Does Maine or Montana have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $776.4M in Maine and $1.2B in Montana. Spending per capita is $35.09 versus $187.18 on 1,405,012 and 1,137,233 residents. Award counts are 26,048 versus 21,487. FY2026 obligations are $49.3M in Maine and $212.9M in Montana. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Maine and Montana?

Maine's top industry is other building equipment contractors. Montana's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $776.4M and $1.2B. Award counts are 26,048 in Maine and 21,487 in Montana. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

How do Maine and Montana compare on a per-capita basis?

The packet reports $35.09 per capita in Maine on 1,405,012 residents and $187.18 in Montana on 1,137,233 residents. Stacked stocks are $776.4M versus $1.2B. Award counts are 26,048 versus 21,487. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $49.3M versus $212.9M.

Are Maine vs Montana figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $776.4M and $1.2B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $49.3M and $212.9M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($35.09 vs $187.18) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.

Maine vs Montana

Federal spending comparison

Montana’s stacked USAspending.gov obligation stock is $1.2B; Maine’s is $776.4M. Intensity is the extreme cut: $187.18 per capita in Montana versus $35.09 in Maine, on 1,137,233 residents against 1,405,012. Maine still files more awards, 26,048 against 21,487. FY2026 obligations are $49.3M versus $212.9M. Other building equipment contractors lead Maine; commercial and institutional building construction leads Montana. The figures are obligations, not outlays.

Key figures

Maine $776.4M vs Montana $1.2B in stacked USAspending obligations.
Per capita $35.09 vs $187.18 on 1,405,012 vs 1,137,233 residents.
Awards 26,048 vs 21,487; FY2026 $49.3M vs $212.9M.
Top industries: other building equipment contractors in Maine; commercial and institutional building construction in Montana.
Figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Related construction labels, a fivefold intensity gap

Maine’s other building equipment contractors and Montana’s commercial and institutional building construction are related construction-family peaks. They do not produce related ratios. Montana’s $187.18 per capita versus Maine’s $35.09 is more than a fivefold intensity gap on stocks of $1.2B versus $776.4M. Cite USAspending.gov.

Maine’s extra awards (26,048 vs 21,487) and extra people (1,405,012 vs 1,137,233) sit on the cooler ratio and the smaller stock. Volume does not heat $35.09. Montana’s slightly thinner log sits on the hotter reading and the $212.9M FY2026 lead.

FY2026 of $49.3M versus $212.9M follows Montana. Recency does not rescue Maine’s contractor-led file. Treat both amounts as obligation slices. Outlays are omitted. Row count is not average award size. Census counts of 1,405,012 versus 1,137,233 belong with the ratios.

Building equipment contractors versus building construction

Those NAICS peaks are first reads on $776.4M and $1.2B. Related construction language is not a matched mix. Use the Maine and Montana state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed.

Maine’s 26,048 awards include many actions outside other building equipment contractors. Montana’s 21,487 awards extend beyond commercial and institutional building construction.

Full analysis: Maine vs Montana on USAspending: $776.4M vs $1.2B →

Questions

Does Maine or Montana have more federal spending?: Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $776.4M in Maine and $1.2B in Montana. Spending per capita is $35.09 versus $187.18 on 1,405,012 and 1,137,233 residents. Award counts are 26,048 versus 21,487. FY2026 obligations are $49.3M in Maine and $212.9M in Montana. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.
What industries lead in Maine and Montana?: Maine's top industry is other building equipment contractors. Montana's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $776.4M and $1.2B. Award counts are 26,048 in Maine and 21,487 in Montana. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.
How do Maine and Montana compare on a per-capita basis?: The packet reports $35.09 per capita in Maine on 1,405,012 residents and $187.18 in Montana on 1,137,233 residents. Stacked stocks are $776.4M versus $1.2B. Award counts are 26,048 versus 21,487. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $49.3M versus $212.9M.
Are Maine vs Montana figures Treasury outlays?: No. The $776.4M and $1.2B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $49.3M and $212.9M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($35.09 vs $187.18) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.

State comparison from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending obligations. Per-capita uses Census population where present.

Side-by-side federal spending and demographic comparison between Maine and Montana.
Maine	Metric	Montana
$9.24B	Total Spending	$7.34B
$7K	Per Capita	$6K
N/A	% of GDP	N/A
1.4M	Population	1.1M
N/A	Median Income	N/A
N/A	Poverty Rate	N/A
N/A	Bachelor Degree %	N/A
N/A	Median Age	N/A
N/A	Unemployment	N/A
N/A	GDP (Millions)	N/A

Top Agencies — Maine

Department of Defense$34.90B
Department of Health and Human Services$25.72B
Social Security Administration$21.93B
Department of Veterans Affairs$3.27B
Department of Agriculture$2.40B

Top Agencies — Montana

Social Security Administration$15.05B
Department of Health and Human Services$13.38B
Department of Agriculture$3.75B
Department of Transportation$3.56B
Department of the Treasury$3.01B

Top Industries — Maine

SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING$25.67B
DIRECT HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIERS$4.61B
OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION$2.19B
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION$690.4M
ENGINEERING SERVICES$619.3M

Top Industries — Montana

COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION$1.08B
HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION$321.2M
NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION$315.6M
ENGINEERING SERVICES$296.0M
OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION$249.4M

Source: USAspending.gov · More Comparisons · Maine · Montana