USAspending in Kentucky District 03, FY2024

A numbered district with a large award file

Forty-one thousand seven hundred one awards is a high row count for a single numbered district. Those records sum to $153.6 billion in FY2024 obligations with Kentucky District 03 place of performance. High row counts often mean many smaller actions sitting beside a smaller set of large commitments; this packet does not prove that mix.

The count is records, not unique recipients. Repeat vendors and assistance programs can inflate rows. Use the Kentucky District 03 hub to inspect the file. This guide only reports the two rollups and the single-year window.

Place of performance inside Kentucky’s 3rd district

USAspending’s district field is where the work is reported to occur. It is not the recipient’s headquarters and not the awarding agency’s office. A vendor based elsewhere in Kentucky, or outside Kentucky, still counts toward $153.6 billion if performance is coded KY-03.

The reverse mismatch is equally common. Work coded to another Kentucky district, to Kentucky’s unspecified District 90 bucket, or to another state will not appear here even when the recipient’s mail address is inside District 03.

What this page is not

It is not outlays. It is not a congressional earmark list. It is not Kentucky’s entire federal footprint — that sits on the state page, which also includes other districts and any 90-coded residual. District 03 is a numbered seat, distinct from USAspending’s 90 and 98 unspecified buckets.

It is also not a multi-year series. First year and last year are both 2024. Any claim about how District 03 changed from FY2023 would be outside this packet.

Obligations as commitments

An obligation is the government’s recorded commitment to pay. An outlay is the payment. SpendingVault’s $153.6 billion figure is the commitment total for FY2024 place-of-performance KY-03. Cash can follow on a different schedule, including later fiscal years.

Language such as “Kentucky’s 3rd district received $153.6 billion” blurs who obligated (federal agencies) and what was recorded (commitments, not necessarily disbursements). The precise statement uses obligations, FY2024, and place of performance. The member from the 3rd district does not appropriate this obligation total as a personal account.

Kentucky pages to open next

The Kentucky District 03 hub is the award table. The Kentucky state page is the statewide place-of-performance rollup. The all-districts index lists other Kentucky districts and residual 90/98 codes used elsewhere in USAspending. All three stay on obligation data from USAspending.gov. A vendor based outside Kentucky still counts toward $153.6 billion if performance is coded KY-03.

Reading Kentucky District 03’s thick award file

Forty-one thousand seven hundred one awards summing to $153.6 billion is a thick numbered-district file. Thickness usually means many smaller actions rather than 41,701 companies. The Kentucky District 03 hub is where to see that mix. This packet does not list agencies or award types.

Kentucky’s unspecified District 90 bucket, if present in the index, is a different code. The $153.6 billion here is mapped to District 03 place of performance. The Kentucky state page combines numbered districts and any residual. The all-districts index links those views. FY2024 obligations of $153.6 billion are commitments. They are not a statement that $153.6 billion was paid in cash inside the 3rd district. First year and last year are both 2024, so there is no Kentucky District 03 trend line on this page. Kentucky District 03’s FY2024 citation is $153.6 billion in USAspending obligations on 41,701 awards with numbered place-of-performance code KY-03. The thick file is the second headline. Forty-one thousand seven hundred one records are actions, not unique companies. The Kentucky District 03 hub is where to see whether those rows are many small assistance awards, many modifications, or both. This packet does not say. A Kentucky 90-coded residual, if listed in the district index, is a different code and is not inside $153.6 billion. The Kentucky state page mixes numbered districts and any leftover. Use this page only for the 3rd district’s performance tag. Obligations are not outlays. The member does not control $153.6 billion as a personal account. Headquarters in the 3rd is not the test. FY2024 is the only year in the facts.

Questions

How much did USAspending record for Kentucky District 03 in FY2024?

USAspending.gov shows $153.6 billion in FY2024 obligations with a Kentucky District 03 place of performance, across 41,701 awards. These are obligations, not outlays. The district field is performance location, not headquarters. The facts cover FY2024 only. Those figures are FY2024 USAspending obligations with a Kentucky District 03 place of performance, covering 41,701 awards, not outlays and not a headquarters extract.

Is Kentucky District 03 a real House district or a 90-code bucket?

It is a numbered Kentucky congressional district. USAspending’s unspecified or non-voting buckets are codes 90 and 98. The $153.6 billion total is mapped to District 03 place of performance, not to those residual codes. Kentucky District 03 is a numbered House seat in this dataset; codes 90 and 98 are the unspecified buckets. The $153.6 billion FY2024 total on 41,701 awards is mapped to District 03 place of performance.

Why are there 41,701 awards?

That is the FY2024 award-record count for this place-of-performance code. It is not a unique-vendor count. Those records sum to $153.6 billion in obligations. The packet does not list agencies or award types inside the file. Award count and dollars are separate packet facts: 41,701 FY2024 records still sum to $153.6 billion in obligations, and this page does not list unique vendors or the largest individual awards.

Does a company based in District 03 automatically appear here?

No. Only awards with KY-03 place of performance enter the $153.6 billion and 41,701-award totals. Headquarters inside the district is not the USAspending district field. Work performed elsewhere, including in Kentucky District 90’s unspecified bucket, will land on other pages.