Kentucky vs Utah

Kentucky’s busy courier file, Utah’s slightly larger stock

Utah’s $4.06B is about 1.06 times Kentucky’s $3.82B. Population is closer than the award counts: 3,503,613 versus 4,588,372. Spending per capita is $199.06 in Utah and $142.10 in Kentucky, packet figures beside those Census counts. The stacked race is modest. The row-count race is not.

Kentucky’s 140,157 awards versus Utah’s 26,509 is about 5.3 times as many actions on a slightly smaller dollar stock. Courier and express work can generate many rows. Utah’s 26,509 actions on $4.06B are sparse by comparison and still sit beside the hotter per-capita reading.

FY2026 stays close. $697.4M versus $652.0M keeps a slim Utah dollar lead on the latest year, in line with the stacked ranking rather than a reversal. Kentucky’s 4,588,372 residents and 140,157 awards make Utah’s 3,503,613 residents and 26,509 awards look small until $4.06B versus $3.82B and $199.06 versus $142.10 are placed next to them.

Couriers in Kentucky, nonferrous metal in Utah

Kentucky’s lead NAICS is couriers and express delivery services. Utah’s lead NAICS is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Those peaks sit on $3.82B and $4.06B. A courier lead helps explain why Kentucky’s award count is so high relative to its dollars. A metal-rolling lead does not require 140,157 rows.

The 140,157 Kentucky awards and 26,509 Utah awards still include many actions outside those labels. Use the Kentucky and Utah state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

Questions

Does Kentucky or Utah have more federal spending?

Utah leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $4.06B to Kentucky’s $3.82B. Utah also leads spending per capita, $199.06 versus $142.10, on 3,503,613 residents against Kentucky’s 4,588,372. Kentucky has far more awards (140,157 vs 26,509). FY2026 obligations are $652.0M in Kentucky and $697.4M in Utah.

Why does Kentucky have so many more awards than Utah?

Kentucky’s award count is 140,157 against Utah’s 26,509. Kentucky’s top industry is couriers and express delivery services, a category that can generate many actions. Stacked obligations still favor Utah, $4.06B to $3.82B. Spending per capita is $142.10 versus $199.06. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Kentucky and Utah?

Kentucky’s top industry is couriers and express delivery services. Utah’s is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.82B and $4.06B. Award counts are 140,157 in Kentucky and 26,509 in Utah.

Are Kentucky vs Utah figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.82B and $4.06B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $652.0M and $697.4M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($142.10 vs $199.06) uses Census population where present.