Prairie State Wire

The U.S. Department of Defense allocated $9.3 billion in fiscal-year 2020 funds through contracts and payrolls in Illinois, the 19th highest level of defense funding among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a DOD report.

Illinois, the sixth most populous state, received the funding from Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021, the DOD’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation reported in an Oct. 22 report. In contrast, Texas took in the largest amount of defense funds in FY 2020: more than $83 billion.

During the fiscal year, DOD contracts and payroll spending in the U.S. rose 8%, or $43 billion, compared to the previous fiscal year, the report said. In total, DOD spending during that time period was nearly $594 billion, amounting to more than $1,800 per citizen.

The top recipients of defense funds by contractor were Lockheed Martin, $72.9 billion; General Dynamics, $22.8 billion; and Boeing, $22.4 billion.

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Which States Received the Most Defense Dollars in FY 2020?

Rank for Fiscal Year 2020	State	Spent in State Fiscal Year 2020
1	Texas	$83,037,372,763
2	Virginia	$64,264,450,852
3	California	$61,025,402,398
4	Maryland	$30,417,515,620
5	Florida	$29,088,358,977
6	Connecticut	$23,638,086,868
7	Arizona	$20,211,007,846
8	Massachusetts	$18,609,353,135
9	Pennsylvania	$17,784,500,671
10	Georgia	$15,770,279,312
11	Missouri	$14,992,846,232
12	Alabama	$14,819,390,311
13	Washington	$14,619,095,738
14	North Carolina	$14,351,683,365
15	New York	$12,808,097,001
16	Kentucky	$12,554,475,458
17	Ohio	$11,601,102,471
18	Colorado	$11,567,943,634
19	Illinois	$9,335,271,199
20	New Jersey	$8,417,643,544
21	Hawaii	$7,746,972,087
22	Mississippi	$7,734,126,307
23	District of Columbia	$7,620,159,979
24	Michigan	$6,828,475,538
25	Oklahoma	$6,622,834,893
26	South Carolina	$6,141,430,169
27	Wisconsin	$5,497,246,996
28	Indiana	$5,419,432,107
29	Utah	$5,372,440,248
30	Louisiana	$4,305,749,487
31	New Mexico	$3,595,503,352
32	Maine	$3,545,162,517
33	Kansas	$3,422,814,800
34	Tennessee	$3,421,643,362
35	Alaska	$3,346,319,035
36	Nevada	$3,062,189,118
37	New Hampshire	$3,001,577,647
38	Iowa	$2,889,829,432
39	Minnesota	$2,889,569,830
40	Nebraska	$1,838,053,716
41	Oregon	$1,628,982,121
42	Arkansas	$1,609,184,054
43	Rhode Island	$1,605,306,051
44	West Virginia	$1,049,247,407
45	North Dakota	$949,011,727
46	Montana	$708,064,603
47	Vermont	$706,426,222
48	Idaho	$692,019,697
49	South Dakota	$669,783,697
50	Delaware	$650,154,950
51	Wyoming	$456,404,889

Source: U.S. Department of Defense