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District of Columbia

Federal spending in District of Columbia (dc)

Total Obligations

$264.33B

Total Awards

100K

Recipients

0

Per Capita

$26K

FY 2026

% of GDP

N/A

Population

702K

Median Income

N/A

USAspending.gov records $124,911,586.42 in NAICS 541715 (Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology And Biotechnology)) obligations with District of Columbia place of performance, across 391 awards. The join is that R&D code plus DC geography, not biotechnology R&D (a separate excepted code) and not the District's entire professional-services book. Mean obligation per award is about $319,467.

Key figures

  • NAICS 541715 in the District of Columbia: $124,911,586.42 across 391 awards.
  • Average obligation per award is about $319,467.
  • 541715 excepts nanotechnology and biotechnology by title.
  • The total is obligations, not outlays; DC is place of performance.

District of Columbia and NAICS 541715 as an R&D join

NAICS 541715 and place-of-performance state DC meet on this tie. $124,911,586.42 is the obligation sum on awards that carry both tags. It is not the District of Columbia's statewide federal total, not an outlay, and not a national 541715 roll-up. The NAICS title excepts nanotechnology and biotechnology; those excepted lines are not rolled into $124,911,586.42 unless they also carry 541715, which they would not if coded to their own keys.

391 is an award-action count. Unique labs and primes are unpublished. The join does not rank the District against states and does not assign a fiscal year; none is in the facts.

Open District of Columbia federal spending for the state rollup, NAICS 541715 for the industry hub, District of Columbia industries for other NAICS in the same geography, and All spending ties for other pairs.

Physical, engineering, and life sciences R&D, except nano and biotech

USAspending labels NAICS 541715 as Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology And Biotechnology). Biotechnology R&D except nanobiotechnology is a different six-digit key. Sharing an R&D vocabulary does not merge those codes into $124,911,586.42. The industry hub for NAICS 541715 does not require the District of Columbia.

The packet names no laboratories, agencies, or primes. Award titles on the NAICS 541715 page are the place to see what a given line bought. Do not treat the overlay as a census of DC research campuses.

Full analysis: Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences R&D in the District of Columbia (NAICS 541715) →

Questions

How much has NAICS 541715 obligated in the District of Columbia?
USAspending.gov records $124,911,586.42 in obligations for NAICS 541715 (Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology And Biotechnology)) with District of Columbia place of performance, covering 391 awards. That is an obligation total, not an outlay. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.
Does this DC total include biotechnology R&D?
Not under this key. NAICS 541715 excepts nanotechnology and biotechnology. Biotechnology R&D uses a different NAICS. The $124,911,586.42 and 391 awards here do not absorb that excepted code. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov. Cite $124,911,586.42 only with NAICS 541715 and District of Columbia place of performance. Unique vendors are unpublished.
Do 391 awards mean 391 laboratories in DC?
No. The extract lists 391 awards totaling $124,911,586.42. Modifications can multiply rows. Unique vendors are unpublished. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov. Cite $124,911,586.42 only with NAICS 541715 and District of Columbia place of performance. Unique vendors are unpublished.
Where is the live 541715–DC table?
District of Columbia federal spending is the state rollup. NAICS 541715 is the industry hub without a state filter. District of Columbia industries lists other NAICS in DC. All spending ties lists other pairs. The $124,911,586.42 and 391 awards are the 541715×DC join only. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

USAspending.gov NAICS industry aggregates by place of performance state. Obligations are not outlays.

State ties

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Yearly Spending Trend

Congressional Districts in District of Columbia

Federal spending in District of Columbia broken down by congressional district, with obligated amounts and award counts.
DistrictObligationsAwards
dc-98$264.24B100K

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