Top states by federal spending received: FY2025
≈ computed · place of performanceFY2025 · complete year · data as of 2026-09-01
California received more federal work than any other state in FY2025: $485.7B 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 FY2024 is each name's change in position from FY2024; a dash means the name was not in FY2024's data.
Quick findings
Computed- The top 10 account for 50% of the $5.2T combined total of all 56 states and territories listed.
- North Carolina rose the most, from #17 in FY2024 to #13 in FY2025.
- Maryland fell the most among those listed, from #15 in FY2024 to #20 in FY2025.
| # | Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | Change | Rank vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California345 recipients | $485.7B | $444.9B | +9% | same |
| 2 | Florida250 recipients | $325B | $287B | +13% | same |
| 3 | Texas272 recipients | $311.5B | $271.6B | +15% | same |
| 4 | Pennsylvania154 recipients | $281.6B | $266.8B | +6% | same |
| 5 | New York141 recipients | $262.2B | $253.2B | +4% | same |
| 6 | Minnesota42 recipients | $242.1B | $211.6B | +14% | same |
| 7 | Virginia317 recipients | $214.2B | $189.1B | +13% | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Indiana56 recipients | $207.1B | $191.9B | +8% | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Kentucky76 recipients | $173.4B | $163B | +6% | same |
| 10 | Connecticut42 recipients | $153.6B | $120.7B | +27% | ▲ 2 |
| 11 | South Carolina111 recipients | $137.1B | $130.3B | +5% | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Illinois124 recipients | $134.7B | $127.8B | +5% | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | North Carolina169 recipients | $129.5B | $109.2B | +19% | ▲ 4 |
| 14 | Ohio132 recipients | $129.1B | $116.5B | +11% | same |
| 15 | Michigan75 recipients | $126.4B | $119.4B | +6% | ▼ 2 |
| 16 | Tennessee75 recipients | $121.4B | $107B | +13% | ▲ 2 |
| 17 | Wisconsin35 recipients | $113B | $111.5B | +1% | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Arizona106 recipients | $112.1B | $98.8B | +13% | ▲ 2 |
| 19 | Georgia171 recipients | $105.9B | $94B | +13% | ▲ 2 |
| 20 | Maryland325 recipients | $105.7B | $114.7B | −8% | ▼ 5 |
| 21 | Massachusetts126 recipients | $103.3B | $102.1B | +1% | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | North Dakota19 recipients | $98.4B | $90.2B | +9% | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | New Jersey98 recipients | $96.5B | $88.4B | +9% | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Missouri64 recipients | $93.8B | $92.4B | +1% | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Washington125 recipients | $89.5B | $85.2B | +5% | same |
| 26 | Alabama115 recipients | $71.6B | $66.4B | +8% | same |
| 27 | Colorado149 recipients | $70.2B | $63.5B | +11% | same |
| 28 | Louisiana71 recipients | $59.8B | $56.3B | +6% | ▲ 1 |
| 29 | Oregon37 recipients | $57.2B | $54.4B | +5% | ▲ 1 |
| 30 | Oklahoma73 recipients | $50.3B | $46.7B | +8% | ▲ 1 |
| 31 | District Of Columbia270 recipients | $48.9B | $61.3B | −20% | ▼ 3 |
| 32 | New Mexico78 recipients | $41.5B | $40.2B | +3% | ▲ 1 |
| 33 | Mississippi62 recipients | $38.6B | $37.2B | +4% | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Puerto Rico25 recipients | $38.4B | $40.4B | −5% | ▼ 2 |
| 35 | Iowa44 recipients | $36.5B | $32.3B | +13% | same |
| 36 | Arkansas25 recipients | $34.9B | $31.7B | +10% | same |
| 37 | Nevada50 recipients | $34B | $31.4B | +8% | same |
| 38 | Kansas39 recipients | $31B | $27.9B | +11% | ▲ 1 |
| 39 | Utah57 recipients | $29.1B | $30.5B | −5% | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Nebraska20 recipients | $27.8B | $23.3B | +19% | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | West Virginia45 recipients | $23.8B | $23.9B | 0% | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Idaho17 recipients | $22.9B | $21.4B | +7% | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Hawaii75 recipients | $22.7B | $22B | +3% | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Maine17 recipients | $22B | $21.1B | +5% | same |
| 45 | Alaska58 recipients | $18.5B | $16.7B | +11% | same |
| 46 | New Hampshire20 recipients | $17B | $16.2B | +5% | same |
| 47 | Montana29 recipients | $15.4B | $14.5B | +6% | same |
| 48 | Rhode Island31 recipients | $15.1B | $14.5B | +4% | same |
| 49 | Delaware14 recipients | $12.2B | $11.2B | +9% | same |
| 50 | South Dakota18 recipients | $11.5B | $11B | +5% | same |
| 51 | U.S. Virgin Islands9 recipients | $10.7B | $7B | +53% | ▲ 1 |
| 52 | Vermont14 recipients | $8.9B | $8.7B | +2% | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Wyoming14 recipients | $7B | $6.5B | +7% | same |
| 54 | Guam27 recipients | $4.9B | $4B | +23% | same |
| 55 | American Samoa3 recipients | $586.2M | $500.4M | +17% | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Northern Mariana Islands0 recipients | $178.7M | $700.3M | −74% | ▼ 1 |
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 FY2025?
- California, with $485.7B of federal work performed there in FY2025, ahead of Florida at $325B.
- 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 FY2025. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many states are shown?
- The top 56 for FY2025. 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 FY2025, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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