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Federal construction contracts by state

In fiscal 2025, federal agencies obligated $43.4B on 45,006 construction contracts across the 50 states and DC. Small businesses won 89% of those contracts. Pick a state to see who paid, where the work was, and the largest jobs.

1. California $5.9B 2. Texas $4.6B 3. Washington $3.0B 4. Hawaii $2.9B 5. Florida $2.5B 6. Virginia $2.0B 7. Maryland $1.9B 8. Alaska $1.2B 9. Georgia $1.1B 10. New York $1.0B 11. Oklahoma $1.0B 12. North Carolina $982M 13. Pennsylvania $941M 14. Arizona $939M 15. Louisiana $916M 16. Alabama $768M 17. Colorado $765M 18. Maine $669M 19. Washington, DC $651M 20. Tennessee $607M 21. Mississippi $541M 22. Nevada $529M 23. South Carolina $518M 24. Utah $494M 25. Ohio $459M 26. New Jersey $453M 27. Missouri $416M 28. Michigan $409M 29. Montana $408M 30. New Mexico $401M 31. Illinois $371M 32. Oregon $369M 33. Arkansas $352M 34. Massachusetts $346M 35. South Dakota $343M 36. Kansas $308M 37. Connecticut $248M 38. North Dakota $247M 39. Kentucky $242M 40. West Virginia $233M 41. Wyoming $224M 42. Iowa $217M 43. Indiana $190M 44. Idaho $169M 45. Wisconsin $153M 46. Nebraska $125M 47. Minnesota $119M 48. Delaware $102M 49. Rhode Island $78.2M 50. New Hampshire $60.5M 51. Vermont $26.8M

Source: USAspending.gov, federal contract obligations under NAICS 23 (construction) by place of performance, federal fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025). Net of deobligations.

Metro areas

The top 30 metro areas

The metro areas with the most federal construction dollars in fiscal 2025, out of 387.

  1. 1. Honolulu, HI $2.9B
  2. 2. McAllen, TX $2.6B
  3. 3. Washington, DC (+VA, MD, WV) $2.3B
  4. 4. San Diego, CA $1.7B
  5. 5. Kennewick, WA $1.1B
  6. 6. Virginia Beach, VA (+NC) $880M
  7. 7. El Centro, CA $839M
  8. 8. New York, NY (+NJ) $813M
  9. 9. Bremerton, WA $741M
  10. 10. Seattle, WA $729M
  11. 11. Baltimore, MD $699M
  12. 12. Yuma, AZ $680M
  13. 13. Houston, TX $666M
  14. 14. Oklahoma City, OK $610M
  15. 15. Portland, ME $571M
  16. 16. Riverside, CA $484M
  17. 17. Miami, FL $474M
  18. 18. Philadelphia, PA (+NJ, DE, MD) $473M
  19. 19. Jacksonville, FL $471M
  20. 20. Los Angeles, CA $392M
  21. 21. New Orleans, LA $382M
  22. 22. Colorado Springs, CO $372M
  23. 23. Las Vegas, NV $340M
  24. 24. Brownsville, TX $290M
  25. 25. Charleston, SC $284M
  26. 26. Ogden, UT $257M
  27. 27. Denver, CO $253M
  28. 28. Pensacola, FL $249M
  29. 29. Oxnard, CA $245M
  30. 30. Palm Bay, FL $243M

Metro areas are Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined in OMB Bulletin 23-01 (July 2023), including their counties across state lines. Same USAspending.gov source and fiscal year as above.

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