Arizona vs Maryland

Arizona’s $435.71 vs Maryland’s $315.60

Spending per capita is $435.71 in Arizona and $315.60 in Maryland. That intensity ranking does not have to match the stacked dollar ranking of $13.1B versus $30.1B. When people (7,582,384 vs 6,263,220) diverge faster or slower than obligations, per capita flips. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award.

Arizona wins intensity and FY2026; Maryland wins stock and rows. Intensity is stacked obligations divided by Census counts. It is not FY2026 alone. It is not GDP. It is not a household check.

Health-insurance carriers vs computer services

Award counts are 118,504 in Arizona and 229,316 in Maryland. Rows can follow dollars, follow people, or follow neither. A flip pair often shows that third path. Direct health and medical insurance carriers on 118,504 Arizona awards versus other computer related services on 229,316 Maryland awards is a coverage-versus-services split. Recency ($3.3B vs $2.0B) disagrees with stacked $13.1B versus $30.1B.

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Maryland’s top industry is other computer related services. Mix can help explain a heavier typical action, but it does not compute $435.71 or $315.60. Those ratios are arithmetic on $13.1B, $30.1B, 7,582,384, and 6,263,220.

Questions

Which has more federal spending, Arizona or Maryland?

Arizona shows $13.1B in USAspending.gov obligations; Maryland shows $30.1B. Award counts are 118,504 and 229,316. Populations are 7,582,384 and 6,263,220. Spending per capita is $435.71 versus $315.60. FY2026 obligations are $3.3B and $2.0B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

What industries lead Arizona and Maryland federal awards?

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Maryland’s top industry is other computer related services. Those slices sit on $13.1B and $30.1B in USAspending.gov obligations and on 118,504 versus 229,316 awards. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award.

How do Arizona and Maryland compare on spending per capita?

Spending per capita is $435.71 in Arizona on 7,582,384 residents and $315.60 in Maryland on 6,263,220 residents. Those ratios use stacked USAspending.gov obligations of $13.1B and $30.1B, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Arizona vs Maryland figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $13.1B and $30.1B stacked totals, and FY2026 amounts of $3.3B and $2.0B, are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Award counts are 118,504 and 229,316. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.