California vs Mississippi

A $2.9B file with 233,003 awards

California’s $39.5B dwarfs Mississippi’s $2.9B on stacked USAspending.gov obligations. Population is 39,431,263 versus 2,943,045. Intensity does not stretch as far as dollars: $135.64 versus $115.31. Mississippi’s 233,003 awards on $2.9B are a busy row count for a small stock. California’s 639,340 awards sit on the larger $39.5B file. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stocks and the award counts. Cash payments can lag award dates, which is why this page stays on obligations.

A scale pair can still look different on rows than on dollars. Mississippi’s 233,003 actions on $2.9B are not a miniature California. They are a denser action file on a thinner stock. California’s 639,340 actions on $39.5B remain the larger count and the larger dollar total. FY2026 of $5.3B versus $339.4M follows the stacked ranking rather than the row-density story.

Building construction vs ship building and repairing

California’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Mississippi’s top industry is ship building and repairing. Those peaks sit on $39.5B and $2.9B. A facilities peak on a 39,431,263 Census file is a different mix from a shipyard peak on a 2,943,045 Census file. Neither tag fills in 639,340 or 233,003 missing rows. Mix is a first read on each file, not a complete industrial census.

Ship building and repairing on Mississippi’s $2.9B file can concentrate large hull and repair awards. Commercial and institutional building construction on California’s $39.5B file is a facilities peak on a much larger Census count. Scale and mix both differ. Use the comparison hub for tables, then the California and Mississippi state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

Questions

Which has more federal spending, California or Mississippi?

California shows $39.5B in USAspending.gov obligations; Mississippi shows $2.9B. Award counts are 639,340 and 233,003. Populations are 39,431,263 and 2,943,045. Spending per capita is $135.64 versus $115.31. FY2026 obligations are $5.3B and $339.4M. These figures are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

What industries lead California and Mississippi federal awards?

California’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Mississippi’s top industry is ship building and repairing. Those slices sit on $39.5B and $2.9B in USAspending.gov obligations and on 639,340 versus 233,003 awards. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award.

How do California and Mississippi compare on spending per capita?

Spending per capita is $135.64 in California on 39,431,263 residents and $115.31 in Mississippi on 2,943,045 residents. Those ratios use stacked USAspending.gov obligations of $39.5B and $2.9B, not FY2026 alone. Award counts are 639,340 and 233,003. FY2026 amounts are $5.3B and $339.4M.

Are California vs Mississippi figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $39.5B and $2.9B stacked totals, and FY2026 amounts of $5.3B and $339.4M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Award counts are 639,340 and 233,003. Spending per capita ($135.64 vs $115.31) uses Census population where present.