Iowa vs Nevada

Nearly the same population, a $980 million stock gap

Iowa’s $3.84B stacked total is about 1.34 times Nevada’s $2.86B. Census counts barely separate: 3,241,488 versus 3,267,467. Packet spending per capita still favors Nevada, $171.84 versus Iowa’s $127.17. Those ratios sit beside the Census counts and the FY2026 slice, where Nevada’s $561.5M exceeds Iowa’s $412.2M. Cite them as published USAspending.gov obligation figures, not as outlays per resident and not as a recomputation of the stacked stock.

Award counts are also close: 48,706 in Iowa and 45,442 in Nevada. This pair is not a row-volume story. It is a stacked-stock versus recency-and-intensity story between two manufacturing peaks on nearly equal populations.

Treat 3,241,488 versus 3,267,467 as a matched-population pair and the remaining columns become the story. Iowa’s $3.84B stacked stock versus Nevada’s $2.86B is one ranking. Nevada’s $171.84 per capita versus Iowa’s $127.17 is another. Nevada’s $561.5M FY2026 versus Iowa’s $412.2M is a third. Award counts of 48,706 versus 45,442 barely separate. Wireless communications equipment manufacturing versus automobile manufacturing is the NAICS split. Census size is not doing the work. Cite the published packet ratios as USAspending.gov obligations, not as outlays and not as a recomputation of the stacked stocks.

Wireless communications equipment versus automobile manufacturing

Iowa’s lead NAICS is radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. Nevada’s lead NAICS is automobile manufacturing. Hardware manufacturing is Iowa’s peak on $3.84B. Auto manufacturing is Nevada’s peak on $2.86B. Two manufacturing files, two different products, similar award counts (48,706 vs 45,442).

Those labels are the largest NAICS slices, not complete profiles. The Iowa and Nevada state hubs list agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

Questions

Does Iowa or Nevada have more federal spending?

Iowa leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.84B to Nevada’s $2.86B. Nevada leads spending per capita, $171.84 versus $127.17, on 3,267,467 residents against Iowa’s 3,241,488. Award counts are close (48,706 vs 45,442). FY2026 obligations are $412.2M in Iowa and $561.5M in Nevada.

Are Iowa and Nevada similar in population?

Census counts are 3,241,488 in Iowa and 3,267,467 in Nevada. That is a near match. Stacked obligations still differ, $3.84B versus $2.86B. Packet per-capita figures are $127.17 versus $171.84. The ratios are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Cite only the packet ratios; do not treat them as cash per resident or as a forecast.

What industries lead in Iowa and Nevada?

Iowa’s top industry is radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. Nevada’s is automobile manufacturing. Those labels sit on $3.84B and $2.86B. Award counts are 48,706 in Iowa and 45,442 in Nevada. Those NAICS labels are the largest slices on the stacked stocks, not complete industrial profiles.

Are Iowa vs Nevada figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.84B and $2.86B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $412.2M and $561.5M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($127.17 vs $171.84) uses Census population where present. Spending per capita uses Census population where present and should not be read as cash per resident.