Massachusetts vs Texas

Aircraft engines in Massachusetts, pharmaceuticals in Texas

Massachusetts’s largest industry slice is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Texas’s largest industry slice is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those peaks sit on $13.5B and $72.7B in USAspending.gov obligations. They are different NAICS headlines, not a shared production line. A lead label does not describe every one of 294,824 or 530,634 awards.

Massachusetts’s $364.70 per capita on 7,136,171 residents is a strong intensity reading that still sits below Texas’s $686.10. Mix is the first fact worth holding in this pair because the two files do not wear the same industrial tag. Scale still follows: $13.5B versus $72.7B remains the stacked scoreboard.

$13.5B vs $72.7B on uneven population

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award. Massachusetts has 7,136,171 residents and $364.70 per capita. Texas has 31,290,831 residents and $686.10 per capita. People and intensity can disagree with the dollar ranking and with each other. The table reports all three.

Aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing can concentrate large propulsion awards inside 294,824 Massachusetts actions. Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing can concentrate production awards inside 530,634 Texas actions. Different peaks, different stacks. Award counts of 294,824 and 530,634 add a fourth ranking. A construction peak, a manufacturing peak, or a services peak can live on busy or sparse row files. The NAICS tag does not encode row volume.

Questions

Which has more federal spending, Massachusetts or Texas?

Massachusetts shows $13.5B in USAspending.gov obligations; Texas shows $72.7B. Award counts are 294,824 and 530,634. Populations are 7,136,171 and 31,290,831. Spending per capita is $364.70 versus $686.10. FY2026 obligations are $2.6B and $21.5B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

What industries lead Massachusetts and Texas federal awards?

Massachusetts’s top industry is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those slices sit on $13.5B and $72.7B in USAspending.gov obligations and on 294,824 versus 530,634 awards. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award.

How do Massachusetts and Texas compare on spending per capita?

Spending per capita is $364.70 in Massachusetts on 7,136,171 residents and $686.10 in Texas on 31,290,831 residents. Those ratios use stacked USAspending.gov obligations of $13.5B and $72.7B, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Massachusetts vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $13.5B and $72.7B stacked totals, and FY2026 amounts of $2.6B and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Award counts are 294,824 and 530,634. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.