Kansas vs New Mexico

New Mexico’s $3.93B against Kansas’s busier, cooler file

New Mexico’s $3.93B stacked total is about 1.35 times Kansas’s $2.91B. Kansas has the larger Census count, 2,970,606 versus 2,130,256, about 1.39 times. Intensity therefore moves with the dollar lead rather than with population: $945.82 per capita in New Mexico and $67.40 in Kansas. That is one of the wider per-capita gaps in this comparison set, and it is a packet ratio of USAspending.gov obligations beside those Census figures.

Kansas still wins the row count, 71,423 awards against 19,233. A thicker Kansas file does not overtake New Mexico on dollars or on the per-capita ratio. Rows and dollars are separate columns. The $2.91B Kansas stock is real; it is simply smaller, and it is spread across more people and more actions.

Label $945.82 and $67.40 as obligation-based packet figures. They are not outlays per resident and they are not a claim about state budgets.

Computer systems design versus commercial construction

Kansas’s lead NAICS is computer systems design services. New Mexico’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Systems-design work can generate many discrete actions, which is consistent with Kansas’s 71,423 awards on $2.91B. Construction can concentrate large obligation amounts, which is consistent with New Mexico’s 19,233 awards on $3.93B.

Those peaks sit on the stacked totals; they do not exhaust either state’s mix. The Kansas and New Mexico state hubs list agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

Questions

Does Kansas or New Mexico have more federal spending?

New Mexico leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.93B to Kansas’s $2.91B. New Mexico also leads spending per capita, $945.82 versus $67.40, on 2,130,256 residents against Kansas’s 2,970,606. Kansas has more awards (71,423 vs 19,233). FY2026 obligations are $200.2M in Kansas and $2.01B in New Mexico.

Why is New Mexico’s FY2026 total so large versus Kansas?

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $2.01B in New Mexico and $200.2M in Kansas. That recency slice is much more lopsided than the stacked $3.93B versus $2.91B. Both amounts are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Spending per capita remains $945.82 versus $67.40 on the Census counts in the packet.

What industries lead in Kansas and New Mexico?

Kansas’s top industry is computer systems design services. New Mexico’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $2.91B and $3.93B. Award counts are 71,423 in Kansas and 19,233 in New Mexico. Those NAICS labels are the largest slices on the stacked stocks, not complete industrial profiles.

Are Kansas vs New Mexico figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.91B and $3.93B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $200.2M and $2.01B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($67.40 vs $945.82) uses Census population where present. Spending per capita uses Census population where present and should not be read as cash per resident.