Contracting in Your State

Every day, tens of thousands of Americans work to improve the performance of government, not as federal employees but as contractor employees. They are researchers and engineers, technology workers, skilled laborers and more. And, in many states, they are the core of the state’s most important economic engine.  For example, in 2007 alone, more than a thousand companies, many of them small businesses, won more than $13 billion in federal contracts for work to be performed in Pennsylvania---contracts that have enabled them to create and sustain tens of thousands of high quality jobs across the state. That’s the kind of positive economic news we don’t hear enough about.

The lists below show the number of Federal contract dollars flowing into each state (first listed alphabetically, then in descending order). This data came from the government's Federal Procurement Data System--Next Generation (FPDS-NG). Another good resource for this type of spending data is FedSpending.org, which also relies on the federal government's data. 

The data below reflects total spending on goods and services contracts in 2007 (as reported by January 2008). Spending not assigned to a state may have been performed outside the United States.

Alphabetical list of contracting dollars spent in each state in fiscal year 2007. These numbers represent the "place of performance"--where the contract work was actually performed.

State	Obligated Amount
Alabama	$10,083,549,374.00
Arizona	$10,208,928,621.61
Arkansas	$2,251,283,537.27
Arkansas	$1,104,994,195.33
California	$43,644,013,138.87
Colorado	$6,255,755,101.57
Connecticut	$9,045,442,211.81
Delaware	$358,268,251.87
District of Columbia	$14,512,416,279.19
Florida	$14,742,748,351.40
Georgia	$11,069,636,364.83
Hawaii	$2,272,778,700.99
Idaho	$2,091,947,299.72
Illinois	$7,967,119,944.17
Indiana	$6,365,395,387.60
Iowa	$1,777,901,776.41
Kansas	$3,174,909,899.06
Kentucky	$3,342,045,330.11
Louisiana	$4,347,286,444.64
Maine	$1,384,374,917.02
Maryland	$21,462,922,811.62
Massachusetts	$11,631,564,153.77
Michigan	$7,215,846,591.65
Minnesota	$2,770,288,357.29
Mississippi	$6,599,194,681.31
Missouri	$11,931,790,891.77
Montana	$508,889,312.72
Nebraska	$916,790,162.92
Nevada	$2,004,280,029.83
New Hampshire	$1,790,326,741.08
New Jersey	$7,877,464,957.42
New Mexico	$6,679,873,830.12
New York	$10,488,382,111.57
North Carolina	$4,429,643,940.96
North Dakota	$637,250,526.36
Ohio	$8,285,624,084.58
Oklahoma	$2,722,049,496.29
Oregon	$1,639,471,751.62
Pennsylvania	$13,597,666,695.77
Rhode Island	$583,968,287.44
South Carolina	$6,424,982,650.78
South Dakota	$581,155,771.82
Tennessee	$7,525,778,704.93
Texas	$40,553,240,026.91
Utah	$3,811,599,490.97
Vermont	$887,836,395.61
Virginia	$45,103,024,979.94
Washington	$8,680,855,446.72
West Virginia	$1,245,055,888.72
Wisconsin	$4,117,269,106.54
Wyoming	$338,402,028.99
Unassigned/Outside U.S.	$32,224,071,002.41
Grand Total	$431,267,356,037.90

 

Descending list of contracting dollars spent in each state in fiscal year 2007. These numbers represent the "place of performance"--where the contract work was actually performed.

State	Obligated Amount
Virginia	$45,103,024,979.94
California	$43,644,013,138.87
Texas	$40,553,240,026.91
Unassigned/Outside U.S.	$32,224,071,002.41
Maryland	$21,462,922,811.62
Florida	$14,742,748,351.40
District of Columbia	$14,512,416,279.19
Pennsylvania	$13,597,666,695.77
Missouri	$11,931,790,891.77
Massachusetts	$11,631,564,153.77
Georgia	$11,069,636,364.83
New York	$10,488,382,111.57
Arizona	$10,208,928,621.61
Alabama	$10,083,549,374.00
Connecticut	$9,045,442,211.81
Washington	$8,680,855,446.72
Ohio	$8,285,624,084.58
Illinois	$7,967,119,944.17
New Jersey	$7,877,464,957.42
Tennessee	$7,525,778,704.93
Michigan	$7,215,846,591.65
New Mexico	$6,679,873,830.12
Mississippi	$6,599,194,681.31
South Carolina	$6,424,982,650.78
Indiana	$6,365,395,387.60
Colorado	$6,255,755,101.57
North Carolina	$4,429,643,940.96
Louisiana	$4,347,286,444.64
Wisconsin	$4,117,269,106.54
Utah	$3,811,599,490.97
Kentucky	$3,342,045,330.11
Kansas	$3,174,909,899.06
Minnesota	$2,770,288,357.29
Oklahoma	$2,722,049,496.29
Hawaii	$2,272,778,700.99
Arkansas	$2,251,283,537.27
Idaho	$2,091,947,299.72
Nevada	$2,004,280,029.83
New Hampshire	$1,790,326,741.08
Iowa	$1,777,901,776.41
Oregon	$1,639,471,751.62
Maine	$1,384,374,917.02
West Virginia	$1,245,055,888.72
Arkansas	$1,104,994,195.33
Nebraska	$916,790,162.92
Vermont	$887,836,395.61
North Dakota	$637,250,526.36
Rhode Island	$583,968,287.44
South Dakota	$581,155,771.82
Montana	$508,889,312.72
Delaware	$358,268,251.87
Wyoming	$338,402,028.99
Grand Total	$431,267,356,037.90