Department of Commerce in Pennsylvania

Commerce coded to the Commonwealth

This tie keeps USAspending rows where Commerce is the awarding agency and Pennsylvania is the place of performance. The dollar book is $2,362,756,891.65. The award count is 343. Those two facts describe a coding intersection. They do not prove that Commerce chose Pennsylvania because of manufacturing, universities, or ports.

Standards, statistical, and ocean-adjacent bureaus can all post Pennsylvania tags. This packet does not split the 343 rows by bureau. A Census processing action and a NIST-related task order can share the same statewide cell. Correlation is not causation.

Place-of-performance can follow a Harrisburg office, a Philadelphia contractor, or a campus. Work performed in New Jersey or Maryland can still carry a Pennsylvania tag, and the reverse is true. The 343 figure counts award records, including modifications, not unique manufacturers.

Three hundred forty-three awards under $2.36 billion

Dividing $2,362,756,891.65 by 343 awards yields an implied mean near $6,888,504. That is a high mean on a short tape. A handful of large vehicles can dominate 343 rows. The packet has no median and no bureau shares.

Compared with Commerce cells that carry a thousand-plus awards, Pennsylvania’s 343-row file is sparse relative to $2.36 billion. Cite volume and dollars together. USAspending.gov is the source. Do not treat the mean as a typical Pennsylvania Commerce contract.

Later bulk files can move both dollars and the 343-award count. This page is a snapshot. The overlay is the live table. Keep the obligation label so $2,362,756,891.65 is not read as cash already paid in the Commonwealth.

Questions

How much Department of Commerce spending is in Pennsylvania?

USAspending.gov shows $2,362,756,891.65 in Commerce obligations coded to Pennsylvania across 343 awards. Awarding-agency 013 and Pennsylvania place of performance define the join. The total is obligations, not outlays.

Why are there only 343 Commerce awards in Pennsylvania?

The extract counts 343 award records. Large vehicles can produce a short tape with a high implied mean—about $6,888,504 from $2,362,756,891.65 divided by 343. Bureau splits are not in this packet.

Is this Pennsylvania’s full federal spending?

No. $2,362,756,891.65 is only the Commerce cell. Other agencies with Pennsylvania place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Commerce nationwide sits on the agency 013 page.

Are Commerce obligations in Pennsylvania the same as outlays?

No. $2,362,756,891.65 is an obligation sum on 343 awards. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. SpendingVault does not convert this cell into cash.