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Median Army Spending per Congressional District is $121 Million

• In FY 2014, the Army directly spent approximately $121 million in the median congressional district (in 2012 dollars) and $1.7 billion in the median state, with considerable variance across the local economies.
• This direct spending and the intermediate demands generated by out-of-district/out-of-state spending contributed a total of $375 million of economic output to the median congressional district and $5.5 billion to the median state.
• Measured in terms of employment, the economic effect translates into about 4,200 jobs for the median district and just over 62,000 for the median state, with a wide range across economies.
• The report provides results that are broken down by congressional district, as well as aggregated by state, and the economic activity associated with this spending is separated by Army component where applicable.