Connecticut vs Ohio

Aviation cousins with different scale

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Ohio’s $8.1B stock sits $658 million above Connecticut’s $7.5B. Place of performance in the award file is the scoring rule. The pair is unusual because the top industry labels sit in the same aircraft-manufacturing family even while people, intensity, and rows diverge.

Connecticut logs 94,990 awards on $7.5B. Ohio logs 168,038 awards on $8.1B. Ohio’s file is busier, but not by the 3-to-1 population ratio (11,883,304 versus 3,675,069). Connecticut’s smaller file on a near-$8 billion stock implies a heavier typical booking than a raw population comparison would suggest.

Connecticut’s 3,675,069 residents versus Ohio’s 11,883,304 residents is the Census engine of $266.81 versus $61.66. The aviation-family labels—other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing versus aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing—do not cancel that intensity gap. FY2026 of $980,534,818 versus $732,683,316 already favors Connecticut. Stacked dollars of $7,483,687,896 versus $8,141,450,027 still favor Ohio. Award rows are 94,990 versus 168,038.

Four times the per-capita intensity

Connecticut’s $7,483,687,896 on 3,675,069 residents produces $266.81 per capita. Ohio’s $8,141,450,027 on 11,883,304 residents produces $61.66. Intensity in Connecticut is more than four times Ohio’s. That is the headline split, not the $658 million stacked gap.

A $266.81 per-person reading is an intensity fact attached to $7.5B, not a transfer to each resident. Ohio’s $61.66 is attached to $8.1B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. Ohio can lead stacked dollars while trailing badly on a per-resident basis because 11,883,304 people spread a similar stock more thinly.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Connecticut or Ohio?

Ohio leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $8,141,450,027 versus Connecticut’s $7,483,687,896. Ohio has more awards (168,038 vs 94,990) and more people (11,883,304 vs 3,675,069). Spending per capita is $266.81 in Connecticut and $61.66 in Ohio. FY2026 obligations are $980.5M and $732.7M. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Why is Connecticut’s per-capita federal spending so much higher than Ohio’s?

Connecticut’s $7.5B stock sits on 3,675,069 residents, which produces $266.81 per capita. Ohio’s $8.1B stock sits on 11,883,304 residents, which produces $61.66. Intensity favors Connecticut by more than four times. Award rows are 94,990 versus 168,038. FY2026 also favors Connecticut ($980.5M vs $732.7M).

Do Connecticut and Ohio share the same top industry?

They share an aircraft-manufacturing family, not the same NAICS label. Connecticut’s top industry is other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Ohio’s is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Those slices sit on $7.5B and $8.1B stocks. Award counts are 94,990 in Connecticut and 168,038 in Ohio.

Are Connecticut vs Ohio figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $7.5B and $8.1B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $980.5M and $732.7M measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments.