Alaska vs Indiana

Indiana’s headcount, Alaska’s ratio

Indiana’s $3.83B is about 1.10 times Alaska’s $3.49B. Population is about 9.35 times: 6,924,275 versus 740,133. People outrun dollars by a wide margin, which is the setup for Alaska’s $532.17 per capita against Indiana’s $80.53. Cite those ratios as packet figures beside the Census counts.

Award counts follow Indiana, 58,316 versus 25,423, about 2.3 times as many rows on a modestly larger stock. Indiana’s file is busier. Alaska’s 25,423 actions on $3.49B are fewer and still sit beside the $532.17 reading on a 740,133 Census count.

A shared commercial and institutional building construction lead does not erase that split. It only says the tallest NAICS bar uses the same label on $3.49B and on $3.83B. Alaska’s 740,133 residents versus Indiana’s 6,924,275 is a ninefold Census gap that $3.49B versus $3.83B does not follow, which is why $532.17 versus $80.53 is the ranking this pair is actually about.

Two construction peaks, two different denominators

Alaska’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Indiana’s top industry is the same label. Construction can be lumpy in both places. The 25,423 Alaska awards and 58,316 Indiana awards include many actions that are not buildings.

Use the Alaska and Indiana state hubs for agencies and recipients rather than treating the construction tag as the entire mix. The shared lead is a first filter, not a finding that the two states buy the same work in the same amounts.

Questions

Does Alaska or Indiana have more federal spending?

Indiana leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.83B to Alaska’s $3.49B. Alaska leads spending per capita, $532.17 versus $80.53, on 740,133 residents against Indiana’s 6,924,275. Indiana has more awards (58,316 vs 25,423). FY2026 obligations are $393.9M in Alaska and $557.6M in Indiana.

Do Alaska and Indiana have the same top industry?

Yes. Both list commercial and institutional building construction as the top industry. The comparison is scale and intensity on $3.49B versus $3.83B, not a different lead NAICS. Award counts are 25,423 in Alaska and 58,316 in Indiana. Spending per capita is $532.17 versus $80.53.

Why is Alaska’s per-capita figure so much higher than Indiana’s?

The packet reports $532.17 per capita in Alaska on 740,133 residents and $80.53 in Indiana on 6,924,275. Stacked stocks are close ($3.49B vs $3.83B). Award counts are 25,423 versus 58,316. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Are Alaska vs Indiana figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.49B and $3.83B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $393.9M and $557.6M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($532.17 vs $80.53) uses Census population where present.