Arizona vs Illinois

Illinois’s $15.9B versus Arizona’s $13.1B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Illinois’s $15.9B is about 1.2 times Arizona’s $13.1B. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. Illinois holds the larger all-years total, but the gap is modest next to the gap in rows and the gap in intensity.

Award counts are not close. Illinois has 1,544,633 awards; Arizona has 118,504. Illinois’s file is busier in rows on a dollar stock that is only modestly larger. Arizona’s $13.1B on 118,504 actions implies a much heavier typical booking than Illinois’s $15.9B spread across 1,544,633 records.

Arizona’s $435.71 per capita versus Illinois’s $143.78

Illinois’s 12,710,158 residents exceed Arizona’s 7,582,384. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Arizona shows $435.71 per capita and Illinois shows $143.78. Intensity runs the opposite direction from the $13.1B versus $15.9B ranking. Arizona is about 3.0 times as intensive per resident.

A $435.71 per-person reading in Arizona on 7,582,384 residents is an intensity fact attached to a $13.1B stock. Illinois’s $143.78 on 12,710,158 residents is attached to $15.9B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. The per-capita lead does not rewrite the stacked ranking.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Arizona or Illinois?

Illinois leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $15.9B versus Arizona’s $13.1B. Illinois has far more awards (1,544,633 vs 118,504) and more people (12,710,158 vs 7,582,384). Spending per capita is $435.71 in Arizona and $143.78 in Illinois. FY2026 obligations are $3.3B in Arizona and $1.8B in Illinois. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Why is Arizona’s per-capita federal spending higher than Illinois’s?

Arizona’s $13.1B on 7,582,384 residents produces $435.71 per capita. Illinois’s $15.9B on 12,710,158 residents produces $143.78. Illinois still leads the stacked file and the award count (1,544,633 vs 118,504). FY2026 favors Arizona ($3.3B vs $1.8B). Intensity and stock are different rankings in this pair.

What industries lead Arizona and Illinois federal awards?

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Illinois’s is all other miscellaneous manufacturing. Those slices sit on $13.1B and $15.9B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 118,504 in Arizona and 1,544,633 in Illinois.

Are Arizona vs Illinois figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $13.1B and $15.9B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $3.3B and $1.8B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.