Hawaii vs New Jersey

Fifteen New Jersey awards for each Hawaii award

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. New Jersey’s $8.1B stock sits about $4.0 billion above Hawaii’s $4.1B. Place of performance in the award file is the scoring rule. New Jersey has more people (9,500,851 versus 1,446,146) and a vastly busier file. Hawaii still posts the higher per-capita reading.

New Jersey’s $8,084,032,234 is spread across 1,162,765 records. Hawaii’s $4,091,361,304 sits on 75,796. That is about 15 New Jersey awards for each Hawaii award. Dollars favor New Jersey; paperwork volume favors New Jersey as well. Intensity does not.

New Jersey’s 1,162,765 awards on $8,084,032,234 versus Hawaii’s 75,796 awards on $4,091,361,304 is a 15-to-1 paperwork gulf on stocks that are only about 2-to-1 apart. People of 9,500,851 versus 1,446,146 produce $92.49 versus $196.71. FY2026 of $878,702,039 versus $284,469,188 stays with New Jersey. Building construction versus pharmaceuticals is mix. A million-row file can still trail on intensity.

Hawaii’s $196.71 versus New Jersey’s $92.49

Hawaii’s 1,446,146 residents against $4.1B produce $196.71 per capita. New Jersey’s 9,500,851 residents against $8.1B produce $92.49. Intensity in Hawaii is more than double New Jersey’s even though New Jersey holds the larger stacked total, the million-row file, and the larger FY2026 window.

A $196.71 per-person reading is an intensity fact attached to $4.1B, not a household check. New Jersey’s $92.49 is attached to $8.1B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. A 75,796-award file on $4.1B is consistent with a heavier typical booking than a 1,162,765-award file on $8.1B.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Hawaii or New Jersey?

New Jersey leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $8,084,032,234 versus Hawaii’s $4,091,361,304. New Jersey has far more awards (1,162,765 vs 75,796) and more people (9,500,851 vs 1,446,146). Spending per capita is $196.71 in Hawaii and $92.49 in New Jersey. FY2026 obligations are $284.5M and $878.7M. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Why does New Jersey have so many more awards than Hawaii?

New Jersey logs 1,162,765 awards on $8.1B. Hawaii logs 75,796 awards on $4.1B. New Jersey’s file is busier in rows on a larger stock, which implies a smaller typical booking. Per capita is $92.49 versus $196.71. Populations are 9,500,851 and 1,446,146. FY2026 favors New Jersey ($878.7M vs $284.5M).

What industries lead Hawaii and New Jersey federal awards?

Hawaii’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. New Jersey’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those slices sit on $4.1B and $8.1B obligation stocks. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 75,796 in Hawaii and 1,162,765 in New Jersey.

Are Hawaii vs New Jersey figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $4.1B and $8.1B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $284.5M and $878.7M measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments.