63.5B | $61.5B | +3% | same |
| 28 | District Of Columbia318 recipients | $61.3B | $52.3B | +17% | ▲ 1 |
| 29 | Louisiana65 recipients | $56.3B | $59.2B | −5% | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Oregon39 recipients | $54.4B | $52.1B | +4% | same |
| 31 | Oklahoma75 recipients | $46.7B | $44.9B | +4% | same |
| 32 | Puerto Rico39 recipients | $40.4B | $39.6B | +2% | same |
| 33 | New Mexico69 recipients | $40.2B | $38.1B | +6% | same |
| 34 | Mississippi49 recipients | $37.2B | $37.8B | −2% | same |
| 35 | Iowa41 recipients | $32.3B | $30.9B | +5% | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Arkansas31 recipients | $31.7B | $32B | −1% | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Nevada56 recipients | $31.4B | $29.2B | +7% | same |
| 38 | Utah58 recipients | $30.5B | $27B | +13% | same |
| 39 | Kansas38 recipients | $27.9B | $26.9B | +4% | same |
| 40 | West Virginia40 recipients | $23.9B | $22.8B | +5% | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | Nebraska24 recipients | $23.3B | $23B | +1% | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Hawaii80 recipients | $22B | $18.9B | +17% | ▲ 2 |
| 43 | Idaho22 recipients | $21.4B | $19.6B | +10% | same |
| 44 | Maine22 recipients | $21.1B | $20.1B | +5% | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | Alaska57 recipients | $16.7B | $16.2B | +3% | same |
| 46 | New Hampshire30 recipients | $16.2B | $14.4B | +12% | same |
| 47 | Montana23 recipients | $14.5B | $13.5B | +8% | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Rhode Island33 recipients | $14.5B | $14B | +4% | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Delaware12 recipients | $11.2B | $11.1B | +1% | same |
| 50 | South Dakota24 recipients | $11B | $9.9B | +11% | same |
| 51 | Vermont20 recipients | $8.7B | $8B | +9% | same |
| 52 | U.S. Virgin Islands8 recipients | $7B | $3.7B | +88% | ▲ 1 |
| 53 | Wyoming22 recipients | $6.5B | $6B | +9% | ▼ 1 |
| 54 | Guam30 recipients | $4B | $3.7B | +7% | same |
| 55 | Northern Mariana Islands1 recipient | $700.3M | $842.4M | −17% | same |
| 56 | American Samoa2 recipients | $500.4M | $494.2M | +1% | 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 FY2024?
- California, with $444.9B of federal work performed there in FY2024, ahead of Florida at $287B.
- 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 FY2024. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many states are shown?
- The top 56 for FY2024. 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 FY2024, 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.