Department of Defense in California 47th District (CA-47)
USAspending.gov records $8,822,169,684.31 in Department of Defense (agency 097) obligations with place of performance in California 47th District (CA-47), across 8,965 awards. Eight thousand nine hundred sixty-five Defense-coded awards cover about seventy-two percent of CA-47's district obligation total, a thicker California Defense file than CA-48 with a lower district share. That pair is Department of Defense and California 47th District (CA-47) — not California's entire federal inflow, not Department of Defense nationwide, and not cash already paid. The cell is 72.4% of this district's published obligation total ($12,184,859,872.40). Implied average obligation is about $984,068.01 ($8,822,169,684.31 ÷ 8,965). Correlation is not causation.
Key figures
- Defense in California 47th District (CA-47): $8,822,169,684.31 across 8,965 USAspending awards.
- Implied mean about $984,068.01 per record; district share 72.4% of $12,184,859,872.40.
- Agency 097 × CA-47 is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a named-recipient list.
- Cite USAspending.gov; quote California 47th District and Department of Defense if live tables moved.
- California federal spending and All spending ties are parents and an index, not amounts to add into $8,822,169,684.31.
What the Defense–CA-47 join is
Awarding agency 097 and congressional district CA-47 meet here. $8,822,169,684.31 is the USAspending.gov obligation sum on awards that carry both tags. It is not Department of Defense's nationwide total, not every federal dollar coded to California 47th District (CA-47), and not an outlay register. The packet does not split military departments or contract versus assistance instruments. 8,965 is an action count: modifications and repeat awards add rows. Unique recipients are unpublished. This cell is not an installation map, a platform catalog, or a named-contractor file.
Dividing $8,822,169,684.31 by 8,965 yields about $984,068.01 per award on average. That ratio is two packet facts. It is not a typical contract, grant, or benefit line. 8,965 awards is a thick Defense file. Both this count and a compact California Defense file elsewhere are action counts, not unique vendors. Do not treat CA-47's 097 cell as a synonym for every Defense account nationwide. Open California 47th District for the district table without this agency filter, Department of Defense for agency 097 without a CA-47 filter, California federal spending for every awarding agency in the California extract, and All spending ties for the rest of the join list. Quote those hubs as parents, not as addends to $8,822,169,684.31.
Awarding agency 097 as the Defense side
USAspending labels awarding agency 097 as Department of Defense. That code produced $8,822,169,684.31 when crossed with California 47th District (CA-47) place of performance. The agency-wide 097 hub does not require CA-47 geography. The district hub does not require Defense. Only this tie applies both filters, which is why it cites 8,965 awards. The packet does not split military departments or contract versus assistance instruments.
Correlation is not causation: California 47th District (CA-47) did not cause $8,822,169,684.31 by existing as a large or small place. Population, outcome scores, and named facilities are not packet facts. The join is 097 × CA-47 only. This cell is not an installation map, a platform catalog, or a named-contractor file. Do not invent contractors or award recipients to fill the gap. Campaign donations on FEC tables do not fund this USAspending cell; the datasets are separate.
California 47th District (CA-47) as place of performance
California 47th District (CA-47) on this join is a USAspending geography field, not a claim that every dollar was disbursed to residents of that district. Awards can list CA-47 while later work occurs elsewhere. Awards tagged to other California districts belong on those ties even when the awarding agency is also 097. California 47th District (CA-47) is not other California districts. Same awarding-agency code 097 on a different stamp is a different dollar total and row count.
California federal spending shows how agency 097 sits beside other awarding agencies in the same state extract. $8,822,169,684.31 is one district-agency column, not the state table. This packet does not split California 47th District (CA-47) by county, city, or census tract. Awards that carry a different awarding-agency code stay on those other ties even if the work sounds related to Department of Defense. The district-wide obligation total published here is $12,184,859,872.40; $8,822,169,684.31 is the Defense slice of that denominator.
Obligations, not outlays
USAspending.gov records an obligation when the federal government commits funds on an award. $8,822,169,684.31 is that kind of sum for Department of Defense inside CA-47 coding. Later deobligations, recoveries, or payment schedules can change what leaves the Treasury without this join rewriting itself into a cash register. Assistance and contract awards can share the same awarding-agency rollup; this packet does not split them. Net obligations can include downward adjustments. This page reports $8,822,169,684.31 as given.
California's own budget is a separate ledger. Mixing it with the 8,965-row Defense cell leaves USAspending.gov. Treat 8,965 as award records in the aggregate, not unique vendors. Do not annualize without a year field in the packet. Do not per-capita or per-recipient the dollar total; those denominators are unpublished. The implied mean ($984,068.01) is a concentration statistic, not a typical CA-47 Defense payment.
How to cite Defense in CA-47
Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Defense (agency 097) obligated $8,822,169,684.31 on 8,965 awards coded to California 47th District (CA-47). Name Department of Defense and California 47th District (CA-47) together. Keep the obligation word. If California 47th District or Department of Defense has refreshed, prefer the live hub over this snapshot for current rows. The pair is not an installation map, a platform catalog, or a named-contractor file. 72.4% of $12,184,859,872.40 is the district share on this packet, not a performance score.
Keep Department of Defense, California 47th District (CA-47), $8,822,169,684.31, and 8,965 awards together. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Department of Defense is the 097 parent without a CA-47 filter. California federal spending is the California parent. Do not add those parents to this cell. Sharing a district with Defense does not mean campaign donations funded these awards, and it does not convert obligations into outlays. This page reports one USAspending join.
Reading a moderate Defense file in CA-47
8,965 awards is a thick Defense file. Both this count and a compact California Defense file elsewhere are action counts, not unique vendors. A lower share than CA-48 does not rank CA-47 as less Defense-tagged. The books and row counts differ. This page reports CA-47 only. A large row count makes a program split tempting; the packet still does not supply one. A small row count makes a named-facility story tempting; the packet still does not name facilities or contractors. The implied mean (about $984,068.01) and the district share (72.4% of $12,184,859,872.40) are ratios of packet facts. Prefer California 47th District and Department of Defense if the live tables moved.
Do not rank California 47th District (CA-47) as more Defense-dependent than neighboring districts on the strength of this cell alone. Neighboring geographies have their own 097 ties with different dollar totals, or no published 097 cell in this harvest. This snapshot holds $8,822,169,684.31 and 8,965 only. All spending ties is the index, not an addend. Obligations are not outlays. Correlation is not causation.
Questions
- How much Defense spending is coded to California 47th District (CA-47)?
- USAspending.gov lists $8,822,169,684.31 in Department of Defense obligations across 8,965 awards with place of performance in California 47th District (CA-47). Agency 097 × CA-47 is an obligation join, not an outlay. The cell is 72.4% of the district total ($12,184,859,872.40). Unique recipients are unpublished. Average obligation is about $984,068.01, a ratio only.
- Does $8,822,169,684.31 include every Defense program in CA-47?
- The packet publishes one awarding-agency rollup. The packet does not split military departments or contract versus assistance instruments. $8,822,169,684.31 is the combined obligation sum for agency 097 inside CA-47. This page will not invent a program pie or name contractors. Open Department of Defense and California 47th District for parent tables. 8,965 remains an action count, not a program count.
- Is $8,822,169,684.31 cash already paid in California 47th District (CA-47)?
- No. Obligations are commitments recorded on USAspending.gov awards. Outlays are a different concept and are not this packet's headline. Treating $8,822,169,684.31 as checks already cleared in California 47th District (CA-47) confuses those terms. Later ingests can revise 8,965 awards. Prefer the live district and agency hubs if the tables moved.
- Where is the live Defense–CA-47 table?
- California 47th District is the district parent and Department of Defense is the agency parent. California federal spending covers California without this intersection as the headline. All spending ties lists other pairs. Those hubs are not addends. Keep both sides when citing $8,822,169,684.31. Obligations are not outlays.
USAspending.gov congressional district place-of-performance joined to awarding agency. District 90/98 (multi/non-voting placeholders) are omitted. Obligations are not outlays.