Illinois vs Massachusetts

Illinois’s $15.9B edges Massachusetts’s $13.5B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Illinois’s $15.9B is about 1.2 times Massachusetts’s $13.5B. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. Illinois holds the larger all-years total, but the gap is modest next to the gap in rows and the gap in intensity.

Award counts are not close. Illinois has 1,544,633 awards; Massachusetts has 294,824. Illinois’s file is busier in rows on a dollar stock that is only modestly larger. Massachusetts’s $13.5B on 294,824 actions implies a heavier typical booking than Illinois’s $15.9B spread across 1,544,633 records.

Massachusetts’s $364.70 per capita versus Illinois’s $143.78

Illinois’s 12,710,158 residents exceed Massachusetts’s 7,136,171. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Massachusetts shows $364.70 per capita and Illinois shows $143.78. Intensity runs the opposite direction from the $15.9B versus $13.5B ranking. Massachusetts is about 2.5 times as intensive per resident.

A $364.70 per-person reading in Massachusetts on 7,136,171 residents is an intensity fact attached to a $13.5B stock. Illinois’s $143.78 on 12,710,158 residents is attached to $15.9B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. The per-capita lead does not rewrite the stacked ranking.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Illinois or Massachusetts?

Illinois leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $15.9B versus Massachusetts’s $13.5B. Illinois has far more awards (1,544,633 vs 294,824) and more people (12,710,158 vs 7,136,171). Spending per capita is $143.78 in Illinois and $364.70 in Massachusetts. FY2026 obligations are $1.8B in Illinois and $2.6B in Massachusetts. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Why is Massachusetts’s per-capita federal spending higher than Illinois’s?

Massachusetts’s $13.5B on 7,136,171 residents produces $364.70 per capita. Illinois’s $15.9B on 12,710,158 residents produces $143.78. Illinois still leads the stacked file and the award count (1,544,633 vs 294,824). FY2026 favors Massachusetts ($2.6B vs $1.8B). Intensity and stock are different rankings in this pair.

What industries lead Illinois and Massachusetts federal awards?

Illinois’s top industry is all other miscellaneous manufacturing. Massachusetts’s is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Those slices sit on $15.9B and $13.5B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 1,544,633 in Illinois and 294,824 in Massachusetts.

Are Illinois vs Massachusetts figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $15.9B and $13.5B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $1.8B and $2.6B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.