Universal Service Fund - High Cost (CFDA 32.002) in Iowa
USAspending.gov records $1,019,550,209.97 in Universal Service Fund - High Cost obligations under CFDA 32.002 with place of performance in Iowa, across 266 awards. Iowa’s high-cost file is thicker than Nebraska’s 62-award cell or Oklahoma’s 64-award cell in this harvest, so the mean drops to about $3.83 million. Same catalog number, different row counts, different averages. That is table shape, not a ranking of rural telephone companies. The page joins 32.002 to state IA.
Key figures
- CFDA 32.002 shows $1,019,550,209.97 in Iowa obligations on 266 awards.
- Mean obligation is about $3.83 million per award, lower than thinner 32.002 state cells.
- High Cost is one USF catalog line, not every telecommunications program.
- Figures are USAspending obligations, not outlays.
A thicker High Cost file in Iowa
CFDA 32.002 is titled Universal Service Fund - High Cost. Iowa is the place-of-performance state. $1,019,550,209.97 sums obligations on records that carry both keys. Two hundred sixty-six awards is more than four times the instrument count on the Nebraska and Oklahoma 32.002 joins in this slice, while the dollar total stays in the same $1.0–$1.2 billion band. More rows under similar dollars pull the mean down. The packet does not explain why Iowa’s award file is thicker.
The Iowa hub totals every program. The national 32.002 hub totals every state. This tie is the overlap. Emergency Commodity Assistance (10.121) in Iowa is a separate USDA cell with a far higher award count and is not mixed into $1,019,550,209.97.
Two hundred sixty-six awards against $1,019,550,209.97 is the thick High Cost file in this three-state USF set. Nebraska and Oklahoma stay near 60 awards. Iowa’s lower mean near $3.83 million is the mechanical result of more rows under a similar billion-dollar band. Mechanical is the right word. It does not prove Iowa carriers received smaller support per company, because the packet does not publish company-level amounts.
High Cost remains one USF bucket
The catalog title is High Cost, not every Universal Service mechanism. Other USF CFDA numbers, if present, stay outside this cell. Packet facts are the obligation sum, 266 awards, state IA, and CFDA 32.002. No carrier roster and no unserved-census-block count are included.
USAspending stores the dollars as obligations on award rows tagged to Iowa. That is not an FCC docket and not a last-mile construction log. Place of performance can sit on a cooperative, a statewide stamp, or a company that also operates in neighboring states.
Iowa as the geography key
Iowa is USAspending state code IA. Awards coded to Nebraska, Missouri, or Illinois stay on other 32.002 ties. $1,019,550,209.97 is not every federal telecommunications dollar in Iowa and is not a county broadband map. The packet has no metro table.
Statewide Iowa federal spending is the parent. CFDA 32.002 is one line. Readers comparing high-cost support with farm commodity assistance in Iowa should keep CFDA 32.002 and CFDA 10.121 on separate pages.
Why Iowa’s mean is lower than Nebraska’s
Average obligation is about $3.83 million ($1,019,550,209.97 ÷ 266). Nebraska’s 32.002 mean in this harvest is about $18.8 million on 62 awards. Iowa’s lower mean flags more instruments, not proof that Iowa’s network is cheaper to serve or that support is less generous per company.
Net obligations may include negative adjustments. This page reports $1,019,550,209.97 as given. Treat 266 as award records in the aggregate. Obligations are not outlays.
What the Iowa–32.002 pair is not
The join does not mean Iowa appropriated these dollars, and it does not mean high-cost outlays equal $1,019,550,209.97. FEC donations do not fund this USAspending cell. Correlation is not causation.
Continue from Universal Service Fund - High Cost in Iowa for the overlay, CFDA 32.002 for the national program, Iowa federal spending for the state total, Iowa programs for other CFDA lines, and All spending ties for other pairs.
Iowa High Cost beside the state’s commodity file
Universal Service Fund - High Cost in Iowa is the overlay for CFDA 32.002 inside state IA. Two hundred sixty-six awards and $1,019,550,209.97 are a thicker High Cost file than Nebraska’s 62 or Oklahoma’s 64 in this harvest. Iowa’s Emergency Commodity Assistance join (10.121) is thicker still, at 110,347 awards. Two Iowa overlays, two USDA-versus-USF families, two means ($3.83 million here, about $7,513 on the commodity cell). Those means are not comparable as policy scores because the catalogs differ.
Iowa programs is the CFDA index. The national 32.002 hub drops the Iowa filter. High Cost remains one Universal Service bucket. Other USF mechanisms under different CFDA numbers stay outside $1,019,550,209.97. Carrier lists and unserved-location counts are not in the packet. Obligations are not outlays. A thicker award file lowers the mean; it does not prove Iowa’s network is cheaper to serve.
Questions
- How much High Cost Universal Service funding is obligated in Iowa?
- USAspending records $1,019,550,209.97 in CFDA 32.002 obligations with Iowa place of performance, covering 266 awards. That is an obligation aggregate, not outlays.
- Why does Iowa have more High Cost awards than Nebraska?
- This cell contains 266 award records summing to $1,019,550,209.97. Nebraska’s 32.002 join is a separate geography key with 62 awards. Different row counts do not rank rural networks.
- What is the average High Cost award in Iowa?
- Dividing $1,019,550,209.97 by 266 awards produces about $3.83 million per award. That mean is not a median and not a monthly support invoice.
- Does this include all federal spending in Iowa?
- No. Only CFDA 32.002 is in this cell. Other programs, including Emergency Commodity Assistance, appear on other Iowa program ties.
USAspending.gov CFDA program aggregates by place of performance state. Obligations are not outlays.