Connecticut’s federal award-obligation total

169,224 awards carrying Connecticut’s $507.57B

Connecticut’s file pairs $507.57B in obligations with 169,224 awards for FY2024–2026. The award count is smaller than many readers expect next to a half-trillion-dollar obligation sum, which is a reason not to treat row count as a proxy for dollars. Both numbers come from USAspending.gov as indexed on SpendingVault.

This page does not publish an average award size from $507.57B and 169,224 records. Distribution lives on the Connecticut spending hub tables. The roll-up only documents the two file totals and the fiscal-year bound.

Commitments, not cash, for Connecticut

An obligation is a commitment recorded on an award. An outlay is cash leaving the Treasury. Connecticut’s $507.57B is the commitment series. SpendingVault does not convert it into outlays. Hartford’s state budget is a different document entirely.

If a Connecticut federal-spending headline quotes cash already paid, it is not quoting this $507.57B. Keep the USAspending.gov award-obligation label when you reuse the figure. The 169,224-award count is a record tally, not a vendor census.

The FY2024–2026 Connecticut window

Connecticut’s totals combine federal fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026. The $507.57B is a window sum, not a single-year rate and not a calendar-year stack. Federal fiscal years begin on October 1.

Corrections in USAspending.gov can move $507.57B and 169,224 awards after a refresh. Cite the current indexed values with the FY2024–2026 label. This packet does not include an ingest timestamp.

Connecticut’s 169,224 awards sit under $507.57B for FY2024–2026. Row count is not a proxy for dollars on this extract. The Connecticut spending hub shows both columns so a shorter file is not mistaken for a small obligation book. This packet does not publish an average action size or a unique-recipient total.

Connecticut’s 169,224 awards under $507.57B are a reminder that file length and dollar length are different measurements. The Connecticut spending hub lists both for FY2024–2026. Do not treat a shorter award file as a small federal presence; the obligation book is $507.57B.

Connecticut’s $507.57B on 169,224 awards is the documented pair for FY2024–2026. Do not pad that pair with an invented annual average or a unique-recipient count. The Connecticut spending hub and its agency, comparison, and per-capita links stay inside USAspending.gov obligations.

Edges of the Connecticut hub

The Connecticut hub does not list every federal dollar that touches the state. It lists award obligations. Programs that never become USAspending.gov awards sit outside $507.57B. That omission is definitional.

A missing line is usually the wrong series or the wrong year, not a hole in the 169,224 rows as an award file. This packet does not specify a location rule beyond the tagged Connecticut extract.

The $507.57B is a three-year federal obligation window. FY2024 through FY2026 start in October, not on January 1 and not on Connecticut’s state fiscal calendar. Dividing $507.57B by three invents an annual figure the packet omits. Late USAspending.gov actions can move 169,224 awards and the dollar sum together.

Keep the three-year federal label on every reuse. $507.57B is not a FY2026-only figure and not Hartford’s budget. USAspending.gov corrections can move 169,224 awards with the dollar sum after a reload.

Further Connecticut tables

Agency pages, state comparisons, and per-capita rankings open from the Connecticut spending hub and keep the obligation unit. None recast $507.57B as Treasury outlays or as Connecticut’s state budget.

Use those views when statewide Connecticut is too coarse. This packet has no agency mix to quote. Reuse $507.57B, 169,224 awards, and FY2024–2026 from USAspending.gov.

Hartford’s budget documents are a different series. Treasury outlays are a different series. Connecticut’s $507.57B is USAspending.gov award obligations. Agency, comparison, and per-capita pages keep that definition when you leave the statewide hub.

How to cite Connecticut’s totals

Cite Connecticut as $507.57B in federal obligations for FY2024–2026 from USAspending.gov award files indexed on SpendingVault, covering 169,224 awards. Keep the obligation wording. Do not call $507.57B an outlay total.

Comparisons should use obligations on every state and the same FY2024–2026 window. The Connecticut spending hub, agency index, comparison tool, and per-capita rankings all stay on that basis.

Cite Connecticut as $507.57B in federal obligations for FY2024–2026, USAspending.gov, SpendingVault, 169,224 awards. Keep the obligation word. Do not describe $507.57B as cash outlays or as a single-year total.

Questions

How much federal spending is obligated in Connecticut?

USAspending.gov award files indexed on SpendingVault show $507.57B in obligations for Connecticut in FY2024–2026. That is not a Treasury outlay total. The files count 169,224 awards for Connecticut in the same window.

Does Connecticut’s $507.57B mean cash has gone out?

No. $507.57B is an obligation sum. Outlays are cash leaving the Treasury. SpendingVault’s Connecticut page stays with USAspending.gov award obligations.

How many federal awards are tagged to Connecticut?

169,224 awards appear in the FY2024–2026 index for Connecticut. The figure is a record count, not a unique-recipient census.

Is Connecticut’s total one fiscal year?

No. $507.57B and 169,224 awards cover FY2024 through FY2026 combined. The packet does not publish a single-year Connecticut breakout.