Delaware vs Texas

A tank-and-armor peak on $478.5M

Delaware’s lead NAICS is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. That defense-industrial label sits on $478.5M against Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak. Two manufacturing mixes, two products, two scales. The packet names the peaks; it does not name the plants or give dollar shares.

Delaware files 16,329 awards. Texas files 530,634. The Delaware tape is modest. An armor-vehicle peak is consistent with specialized manufacturing rather than a high-frequency services file. Use the Delaware and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov.

The $37.43 intensity gap

Delaware’s $37.43 on 1,051,917 residents is among the coolest readings in this Texas slice, next to Maine’s $35.09. Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831 is about eighteen times higher. Delaware’s Census count is about 3 percent of Texas’s; Delaware’s $478.5M is well under 1 percent of Texas’s $72.7B. Dollars lag population sharply.

Keep those per-capita figures labeled as Census-based packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations. They are not outlays per resident. A tank-manufacturing peak does not by itself set a high statewide ratio when the stacked stock is $478.5M.

Questions

Does Delaware or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Delaware’s $478.5M. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $37.43, on 31,290,831 residents against Delaware’s 1,051,917. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 16,329 in Delaware. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $39.4M in Delaware.

What is Delaware’s lead industry versus Texas?

Delaware’s top industry is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $478.5M and $72.7B. Award counts are 16,329 in Delaware and 530,634 in Texas. The figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Why is Delaware’s per-capita figure so low?

The packet reports $37.43 per capita in Delaware on 1,051,917 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $478.5M versus $72.7B, a larger multiple than the population gap. Award counts are 16,329 versus 530,634. The packet lists USAspending.gov obligations only.

Are Delaware vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $478.5M and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $39.4M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($37.43 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.