Alaska vs Mississippi

Alaska’s dollars versus Mississippi’s award mill

Alaska’s $3.49B is the larger stacked total on 740,133 residents. Mississippi’s $2.88B sits on 2,943,045. Intensity therefore favors Alaska: $532.17 per capita versus $115.31. The Gulf Census count does not produce the larger stock.

Award volume is the opposite story. Mississippi records 233,003 awards; Alaska records 25,423. Mississippi’s file is dense in rows on a smaller stock. Alaska’s 25,423 actions sit on $3.49B beside the $532.17 reading.

FY2026 stays close. $393.9M versus $339.4M keeps a slim Alaska dollar lead on the latest year. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts. Outlays are not in the packet.

Alaska’s $3.49B on 740,133 residents and Mississippi’s $2.88B on 2,943,045 residents are USAspending.gov obligations. Ship building and repairing versus commercial and institutional building construction is mix on those stocks.

FY2026 of $393.9M versus $339.4M stays close. Award counts of 25,423 versus 233,003 do not. Read recency and rows as separate questions. Spending per capita of $532.17 versus $115.31 uses Census where present. Outlays are not in the packet.

Building construction versus ship repair

Alaska’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Mississippi’s top industry is ship building and repairing. Those peaks sit on $3.49B and $2.88B. Construction is a first read on Alaska’s mix; shipyards are a first read on Mississippi’s mix.

The 25,423 Alaska awards and 233,003 Mississippi awards include many actions outside those labels. Agency and recipient detail lives on the Alaska and Mississippi state hubs. Both mixes are USAspending.gov obligations.

Questions

Does Alaska or Mississippi have more federal spending?

Alaska leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.49B to Mississippi’s $2.88B. Alaska also leads spending per capita, $532.17 versus $115.31, on 740,133 residents against Mississippi’s 2,943,045. Mississippi has more awards (233,003 vs 25,423). FY2026 obligations are $393.9M in Alaska and $339.4M in Mississippi.

Why does Mississippi have so many more awards than Alaska?

The packet reports 233,003 awards in Mississippi and 25,423 in Alaska. Mississippi’s stacked stock is smaller ($2.88B vs $3.49B). Population is 2,943,045 versus 740,133. Award count is a row total, not average size. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Alaska and Mississippi?

Alaska’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Mississippi’s is ship building and repairing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.49B and $2.88B. Award counts are 25,423 in Alaska and 233,003 in Mississippi.

Are Alaska vs Mississippi figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.49B and $2.88B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $393.9M and $339.4M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($532.17 vs $115.31) uses Census population where present.