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Department of Homeland Security in District of Columbia

Federal obligations from Department of Homeland Security to District of Columbia

Total obligated

$18.82B

Awards

6K

USAspending.gov records $17,704,993,493.88 in Department of Homeland Security obligations with place of performance in the District of Columbia, across 5,969 awards. Awarding agency 070 and geography DC define the cell. The total is not a security rating of the capital and not money already disbursed. Average obligation is about $2.97 million per award ($17,704,993,493.88 ÷ 5,969).

Key figures

  • DHS agency 070 shows $17,704,993,493.88 in DC place-of-performance obligations on 5,969 awards.
  • Mean obligation is about $2.97 million per award.
  • The total is not a security ranking of the District.
  • Figures are USAspending obligations, not outlays, and carry no fiscal year in these facts.
  • DC is one geography inside agency 070, not the agency’s full footprint.

Homeland Security and the District as a pair

Agency 070, labeled Department of Homeland Security, plus District of Columbia place of performance, produces $17,704,993,493.88 across 5,969 awards. That is a join, not a narrative about threat levels. USAspending does not score cities. It tags awards. The District appears here because the geography field is DC, which is common for headquarters-adjacent procurement and assistance, and uncommon as a measure of local risk.

Five thousand nine hundred sixty-nine awards is a higher row count than several other District–agency cells with similar dollars, which pulls the mean toward about $2.97 million. The mean is not a typical task order. Components inside DHS — if they appear in the raw file — are not split out in these two facts.

Five thousand nine hundred sixty-nine is large enough that a reader might assume the cell is a complete inventory of every Homeland Security function discussed in Washington. It is not. Awards that USAspending codes to another state never enter $17,704,993,493.88, even if a component’s leadership sits in the District. The overlay remains the authority for which rows currently qualify.

Awarding agency 070

The Department of Homeland Security hub for agency 070 includes every place-of-performance state. The District’s $17,704,993,493.88 is one geography inside that hub. Awards coded to Virginia, Maryland, or other states stay off this page even when the same component manages them. Mixing those geographies would invent a total the facts do not give.

Code 070 is the key used in the overlay /states/dc/agencies/070/. Readers should match that code when comparing this tie with other DHS state pages so that English labels do not hide different filters.

Full analysis: Department of Homeland Security federal obligations in the District of Columbia →

Questions

How much has DHS obligated in the District of Columbia?
USAspending records $17,704,993,493.88 in Department of Homeland Security (agency 070) obligations with DC place of performance, covering 5,969 awards. That is an obligation total for the pair, not outlays.
Does a high DHS total mean DC is a high-risk city?
No. USAspending geography is place of performance, not a crime or threat ranking. The $17,704,993,493.88 figure counts obligations tagged to agency 070 and DC. It does not score safety.
What is the average DHS award in DC?
Dividing $17,704,993,493.88 by 5,969 awards yields about $2.97 million per award. That mean mixes whatever award types are in the aggregate and is not a median.
Is this all Homeland Security spending nationwide?
No. Only awards with DC place of performance enter this cell. Agency 070 awards in other states appear on other ties. The nationwide agency page is the unfiltered 070 profile.

USAspending.gov aggregate of federal obligations by state and awarding agency. Obligations are not outlays.

How this pair fits

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