Kansas vs Mississippi

A $30 million stock gap on matching Census counts

Kansas’s $2.91B and Mississippi’s $2.88B are close enough that the ranking is a rounding story on the stacked total. Census counts of 2,970,606 and 2,943,045 are also close. Spending per capita is not: $67.40 versus $115.31. The packet’s per-capita figures sit beside those Census counts; they are not a second independent series.

Award volume is the Mississippi story. 233,003 awards versus 71,423 means Mississippi’s file is dense in rows on a nearly identical stock. Kansas’s 71,423 actions sit on $2.91B.

FY2026 favors Mississippi on recency: $339.4M versus $200.2M. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks and the latest-year amounts.

Kansas’s $2.91B and Mississippi’s $2.88B should be read with the award file: 71,423 versus 233,003. A near-tie stock can hide a dense Gulf file. Both stocks are USAspending.gov obligations. FY2026 of $200.2M versus $339.4M favors Mississippi on recency.

Computer systems design services versus ship building and repairing is mix. Spending per capita of $67.40 versus $115.31 uses Census counts of 2,970,606 and 2,943,045. Outlays are not listed. Do not invent average award size.

Systems design versus ship building

Kansas’s lead NAICS is computer systems design services. Mississippi’s lead NAICS is ship building and repairing. Those peaks sit on $2.91B and $2.88B. Systems design is a first read on Kansas’s mix; shipyards are a first read on Mississippi’s mix.

The 71,423 Kansas awards and 233,003 Mississippi awards include many actions outside those labels. Use the Kansas and Mississippi state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

Questions

Does Kansas or Mississippi have more federal spending?

Kansas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations by a slim margin, $2.91B to Mississippi’s $2.88B. Mississippi leads spending per capita, $115.31 versus $67.40, and awards, 233,003 versus 71,423. Census counts are close: 2,970,606 versus 2,943,045. FY2026 obligations are $200.2M in Kansas and $339.4M in Mississippi.

Why does Mississippi have more awards if the dollar totals are close?

The packet reports 233,003 awards in Mississippi and 71,423 in Kansas on stocks of $2.88B and $2.91B. Award count is a row total, not average size. Spending per capita is $115.31 versus $67.40. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Kansas and Mississippi?

Kansas’s top industry is computer systems design services. Mississippi’s is ship building and repairing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $2.91B and $2.88B. Award counts are 71,423 in Kansas and 233,003 in Mississippi.

Are Kansas vs Mississippi figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.91B and $2.88B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $200.2M and $339.4M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($67.40 vs $115.31) uses Census population where present.