Department of Defense in Kentucky
Federal obligations from Department of Defense to Kentucky
Total obligated
$99.10B
Awards
155K
USAspending.gov records $91,196,630,981.51 in Department of Defense obligations under awarding agency 097 with place of performance in Kentucky, across 103,219 awards. The row count sits between Alabama’s 124,343 and Arizona’s 96,120, with a mean of about $884,000. Installation names are not in the packet, so this page does not attach the dollars to a named post. Obligations are commitments, not outlays.
Key figures
- DoD agency 097 shows $91,196,630,981.51 in Kentucky place-of-performance obligations on 103,219 awards.
- Mean obligation is about $884,000 per award.
- The packet does not name Kentucky installations.
- KY tags do not automatically include bi-state post activity coded to Tennessee or another state.
- Figures are obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.
The 097 × KY cell
Awarding agency 097 and place-of-performance KY define this join. The $91,196,630,981.51 obligation total is the sum on 103,219 records that hold both keys. Kentucky’s all-agency hub and Defense’s all-state hub are the parents.
One hundred three thousand two hundred nineteen awards is a thick Defense file. Many DoD instruments are modifications. The aggregate counts those records; it does not count 103,219 unique programs.
Kentucky’s Defense cell is $91,196,630,981.51 on 103,219 awards. Posts that straddle Tennessee can split across KY and TN geography tags. This page only includes records tagged KY. It does not claim the full activity of a named post. Kentucky Defense is $91,196,630,981.51 on 103,219 awards. Bi-state posts can split across KY and TN tags. This cell includes only KY. It does not claim a named post’s full activity. The $884,000 mean is close to Alabama DoD. Installation names remain absent. Tennessee-, Ohio-, Indiana-, and West Virginia-tagged awards stay on those ties. Obligations are not outlays. The Kentucky hub is the all-agency parent.
Awarding agency 097 in Kentucky
Code 097 is Department of Defense. Components can all land in 097. The packet does not name Fort Campbell, Fort Knox, or any other site. Calling $91,196,630,981.51 “Fort Knox spending” would invent geography the facts do not provide.
The national 097 hub drops the Kentucky filter. Facts here: obligation sum, 103,219 awards, state KY, code 097. No fiscal-year series is supplied.
Hardin, Christian, and the rest of the state share one KY tag. The join does not isolate Fort Knox or Fort Campbell. Awards tagged TN, OH, IN, or WV stay on those ties. Restating the pair does not claim a named post’s full activity. Awarding agency 097 and place-of-performance KY produced $91,196,630,981.51 across 103,219 awards. Tennessee-tagged actions at a bi-state post stay on the Tennessee tie. The $884,000 mean is close to Alabama DoD. Installation names remain absent. Obligations remain commitments, not outlays.
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Questions
- How much Defense funding is obligated in Kentucky?
- USAspending records $91,196,630,981.51 in obligations for awarding agency 097 with Kentucky place of performance, covering 103,219 awards. That is an obligation aggregate for this pair, not outlays.
- Does this total belong to a named Kentucky post?
- The packet does not name installations. The $91,196,630,981.51 total is the full 097 × KY cell. Awards tagged to another state, even for a bi-state post, sit on that other tie.
- What is the average Defense award in Kentucky?
- Dividing $91,196,630,981.51 by 103,219 awards produces about $884,000 per award. That mean is not a typical prime contract.
- Is this Kentucky’s total federal spending?
- No. The Kentucky hub includes every awarding agency. This page filters Defense (097) only.
USAspending.gov aggregate of federal obligations by state and awarding agency. Obligations are not outlays.
How this pair fits
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