Idaho vs Wyoming

Same construction peak, Wyoming’s hotter ratio on fewer people

Idaho and Wyoming share a lead NAICS and a regional neighborhood. They invert on intensity. Commercial and institutional building construction leads both, yet Wyoming’s $126.96 per capita exceeds Idaho’s $80.33 even while Idaho holds the larger $1.2B stock. Same mix label, inverted ratio. Cite USAspending.gov.

Idaho’s extra people (2,001,619 vs 587,618) and extra awards (29,667 vs 9,330) produce the larger stacked file and the cooler $80.33 reading. Wyoming’s thinner 9,330-award log produces the hotter ratio on $598.9M. Volume is not intensity.

FY2026 of $160.8M versus $74.6M still follows Idaho’s larger stock. Recency does not hand Wyoming the latest-year lead. Treat both amounts as obligation slices. Outlays are omitted. Census counts belong with those ratios on USAspending.gov obligations. Keep both per-capita readings labeled as Census-based packet figures.

A shared construction label with an inverted ratio

Commercial and institutional building construction is a first read on both mixes. Use the Idaho and Wyoming state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed.

Idaho’s busier construction log (29,667 vs 9,330) is the scale side. Wyoming’s $126.96 reading is the intensity side. Mix sameness is not file sameness. Row count is not average award size.

Questions

Does Idaho or Wyoming have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $1.2B in Idaho and $598.9M in Wyoming. Spending per capita is $80.33 versus $126.96 on 2,001,619 and 587,618 residents. Award counts are 29,667 versus 9,330. FY2026 obligations are $160.8M in Idaho and $74.6M in Wyoming. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Idaho and Wyoming?

Idaho's top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Wyoming's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.2B and $598.9M. Award counts are 29,667 in Idaho and 9,330 in Wyoming. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

How do Idaho and Wyoming compare on a per-capita basis?

The packet reports $80.33 per capita in Idaho on 2,001,619 residents and $126.96 in Wyoming on 587,618 residents. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $598.9M. Award counts are 29,667 versus 9,330. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $160.8M versus $74.6M.

Are Idaho vs Wyoming figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $1.2B and $598.9M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $160.8M and $74.6M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($80.33 vs $126.96) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.