Department of Veterans Affairs federal obligations in North Dakota

A high-count VA file on North Dakota

Department of Veterans Affairs as awarding agency, North Dakota as place-of-performance: 10,908 records summing to $1,298,624,392.44. A Department of Veterans Affairs award coded outside ND is out. An award in North Dakota from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. North Dakota (ND) excludes Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, and Canada. A Minnesota-coded award is MN even if a veteran travels the I-94 corridor.

Ten thousand nine hundred eight records is a thick VA action file: many more rows than a thin Energy cell, still a record count rather than unique veterans. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 10,908 as 10,908 unique enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. The overlay Department of Veterans Affairs in North Dakota is the both-keys table. North Dakota federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Veterans Affairs is the agency book without an ND filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Fargo is unpublished as a metro share of $1,298,624,392.44. The join stays statewide. Correlation is not causation: North Dakota did not cause $1,298,624,392.44 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 036 × ND only.

Award rows are not unique veterans

$1,298,624,392.44 does not measure enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 036 and an ND place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 10,908 awards as a census of enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If North Dakota federal spending or Department of Veterans Affairs matched $1,298,624,392.44 and 10,908, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Minnesota, South Dakota, and Montana VA joins are other pairs, not addends.

North Dakota statewide, not a Fargo-versus-Bismarck split

Place of performance ND is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. North Dakota (ND) excludes Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, and Canada. A Minnesota-coded award is MN even if a veteran travels the I-94 corridor. Recipient address can differ from that state tag.

Fargo is unpublished as a metro share of $1,298,624,392.44. The join stays statewide. This packet does not split $1,298,624,392.44 by city, county, or named facility. 10,908 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

Obligations ahead of clinic cash already paid

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $1,298,624,392.44 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in North Dakota confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

North Dakota’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 10,908-award USAspending file leaves this series. No fiscal year is published in this packet, so this page does not invent one. Keep the obligation label on $1,298,624,392.44.

Citing the VA–North Dakota pair

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Veterans Affairs (agency 036) obligated $1,298,624,392.44 on 10,908 awards coded to North Dakota. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings.

Prefer Department of Veterans Affairs in North Dakota if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. North Dakota federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to ND. Department of Veterans Affairs is the 036 parent without the ND filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $1,298,624,392.44.

A usable footnote names Department of Veterans Affairs, North Dakota, $1,298,624,392.44, and 10,908. The compact headline $1.30 billion is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $119,052 is $1,298,624,392.44 divided by 10,908. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

How much has the Department of Veterans Affairs obligated in North Dakota?

USAspending.gov records $1,298,624,392.44 across 10,908 awards with awarding agency 036 and a North Dakota tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. Department of Veterans Affairs in North Dakota is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $1,298,624,392.44.

Is $1,298,624,392.44 a measure of enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings?

No. The packet publishes $1,298,624,392.44 and 10,908 awards for agency 036 inside ND coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays.

Why does this VA file have 10,908 awards?

That is the award-record count for 036 × ND. Combined with $1,298,624,392.44, the average is about $119,052. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 10,908 is not unique enrolled veterans, hospital beds, or disability ratings. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

Department of Veterans Affairs in North Dakota is the overlay. North Dakota federal spending and Department of Veterans Affairs are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $1,298,624,392.44. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.