Delaware vs Montana

Nearly matched populations, unmatched $1.2B and $478.5M stocks

Montana’s 1,137,233 residents and Delaware’s 1,051,917 residents are among the closer Census pairs in this slice. The obligation stocks are not close. Montana’s $1.2B is more than double Delaware’s $478.5M. Intensity follows the dollar gap, not the population near-tie: $187.18 per capita versus $37.43. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts rather than treating them as a restatement of the headline stocks.

Award volume leans Montana as well, 21,487 versus 16,329. That gap is milder than the dollar gap. Row count is not average award size. Do not divide $1.2B by 21,487 or $478.5M by 16,329. Cite USAspending.gov for both the dollar file and the award file.

Armored-vehicle manufacturing versus commercial building construction

Delaware’s lead NAICS is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. Montana’s is commercial and institutional building construction. An armored-vehicle peak is a defense-manufacturing first read on Delaware’s $478.5M mix. A commercial-building peak is a construction first read on Montana’s $1.2B mix. The labels do not make the two stocks interchangeable.

The 16,329 Delaware awards and 21,487 Montana awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Delaware and Montana state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Questions

Does Delaware or Montana have more federal spending?

Montana leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $1.2B to Delaware’s $478.5M, spending per capita $187.18 to $37.43, awards 21,487 to 16,329, and FY2026 obligations $212.9M to $39.4M. Population is close: 1,051,917 in Delaware and 1,137,233 in Montana.

What industries lead in Delaware and Montana?

Delaware’s top industry is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. Montana’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $478.5M and $1.2B. Award counts are 16,329 in Delaware and 21,487 in Montana.

Are Delaware and Montana similar on a per-capita basis because populations are close?

No. The packet reports $37.43 per capita in Delaware on 1,051,917 residents and $187.18 in Montana on 1,137,233. Stacked stocks are $478.5M versus $1.2B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Close Census counts do not produce close intensity here.

Are Delaware vs Montana figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $478.5M and $1.2B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $39.4M and $212.9M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($37.43 vs $187.18) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.