Arizona vs Texas

Arizona’s $435.71 intensity vs Texas’s $686.10

Spending per capita is $435.71 in Arizona and $686.10 in Texas. That intensity ranking does not have to match the stacked dollar ranking of $13.1B versus $72.7B. When people (7,582,384 vs 31,290,831) 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’s 118,504 awards on $13.1B are sparse next to Texas’s 530,634, which is one reason intensity can look closer than stock. Intensity is stacked obligations divided by Census counts. It is not FY2026 alone. It is not GDP. It is not a household check.

A health-insurance peak against a pharma peak

Award counts are 118,504 in Arizona and 530,634 in Texas. Rows can follow dollars, follow people, or follow neither. A flip pair often shows that third path. Direct health and medical insurance carriers as Arizona’s lead slice can mean large coverage awards on a smaller action count. Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing as Texas’s lead slice sits on a much larger dollar stock and a larger Census count.

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Mix can help explain a heavier typical action, but it does not compute $435.71 or $686.10. Those ratios are arithmetic on $13.1B, $72.7B, 7,582,384, and 31,290,831.

Questions

Which has more federal spending, Arizona or Texas?

Arizona shows $13.1B in USAspending.gov obligations; Texas shows $72.7B. Award counts are 118,504 and 530,634. Populations are 7,582,384 and 31,290,831. Spending per capita is $435.71 versus $686.10. FY2026 obligations are $3.3B and $21.5B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

What industries lead Arizona and Texas federal awards?

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those slices sit on $13.1B and $72.7B in USAspending.gov obligations and on 118,504 versus 530,634 awards. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award.

How do Arizona and Texas compare on spending per capita?

Spending per capita is $435.71 in Arizona on 7,582,384 residents and $686.10 in Texas on 31,290,831 residents. Those ratios use stacked USAspending.gov obligations of $13.1B and $72.7B, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Arizona vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $13.1B and $72.7B stacked totals, and FY2026 amounts of $3.3B and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Award counts are 118,504 and 530,634. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.