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State releases, September 9, 2026

One dated release for each state and the District of Columbia: federal prime contracts naming AI performed in the state, per resident, share of the U.S. total, and the index's reference estimate. Each has a press release datelined at the state capital.

Released 2026-09-09 00:00 UTCNext release 2026-09-10U.S. total, FY2026 to date $427.8MFY2025 $615.5M

Table 1Federal contract obligations naming AI, by state of performance, FY2026 to date

Prime contracts whose descriptions name artificial intelligence, machine learning or language models (USAspending.gov, refreshed daily). A floor, not a total: AI work inside larger contracts is usually unlabelled. State debt at end of fiscal year 2023 from the Census Bureau, shown for scale.

#StateObligationsPer residentShare of USAvoidable reading, scenario / yrState debt, FY2023ReleasePress
1Virginia$128.0M$14.5330.0 %$8.1M$32.5BReleasePress
2Maryland$71.6M$11.4316.8 %$4.5M$25.4BReleasePress
3District of Columbia$43.1M$61.3810.1 %$2.7MReleasePress
4California$33.6M$0.857.9 %$2.1M$162.0BReleasePress
5Ohio$22.1M$1.865.2 %$1.4M$31.1BReleasePress
6Texas$15.8M$0.503.7 %$992.8K$65.9BReleasePress
7Alabama$14.5M$2.813.4 %$913.5K$6.2BReleasePress
8Massachusetts$14.1M$1.983.3 %$890.4K$68.3BReleasePress
9New York$11.6M$0.582.7 %$731.2K$128.6BReleasePress
10Nevada$9.7M$2.952.3 %$608.1K$3.1BReleasePress
11North Carolina$9.0M$0.812.1 %$566.9K$12.8BReleasePress
12Colorado$7.7M$1.301.8 %$487.7K$21.8BReleasePress
13Georgia$7.1M$0.641.7 %$449.9K$14.5BReleasePress
14New Jersey$6.8M$0.721.6 %$428.7K$58.7BReleasePress
15West Virginia$5.6M$3.151.3 %$351.5K$20.2BReleasePress
16Alaska$5.3M$7.151.2 %$333.5K$5.6BReleasePress
17Pennsylvania$4.0M$0.310.9 %$251.4K$47.7BReleasePress
18Michigan$3.0M$0.300.7 %$189.5K$26.7BReleasePress
19Florida$2.8M$0.120.7 %$175.9K$21.8BReleasePress
20Iowa$2.3M$0.710.5 %$144.0K$6.6BReleasePress
21Utah$2.1M$0.600.5 %$132.4K$6.7BReleasePress
22South Carolina$2.0M$0.370.5 %$127.0K$15.0BReleasePress
23New Hampshire$1.7M$1.220.4 %$108.5K$7.5BReleasePress
24New Mexico$1.1M$0.530.3 %$71.3K$7.0BReleasePress
25Oregon$620.2K$0.150.1 %$39.1K$15.8BReleasePress
26Oklahoma$484.0K$0.120.1 %$30.5K$10.3BReleasePress
27Mississippi$356.6K$0.120.1 %$22.5K$7.5BReleasePress
28Arizona$209.4K$0.030.0 %$13.2K$6.6BReleasePress
29South Dakota$181.8K$0.200.0 %$11.5K$4.1BReleasePress
30Vermont$140.0K$0.220.0 %$8.8K$2.6BReleasePress
31Kentucky$50.2K$0.010.0 %$3.2K$10.2BReleasePress
32Tennessee$27.7K$0.000.0 %$1.7K$8.0BReleasePress
33Washington$19.3K$0.000.0 %$1.2K$24.5BReleasePress
34North Dakota$18.0K$0.020.0 %$1.1K$4.2BReleasePress
35Wyoming$14.4K$0.020.0 %$907$1.3BReleasePress
36Connecticut$2.5K$0.000.0 %$160$32.5BReleasePress
37Arkansas$0$0.000.0 %$0$7.8BRelease
38Delaware$0$0.000.0 %$0$4.1BRelease
39Hawaii$0$0.000.0 %$0$11.9BRelease
40Idaho$0$0.000.0 %$0$719.8MRelease
41Indiana$0$0.000.0 %$0$8.2BRelease
42Kansas$0$0.000.0 %$0$7.3BRelease
43Louisiana$0$0.000.0 %$0$16.1BRelease
44Maine$0$0.000.0 %$0$5.0BRelease
45Minnesota$0$0.000.0 %$0$17.1BRelease
46Missouri$0$0.000.0 %$0$7.0BRelease
47Montana$0$0.000.0 %$0$3.0BRelease
48Nebraska$0$0.000.0 %$0$1.8BRelease
49Rhode Island$0$0.000.0 %$0$10.5BRelease
50Wisconsin$0$0.000.0 %$0$23.1BRelease
51Illinois$-88.1K$-0.01-0.0 %$-5.5K$42.5BRelease

Per resident uses Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimates. The scenario column applies factors B1–B3 of the national release to the state's figure; it is a scenario computed from a published floor, not an account of the state's spending.