Map Shows Which States Have Most Federal Offices Closed by DOGE

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a task force established by President Donald Trump with the goal of slashing unnecessary government spending, has terminated leases of more than 700 offices across the country so far.

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Why It Matters

Trump signed an order creating DOGE on his first day back in the White House, tasking it with “modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” It is led by Elon Musk and is not a formal agency, meaning Musk hasn’t been confirmed by the Senate.

DOGE, however, has divided Americans. While conservatives praise it as a means to cut what they view as waste in the federal government, critics have complained about these mass cuts and access granted to sensitive information about millions of Americans.

There is no precise number of fired federal employees that has been made public, but an analysis by USA Today showed that thousands of federal workers have been terminated, in addition to the 75,000 who accepted buyouts from the Trump administration.

What To Know

As of Wednesday, DOGE has terminated leases of at least 748 offices across the country, according to data released by the task force on its “wall of receipts.” It touted $468 million in lease savings, but critics are sounding the alarm about the impact cutting these facilities will have on Americans.

No state is untouched by the lease terminations. California, where 63 offices are slated to close down, tops the list, while Maine has the least amount of planned closures, with only two lease terminations so far.

The closures will affect several federal agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This map shows the number of lease terminations per state as of Wednesday. Click on each state for a full list of terminations in each city.

It’s not clear how many of the employees working at these locations were terminated, rather than being moved to other offices amid consolidation efforts.

So far, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the agency most affected by the lease terminations, with 61 locations closing across the country. It’s followed by the Social SSA, which has 47 locations closing. In a press statement, the SSA wrote that closing these offices, most of which are not public-facing, will result in $4 million of savings each year.

Critics, however, say Americans may be negatively affected by these changes.

Rich Couture, spokesman for the American Federation of Government Employees’ Social Security General Committee, told Government Executive that the union has “significant concerns with whether a diminishment of the support services that headquarters and the regional office components provide will impact the frontline workforce.”

Senator Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, raised concerns about planned cuts to at least five SSA locations in his state in a statement reported by WXIA in Atlanta.

“I would also note that Georgia has the second-longest backlog for Social Security disability insurance applications in the entire country already,” Ossoff said. “We already face a crisis of access to Social Security benefits for Georgia seniors.”

There are 19 NOAA offices across the country, from Alaska to Florida, on the list. Critics have warned cuts to the agency, which oversees the National Weather Service, may have significant consequences for Americans.

“Purging the government of scientists, experts, and career civil servants and slashing fundamental programs will cost lives,” California Representative Jared Huffman, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, previously said in a statement.

Meanwhile, a dozen Indian Health Service locations are set to close across nine states. According to Tribal Business News, one of these locations in Oklahoma had been empty for years, meaning its closure will have less of an impact. But in Seminole, Oklahoma, seven employees lost their jobs after the Bureau for Indian Affairs shut down.

Polls suggest Americans are split on DOGE.

A CBS News/YouGov poll, for example, found that 51 percent of Americans support efforts to cut staff at federal agencies, while 49 percent oppose those efforts. Meanwhile, 40 percent say Trump’s changes to how government works are “for the worse,” while only 35 percent say they are “for the better.”

What People Are Saying

Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat, on X, formerly Twitter: “DOGE has terminated the leases of 30 FDA offices & buildings, including the FDA’s Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, a state-of-the-art lab in St. Louis that led critical Rx-safety investigations, including on nitrosamines and heparin.

“The cherry-picked examples of waste or abuse are being used to justify this assault on science are a screen for generational damage being done to the American biomedical enterprise: slashing drug-safety work at home or polio vaccinations overseas costs money, endangers health, and sows chaos that can tip a good economy into recession.”

Senator Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican, on X on February 21: “Taxpayers were on the hook for more than $20 million over 20 years for a boarded up empty building. This is exactly why I have been calling on Washington to evaluate all federal real estate holdings and sell off the buildings that are unused.”

What Happens Next

It’s unclear how many more leases may be terminated in the coming weeks and months as DOGE efforts continue.