Louisiana vs Washington

Washington wins the stock; Louisiana wins the ratio and the latest year

Washington’s $7.34B is about 1.56 times Louisiana’s $4.71B. Population is about 1.73 times: 7,958,180 versus 4,597,740. People outrun dollars, which is why Washington’s per-capita figure falls to $73.46 while Louisiana’s rises to $268.17. A Gulf Coast file with fewer stacked dollars still maps more obligation per resident.

Award counts exaggerate Washington’s scale even more. The state has 236,821 awards against Louisiana’s 72,577, about 3.3 times as many rows on only 1.56 times the dollars. Washington’s file is busy. Louisiana’s 72,577 actions on $4.71B are fewer, heavier on average if one were tempted to divide dollars by rows — a temptation the packet does not support as a published metric.

Put the four stacked rankings in one place: dollars, awards, and population to Washington; per capita to Louisiana. FY2026 then adds a fifth cut that also goes to Louisiana.

Ship building on the Gulf; commercial construction in Washington

Louisiana’s top industry is ship building and repairing. Washington’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Those are different lead NAICS codes on $4.71B and $7.34B. A shipyard peak is not a claim that every Louisiana award is a hull; a construction peak is not a claim that every Washington award is a federal building.

Ship work and building construction can both be lumpy. The 72,577 Louisiana awards and 236,821 Washington awards include many actions outside those labels. Use the Louisiana and Washington state hubs for agencies and recipients rather than treating the lead industry as the entire mix.

Questions

Does Louisiana or Washington have more federal spending?

Washington leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $7.34B to Louisiana’s $4.71B. Louisiana leads spending per capita, $268.17 versus $73.46, on 4,597,740 residents against Washington’s 7,958,180. Washington has more awards (236,821 vs 72,577). FY2026 obligations are $1.23B in Louisiana and $584.6M in Washington.

Why does Louisiana show more obligations per person than Washington?

The packet reports $268.17 per capita in Louisiana on 4,597,740 residents and $73.46 in Washington on 7,958,180. Washington has more people and far more awards (236,821 vs 72,577). Stacked obligations are $4.71B versus $7.34B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead federal awards in Louisiana and Washington?

Louisiana’s top industry is ship building and repairing. Washington’s is commercial and institutional building construction. The comparison is scale and intensity on $4.71B versus $7.34B, plus a different lead NAICS. Award counts are 72,577 in Louisiana and 236,821 in Washington.

Are Louisiana vs Washington figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $4.71B and $7.34B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $1.23B and $584.6M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($268.17 vs $73.46) uses Census population against those obligations.