How much Defense funding is obligated in Alabama?

USAspending records $117,520,839,755.53 in obligations for awarding agency 097 with Alabama place of performance, covering 124,343 awards. That is an obligation aggregate for this pair, not outlays.

Why are there more than 124,000 Defense awards in Alabama?

DoD aggregates often include contract actions and modifications. This cell contains 124,343 award records summing to $117,520,839,755.53. The packet does not list those instruments.

What is the average Defense award in Alabama?

Dividing $117,520,839,755.53 by 124,343 awards produces about $945,000 per award. That mean is not a typical prime contract value.

Does this include HHS spending in Alabama?

No. HHS uses awarding-agency code 075. This page is Defense 097 only.

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Department of Defense federal obligations in Alabama

USAspending.gov records $117,520,839,755.53 in Department of Defense obligations under awarding agency 097 with place of performance in Alabama, across 124,343 awards. That row count is an order of magnitude above the HHS cells in this harvest: Defense files are often thick with contract actions. The pair is still a join of one cabinet and one state, not a base-by-base map and not a claim that Alabama “depends on the Pentagon.” Obligations are commitments, not outlays. Dividing the dollar total by 124,343 awards yields about $945,000 per award on average.

Key figures

DoD agency 097 shows $117,520,839,755.53 in Alabama place-of-performance obligations on 124,343 awards.
Mean obligation is about $945,000 per award.
A thick Defense file is not a count of unique programs or bases.
Alabama is a USAspending geography tag, not a named-installation map.
Figures are obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.

Defense and Alabama in one cell

Awarding agency 097 and place-of-performance AL define this tie. The $117,520,839,755.53 obligation total is the sum on records that hold both keys. Alabama’s all-agency hub and Defense’s all-state hub are the parents.

One hundred twenty-four thousand three hundred forty-three awards is a contract-heavy file shape. Many DoD instruments are modifications and delivery orders. The aggregate counts those records; it does not count 124,343 unique weapons systems.

Alabama’s Defense cell is $117,520,839,755.53 on 124,343 awards. English labels about Redstone, Anniston, or aviation invite installation lists. The packet does not name installations. This page does not either. Alabama Defense is $117,520,839,755.53 on 124,343 awards. Named arsenals and ranges are not in the packet. Attaching this aggregate to a named installation would be invention. Contract actions and modifications explain thick DoD files. One hundred twenty-four thousand three hundred forty-three records are not 124,343 unique programs. The $945,000 mean is dollars divided by rows. Huntsville is not a subtotal. Mississippi-, Georgia-, Tennessee-, and Florida-tagged awards stay on those ties. NASA, if it awards under another code, is not inside 097. Obligations are not outlays.

Awarding agency 097

Code 097 is Department of Defense in this USAspending dimension. Army, Navy, Air Force, and other components can all land in 097. The packet does not split them. Calling $117,520,839,755.53 “Redstone spending” or “Anniston spending” would invent geography the facts do not provide.

The national 097 hub drops the Alabama filter. Facts here: obligation sum, 124,343 awards, state AL, code 097. No fiscal-year series is supplied.

Madison, Calhoun, Montgomery, and the rest of the state share one AL tag. The join does not isolate Huntsville. Awards tagged MS, GA, TN, or FL stay on those ties. Restating the pair does not name Redstone or Anniston. Awarding agency 097 and place-of-performance AL produced $117,520,839,755.53 across 124,343 awards. Contract actions explain the thick file. The $945,000 mean is dollars divided by rows, not a typical prime. Huntsville is not a subtotal. Obligations remain commitments, not outlays.

Alabama as place of performance

Alabama is USAspending state code AL. Performance in Madison County, a recipient in Calhoun County, and a record that only stamps AL can all sit inside $117,520,839,755.53. Awards tagged MS, GA, TN, or FL stay on those ties even when a program office sits across the line.

Statewide Alabama federal spending is the parent. Agency 097 is one awarding agency there. $117.5 billion is not Alabama’s complete federal footprint, and it is not HHS or SSA.

Contract actions and modifications inflate DoD row counts relative to HHS. One hundred twenty-four thousand three hundred forty-three records are not 124,343 unique primes. The $945,000 mean is dollars divided by rows.

A thick file and a sub-million mean

Average obligation is about $945,000 ($117,520,839,755.53 ÷ 124,343). That is far below HHS means in this harvest because Defense posts many more rows. The average is not a typical prime contract and not a median modification.

Net obligations can include downward adjustments. This page reports $117,520,839,755.53 as given. Treat 124,343 as award records in the aggregate.

Code 097 does not include NASA or Army Corps civil works if those sit under other awarding-agency codes. The $117,520,839,755.53 figure is Defense 097 only.

What the Alabama–DoD pair is not

A shared state tag does not mean Alabama selected these awards, and it does not mean Defense outlays equal $117,520,839,755.53 inside the state. FEC donations do not fund this USAspending cell. Correlation is not causation.

Continue from Department of Defense in Alabama for the overlay table, Alabama federal spending for all agencies, Department of Defense for agency 097 nationally, and All spending ties for other pairs.

Installation names are not in the facts

Alabama Defense at $117,520,839,755.53 on 124,343 awards will be attached to named arsenals and ranges by readers who already know those names. The packet does not contain those names. Attaching them here would be invention.

Contract actions explain thick DoD files better than “124,343 programs.” The $945,000 mean is dollars divided by rows. Huntsville is not a subtotal. The tag is AL. Obligations are not outlays.

Questions

How much Defense funding is obligated in Alabama?: USAspending records $117,520,839,755.53 in obligations for awarding agency 097 with Alabama place of performance, covering 124,343 awards. That is an obligation aggregate for this pair, not outlays.
Why are there more than 124,000 Defense awards in Alabama?: DoD aggregates often include contract actions and modifications. This cell contains 124,343 award records summing to $117,520,839,755.53. The packet does not list those instruments.
What is the average Defense award in Alabama?: Dividing $117,520,839,755.53 by 124,343 awards produces about $945,000 per award. That mean is not a typical prime contract value.
Does this include HHS spending in Alabama?: No. HHS uses awarding-agency code 075. This page is Defense 097 only.

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