FY2024 USAspending in Louisiana's 4th district

Why LA-04 is not a contractor HQ list

LA-04 dollars are tagged by where USAspending records performance, not by where a firm files its HQ. That split matters for $7.8B: work performed in the 4th district can land here even if the vendor sits elsewhere. Work performed outside the 4th does not enter this file merely because a headquarters is local. Recipient-location maps are a different cut from this $7.8B file.

Even for a numbered Louisiana seat, the district field is still place of performance, not recipient headquarters. A contractor based in another Louisiana district or another state can appear on LA-04 if the performance location is coded to the 4th. A 4th-district headquarters can post dollars to another district when performance is coded there. The 25,697 rows follow that field, not the contractor's legal address.

What $7.8B measures on LA-04

Agencies obligated $7.8B in FY2024 on awards coded to Louisiana District 04 as place of performance. Cite the exact packet sum as $7,780,098,463.42 when a briefing needs the unrounded figure. This page does not translate $7.8B into outlays. 25,697 awards are the FY2024 action stock.

$7.8B remains the obligation total for the indexed FY2024 extract. If another Louisiana headline disagrees, check series, fiscal year, and whether geography is performance or headquarters. The precise statement is that agencies obligated $7.8B on 25,697 awards with LA-04 place of performance. Multi-year vehicles can obligate here and invoice later.

25,697 records beside $7.8B

25,697 awards is the FY2024 record count for LA-04 place of performance. That is a high action count next to $7.8B, but it is still a row stock, not a headcount of Louisiana firms. The packet does not list unique recipients or an agency mix. Modifications and assistance actions can each add a line.

Do not treat 25,697 as 25,697 local companies. One recipient can appear many times. This page will not publish an average award as if USAspending printed one. Sort the Louisiana District 04 table by amount to see whether $7.8B is spread across many lines or concentrated. 25,697 awards make LA-04 a high-volume Louisiana extract beside $7.8B, distinct from the 2nd and 3rd district files.

Why $7.8B is not cash paid

Recipient-location maps, calendar-year totals, and state budget documents are other products. Match geography, year, and series before treating a disagreement with $7.8B as an error. Cite LA-04 as FY2024 USAspending.gov place-of-performance obligations of $7.8B on 25,697 awards. Do not mix that total into an outlay sheet or a headquarters extract.

The $7.8B total is the obligation series. Outlays measure disbursements and can lag. SpendingVault does not recast LA-04 as cash paid. Mixing the two series makes the 4th district look inconsistent when the files are measuring different events. An FY2024 obligation can fund later invoices.

Unspecified Louisiana dollars live elsewhere

Unspecified Louisiana dollars, if USAspending could not map them to a voting district, belong on a 90 page. Non-voting 98 rows are another leftover. LA-04 is the 4th mapped seat. Keep $7.8B on District 04. 25,697 awards share that numbered performance code, not a leftover bin.

Louisiana District 04 is not the Louisiana statewide total. The state page is the roll-up; this page is District 04 only. Do not add leftover 90/98 rows to $7.8B. The all-districts index lists mapped seats and leftover codes without mixing their dollars. 25,697 awards remain the LA-04 count.

Citing LA-04 without mixing statewide totals

Louisiana District 04 can be briefed as $7.8B in FY2024 obligations on 25,697 awards with numbered code LA-04. Treat 25,697 as an action stock, not unique vendors. Keep other Louisiana numbered districts and any District 90 leftover on other rows. What this packet supplies is LA-04 place-of-performance commitments from USAspending.gov, not outlays, not a headquarters extract, and not a multi-year series.

The Louisiana District 04 hub is the live table for LA-04. The Louisiana page is the statewide obligation index. The all-districts index is the directory of other mapped seats and leftover codes. Quote $7.8B only with place of performance, federal FY2024, and the obligation series. 25,697 awards make LA-04 a high-volume Louisiana extract beside $7.8B, distinct from the 2nd and 3rd district files.

Louisiana District 04 can be quoted in one sentence: $7.8B in FY2024 USAspending.gov obligations on 25,697 awards with LA-04 place of performance. The unrounded packet total is $7,780,098,463.42. That sentence already names the series (obligations), the year (federal FY2024), the geography (place of performance, not headquarters), and the district code (LA-04, a numbered 4th seat rather than leftover 90/98 or at-large 00). SpendingVault does not add a unique-recipient count, an agency mix, or an outlay conversion. Readers who need the underlying rows should open the Louisiana District 04 hub; readers who need statewide Louisiana should open the Louisiana page. Do not average $7.8B across 25,697 awards. Do not fold unspecified Louisiana leftover dollars into $7.8B. First year and last year in this extract are both 2024.

Questions

How many awards are in Louisiana District 04's FY2024 file?

The FY2024 extract lists 25,697 awards with LA-04 place of performance. That count is record volume, not unique vendors. The matching obligation total is $7.8B ($7,780,098,463.42). Modifications and assistance actions can each add a row. The packet does not publish a unique-recipient total.

Is LA-04 a non-voting 98 code?

No. District 98 is a USAspending non-voting bucket. LA-04 is numbered District 04, a voting House seat. District 90 is the unspecified leftover. Keep $7.8B on the mapped 4th page. 25,697 awards share the LA-04 tag, not 90 or 98.

Why might a firm outside the 4th appear on this page?

No. The district is place of performance. Recipients based outside the 4th can still appear on LA-04 if the performance location is coded to the 4th. A 4th-district headquarters can also map dollars to another district when performance is coded there. 25,697 awards follow the performance field, not HQ.

What series is $7.8B on USAspending.gov?

No. $7.8B is an obligation sum from FY2024 award records. Outlays are a different series. SpendingVault does not convert the Louisiana District 04 obligation total into Treasury outlays. Cite the figure with the obligation label, the FY2024 window, and LA-04 place of performance. 25,697 awards are the matching record count.