Department of Health and Human Services in Arkansas

Few HHS awards, large obligation sum

This relationship page is 075 × AR. $33,817,059,276.78 is the obligation sum. 1,885 is the award count. A thin file under a large dollar total produces a high mean of about $17.94 million. A handful of large instruments can dominate. The overlay, not the mean, is where that mix would be visible.

SSA in Arkansas is 028 with a thicker file. The two totals are not interchangeable and are not added here.

If someone quotes $33,817,059,276.78 without mentioning 1,885 awards, the scale sounds like one instrument. If someone quotes 1,885 without $33,817,059,276.78, it sounds like volume for its own sake. The page exists because both tags sit on the same records. Do not scale the average into a typical contract or grant.

Agency 075 as a rollup

Department of Health and Human Services is the label on 075. This page does not split operating divisions. The agency hub without Arkansas will not equal $33,817,059,276.78. Overlay /states/ar/agencies/075/ is the both-keys table for 1,885 awards.

The architecture is simple. One hub is the agency without geography. One hub is the geography without this agency. One overlay is both. $33,817,059,276.78 and 1,885 belong to the overlay. The hubs answer different questions.

Questions

How much has HHS obligated in Arkansas?

USAspending records $33,817,059,276.78 in obligations for agency 075 with Arkansas place of performance, on 1,885 awards. That is the HHS–Arkansas join only. The pair is awarding agency 075 (Department of Health and Human Services) and place-of-performance Arkansas. It is not Department of Health and Human Services nationwide and not Arkansas from every awarding agency.

Why is the average about $17.94 million?

Because $33,817,059,276.78 is divided by only 1,885 awards. A thin file raises the mean. The mean is not a typical grant. That ratio uses only $33,817,059,276.78 and 1,885 from the packet. A mean hides mix: a few large instruments can sit beside many smaller ones.

Is SSA in Arkansas included?

No. Social Security Administration is a different awarding-agency overlay. This page is Department of Health and Human Services 075: $33,817,059,276.78 on 1,885 awards. Only place-of-performance Arkansas plus awarding agency 075 (Department of Health and Human Services) enter $33,817,059,276.78. Adjacent state codes are other filters, if they exist as ties at all.

Are these outlays?

No. The aggregate is obligations. The 1,885 figure is an award-record count. USAspending’s source note for this aggregate is that obligations are not outlays. Place of performance Arkansas is a geography tag, not a roster of residents, vendors, or named facilities.