Colorado vs Ohio

Two $8.1B stocks on very different Census counts

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Ohio’s $8.1B edges Colorado’s $8.1B by a thin margin. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. A 11,883,304-person state and a 5,957,493-person state can post the same stacked dollars. That is the first fact to hold in this pair.

Award counts favor Ohio. Ohio has 168,038 awards; Colorado has 91,723. Ohio’s file is slightly busier in rows on a dollar stock that is essentially matched. Colorado’s $8.1B on 91,723 actions implies a heavier typical booking than Ohio’s $8.1B on 168,038 records.

Colorado’s $97.34 versus Ohio’s $61.66

Ohio’s 11,883,304 residents nearly double Colorado’s 5,957,493. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Colorado shows $97.34 per capita and Ohio shows $61.66. Intensity favors Colorado even though Ohio holds the slightly larger stacked total. Population is not the engine of this ranking.

A $97.34 per-person reading in Colorado on 5,957,493 residents is an intensity fact attached to $8.1B. Ohio’s $61.66 on 11,883,304 residents is attached to $8.1B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. A dollar tie can hide a wide intensity gap.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Colorado or Ohio?

Ohio leads by a thin margin in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $8.1B versus Colorado’s $8.1B. Ohio has more awards (168,038 vs 91,723) and more people (11,883,304 vs 5,957,493). Spending per capita is $97.34 in Colorado and $61.66 in Ohio. FY2026 obligations are $579.9M and $732.7M. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Colorado and Ohio tied on federal obligations?

The stacked totals are both $8.1B, with Ohio slightly ahead. The files are not tied. Colorado logs 91,723 awards against Ohio’s 168,038. Per capita is $97.34 versus $61.66 on 5,957,493 residents versus 11,883,304. FY2026 favors Ohio ($732.7M vs $579.9M). A dollar tie can hide inverted intensity.

What industries lead Colorado and Ohio federal awards?

Colorado’s top industry is nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation. Ohio’s is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Those slices sit on two $8.1B obligation stocks. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 91,723 in Colorado and 168,038 in Ohio.

Are Colorado vs Ohio figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The two $8.1B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $579.9M and $732.7M measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.