Florida vs Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s 1.47 million awards vs Florida’s 466,388

Florida logs 466,388 awards on $22.7B. Pennsylvania logs 1,468,918 awards on $28.1B. Row volume and dollar stock are different rankings in this pair. A busier file is not automatically the heavier file, and a heavier file is not automatically the busier one. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award.

Readers who sort only by award count will miss $22.7B versus $28.1B. Readers who sort only by dollars will miss 466,388 versus 1,468,918. Hold both. Typical booking size moves with that split: fewer rows on more dollars means a heavier average action, not a moral grade. Florida wins population and FY2026; Pennsylvania wins stock, rows, and intensity.

Missiles vs medicinal manufacturing

Census counts are 23,372,215 in Florida and 13,078,751 in Pennsylvania. Spending per capita is $161.99 versus $239.68. That ratio uses stacked obligations, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. A higher per-person reading means a thicker federal-award intensity on the Census denominator, nothing else.

Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing versus medicinal and botanical manufacturing is a production-versus-pharma-adjacent split. Pennsylvania’s 1,468,918 awards make Florida’s 466,388 look moderate even on a $22.7B file. Population can lead while dollars trail, or the reverse. The table reports both. It does not convert either into outlays.

Questions

Which has more federal spending, Florida or Pennsylvania?

Florida shows $22.7B in USAspending.gov obligations; Pennsylvania shows $28.1B. Award counts are 466,388 and 1,468,918. Populations are 23,372,215 and 13,078,751. Spending per capita is $161.99 versus $239.68. FY2026 obligations are $3.8B and $3.1B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

What industries lead Florida and Pennsylvania federal awards?

Florida’s top industry is guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing. Pennsylvania’s top industry is medicinal and botanical manufacturing. Those slices sit on $22.7B and $28.1B in USAspending.gov obligations and on 466,388 versus 1,468,918 awards. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award.

How do Florida and Pennsylvania compare on spending per capita?

Spending per capita is $161.99 in Florida on 23,372,215 residents and $239.68 in Pennsylvania on 13,078,751 residents. Those ratios use stacked USAspending.gov obligations of $22.7B and $28.1B, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Florida vs Pennsylvania figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $22.7B and $28.1B stacked totals, and FY2026 amounts of $3.8B and $3.1B, are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Award counts are 466,388 and 1,468,918. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.