CONTRACTS AND GRANTS, IN DOLLARS

n D.C. n Maryland n Virginia

Contracts
in billions

$60

Grants
in billions

60.2

58.9

55.2

54.9

55.2

52.0

51.1

50

48.5

40

20

26.8

26.1

30

21.3

20.7

$17.3

10

6.4

5.5 5.1 3.9

26.4
19.9

12.3 11.5

7.8

27.4

26.3
18.8

11.4 11.5

6.6

5.8

19.3

19.0

17.3

11.0 9.0

28.4

28.0

25.7
10.0 9.1

4.2

9.4 8.7

5.6

11.7 9.9

8.4

11.7 9.9

4.7 6.1

9.4

3.4 4.7 5.2

FY 2008

FY 2009

FY 2010

FY 2011

FY 2012

FY 2013

FY 2014

FY 2015

FY 2016

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS, IN NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS

n D.C. n Maryland n Virginia
Contracts
in thousands

348.6

Grants
in thousands

282.6

300
250

214.3

242.1

209.5

200

198.1

171.3

150
100

262.1

259.2

246.0
223.0

100.0

109.0

100.0

50
0

FY 2008

108.3

FY 2009

5.7 12.8 13.5

FY 2010

THE DISTRICT

115.4
101.1

105.6

14.5
6.5 13.3

6.1 12.5 11.6

4.8 9.1 8.1

151.1

FY 2011

197.3

97.2

97.8

16.2
5.4 13.3

5.2 12.4 13.7

FY 2012

FY 2015

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Social Security Administration

Social Security Administration

$2.2B
2.1

10.4

U.S. Navy

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

4.7

8.5

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

1.5

4.2

7.8

National Institutes of Health

1.3

Veterans Benefits Administration

3.5

3.8

TOP AWARDING AGENCIES

Department of Defense

TOP AWARDING AGENCIES

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Defense

$4.1B
Department of Transportation

$16.9B
Social Security Administration

Department of Health and Human Services

16.4
Department of Defense

3.6
2.5

Department of Health and Human Services

11.0
Department of Veterans Affairs

3.3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

2.1

22.9

13.4
Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of State

$29.7B
Social Security Administration

4.0

Department of Homeland Security

$22.9B
U.S. Navy

10.3

1.9

TOP AWARDING AGENCIES

FY 2016

$16.4B
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Social Security Administration

1.2 2.2 1.8

Virginia is where DOD is really the king in the region. Indeed, Virginia was the secondbiggest recipient of defense contracts among all states in fiscal 2015, following California.
Lockheed Martin Corp. scored the highest amount of contracts both from DOD, and in
Virginia as a whole.

In Maryland, health care awards rule, thanks in part to the wealth of biotech and life
sciences headquarters stationed around the National Institutes of Health and the Food
and Drug Administration, both based in Montgomery County. And yes, the Maryland
county receiving the most in federal contracts this past year was Montgomery County,
which got more than $3.75 billion in contract dollars.

TOP FUNDING BUREAUS

Federal Railroad Administration

28.9 33.5

VIRGINIA

TOP FUNDING BUREAUS

U.S. Navy

5.0 12.2 15.0

FY 2014

TOP FUNDING BUREAUS

Department of State

77.6

5.2 12.8 16.2

FY 2013

MARYLAND

The District may be small, but it is mighty when it comes to federal funding. D.C. received
more federal spending than 22 states did last fiscal year, counting contracts, grants and
other financial assistance. By far, most of that is contracts, and the Department of Defense
led the way. But the Department of Transportation awarded more contracts in D.C. than
anywhere else in the U.S.

136.0

120.1

2.0

7.3
Department of Homeland Security
3.6