Arizona vs Massachusetts

Nearly matched stocks: $13.1B versus $13.5B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Massachusetts’s $13.5B edges Arizona’s $13.1B by a thin margin. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. Among two states with similar Census counts, the stacked ranking is close enough that other cuts — rows, intensity, recency — do more work than the dollar lead.

Award counts are not close. Massachusetts has 294,824 awards; Arizona has 118,504. Massachusetts’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 heavier typical booking than Massachusetts’s $13.5B spread across 294,824 records.

Arizona’s $435.71 versus Massachusetts’s $364.70

Arizona’s 7,582,384 residents and Massachusetts’s 7,136,171 residents sit in the same band. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Arizona shows $435.71 per capita and Massachusetts shows $364.70. Intensity favors Arizona even though Massachusetts holds the slightly larger $13.5B stock.

A $435.71 per-person reading in Arizona on 7,582,384 residents is an intensity fact attached to $13.1B. Massachusetts’s $364.70 on 7,136,171 residents is attached to $13.5B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. Two similar populations do not produce identical files.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Arizona or Massachusetts?

Massachusetts leads slightly in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $13.5B versus Arizona’s $13.1B. Massachusetts has more awards (294,824 vs 118,504). Arizona has more people (7,582,384 vs 7,136,171). Spending per capita is $435.71 in Arizona and $364.70 in Massachusetts. FY2026 obligations are $3.3B in Arizona and $2.6B in Massachusetts. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Arizona and Massachusetts similar in federal obligations?

The stacked totals are close ($13.1B vs $13.5B) and the Census counts are close (7,582,384 vs 7,136,171). Award counts are not: 118,504 in Arizona versus 294,824 in Massachusetts. Per capita favors Arizona ($435.71 vs $364.70). FY2026 favors Arizona ($3.3B vs $2.6B). Similar stocks can hide different files.

What industries lead Arizona and Massachusetts federal awards?

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Massachusetts’s is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Those slices sit on $13.1B and $13.5B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 118,504 in Arizona and 294,824 in Massachusetts.

Are Arizona vs Massachusetts figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $13.1B and $13.5B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $3.3B and $2.6B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.