Department of Defense federal obligations in Wisconsin

A high-count Defense cell in Wisconsin

This tie is the USAspending cell for awarding agency 097 and Wisconsin (WI) place of performance. The $18,820,054,489.26 sum is the obligation aggregate on awards that match both keys. Wisconsin’s all-agency hub is the parent geography; the national Defense hub is the parent agency. This page is only the overlap.

One hundred twenty-seven thousand six hundred eighty-seven awards is a large row count. High counts often signal many smaller procurement actions and modifications. The facts do not name Fort McCoy or any contractor. Inferring a single installation from the state tag would be a leap the table does not support.

Wisconsin’s 127,687 Defense records under $18,820,054,489.26 are a high-count 097 book. High-count plus a mean near $147,392 usually means many smaller actions. Usually is not a shipyard roster. Guard end strength is another dataset. This page’s dataset is USAspending obligations tagged to 097 and WI.

Department of Defense as awarding agency 097

Code 097 is the Defense parent in this extract. Component agencies can sit underneath it in the source. This packet supplies one dollar total and one award count for the parent-plus-Wisconsin slice. The overlay /states/wi/agencies/097/ holds the same pair.

A reader who wants Defense awards in every state should leave this tie and open the agency 097 page. $18,820,054,489.26 is Wisconsin’s tagged share in the aggregate, not the department’s worldwide obligation book.

Wisconsin as place of performance

Wisconsin is state code WI. Place of performance can follow the location of work, a recipient’s state, or a reporting convention. Awards coded to Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, or Iowa are outside this $18,820,054,489.26 figure even when supply chains cross those lines. The join does not reconstruct those chains.

Statewide Wisconsin federal spending includes HHS, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and other awarding agencies. Defense is one column in that grid. A VA–Wisconsin join on this site uses agency 036. This page keeps 097 and WI only.

Concentration: $147,392 versus 127,687 rows

Mean obligation of about $147,392 sits below Defense cells with tens of thousands of rows and similar dollars, because Wisconsin’s denominator is 127,687. The comparison is about table shape, not about which state “wins” Defense work. A mean is not a median. A few large ship or vehicle actions, if present, would pull the average up; thousands of small supply contracts would pull it down.

USAspending award counts can include modifications. 127,687 is not 127,687 unique vendors and not 127,687 completed projects.

What the pair does not prove

Wisconsin place-of-performance tagging does not mean FEC receipts from Wisconsin funded these awards. Obligations are not outlays. The page does not rank Wisconsin as more militarized than neighboring states. It reports one USAspending join.

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

How to read the Wisconsin–Defense numbers

Wisconsin Defense ($18,820,054,489.26, 127,687 awards) is a high-count 097 book with a mean near $147,392. High count plus sub-$200,000 mean usually signals lots of smaller actions. “Usually” is not a vendor list. Do not convert 127,687 into shipyard jobs or Guard end strength. Wisconsin also has a VA cell under 036. Defense and Veterans Affairs are different departments. Adding $18,820,054,489.26 to the VA total without saying so creates a third figure this packet does not contain.

Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa bound Wisconsin. Lake Michigan and the Mississippi are not extra codes. Awards tagged those neighbors stay out. Milwaukee, Madison, and the north woods share WI inside $18,820,054,489.26.

Questions

How much Defense spending is obligated in Wisconsin?

USAspending records $18,820,054,489.26 in obligations for awarding agency 097 (Department of Defense) with Wisconsin place of performance, covering 127,687 awards. That is an obligation aggregate for this pair, not an outlay total and not the national Defense figure.

Why does Wisconsin show 127,687 Defense awards?

The 127,687 figure is the award-record count in the aggregate for agency 097 and WI place of performance. High counts often reflect many smaller actions. The packet does not list vendors or bases.

What is the average DoD award in Wisconsin?

Dividing $18,820,054,489.26 by 127,687 awards produces about $147,392 per award. That is a mean of the aggregate, not a typical unit price or a median contract.

Does this include the National Guard in Wisconsin?

Anything coded to awarding agency 097 with Wisconsin place of performance is in the total. The packet does not split Guard from other Defense awarding offices.