Kansas vs Kentucky

Kentucky leads stock, rows, people, intensity, and recency

Kentucky’s $3.82B stacked total is about 1.31 times Kansas’s $2.91B. Kentucky’s Census count of 4,588,372 is about 1.54 times Kansas’s 2,970,606. Intensity follows dollars: $142.10 per capita in Kentucky and $67.40 in Kansas, about 2.11 times. Those ratios are packet figures of USAspending.gov obligations beside Census population. They are not outlays per resident.

Award counts also favor Kentucky, 140,157 against 71,423, about 1.96 times. Courier and express delivery work can generate many actions. Kansas’s 71,423 awards on $2.91B are not a thin file; they are simply the smaller of the two. Computer systems design as Kansas’s peak is a different mix than Kentucky’s courier peak.

This pair does not invert on the headline columns. The analytical interest is the industry split and the fact that Kentucky’s per-capita lead ($142.10 vs $67.40) is wider than its population lead.

Computer systems design versus couriers and express delivery

Kansas’s lead NAICS is computer systems design services. Kentucky’s lead NAICS is couriers and express delivery services. Systems-design work is Kansas’s peak on $2.91B. Courier traffic is Kentucky’s peak on $3.82B. The courier label helps explain Kentucky’s 140,157-row file. The systems-design label sits on Kansas’s 71,423-row file.

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

Questions

Does Kansas or Kentucky have more federal spending?

Kentucky leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.82B to Kansas’s $2.91B. Kentucky also leads spending per capita, $142.10 versus $67.40, on 4,588,372 residents against Kansas’s 2,970,606. Kentucky has more awards (140,157 vs 71,423). FY2026 obligations are $652.0M in Kentucky and $200.2M in Kansas.

Why does Kentucky have so many more awards?

Kentucky’s award count is 140,157 against Kansas’s 71,423. Kentucky’s top industry is couriers and express delivery services. Stacked obligations also favor Kentucky, $3.82B to $2.91B. Spending per capita is $142.10 versus $67.40. These figures 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 Kansas and Kentucky?

Kansas’s top industry is computer systems design services. Kentucky’s is couriers and express delivery services. Those labels sit on $2.91B and $3.82B. Award counts are 71,423 in Kansas and 140,157 in Kentucky. Both mixes are USAspending.gov obligations. Those NAICS labels are the largest slices on the stacked stocks, not complete industrial profiles.

Are Kansas vs Kentucky figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.91B and $3.82B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $200.2M and $652.0M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($67.40 vs $142.10) uses Census population where present. Spending per capita uses Census population where present and should not be read as cash per resident.