Alaska ranks 45th in federal awards this year. Per person it ranks 8th.

Alaska has drawn $15.39 billion in federal prime awards this fiscal year across 19,003 contracts, grants, direct payments and loans to recipients whose primary location is Alaska, the Aug. 23 USAspending.gov snapshot shows. That ranks 45th of 56 states and territories, behind Hawaii at $15.78 billion and ahead of New Hampshire's $13.91 billion. By the site's own per-capita figure Alaska ranks 8th, at $20,799 a head; Hawaii 36th, New Hampshire 43rd.

Both mislead. The recipients include Alaska Native corporation subsidiaries doing federal work elsewhere; this month's largest is $131 million to Nova Space Solutions from NASA. Money passed downstream to tribes, villages and contractors may not appear.

Alaska drew $18.45 billion in all of fiscal 2025 and $16.65 billion in 2024, trailing both with five weeks left.

Three days earlier the rollup showed Alaska 44th, at $14.96 billion. It refreshes weekly and can move again.

Economist Brett Watson told a Commonwealth North forum June 23 that federal spending in Alaska grew about $8.7 billion from 2015 to 2023, a different measure.