The Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR) is a presentation of data on federal government expenditures or obligations in state, county, and subcounty areas of the United States, including the District of Columbia and U.S. Outlying Areas. CFFR contains statistics on the geographic distribution of federal program expenditures, using data submitted by federal departments and agencies. These data have been consolidated and tabulated in a standard format by the U.S. Census Bureau under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, for presentation in publications and electronic form. The publications are: (1) Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2003 (State and County Areas); and (2) Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2003. Data also are available on CD-ROM and on the Internet. Information on publications and CD-ROMs appears in the section, "Availability of Data" at the end of this Introduction. Appended are: (1) County-Type Areas Without County Government; (2) Geographic Areas With More Than Four Congressional Districts; (3) County Locations of State Capital Cities; (4) County Locations of State Capital Cities; (5) Consolidated Federal Funds Report Data Sources; (6) State Coordinating Agencies, State Data Center Program, U.S. Census Bureau; and (7) Use of County Area Allocations for Selected Federal Pass-Through Assistance Programs by State. (Contains 7 figures and 15 tables.)