Missouri vs Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s $28.1B stock versus Missouri’s $10.4B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Pennsylvania’s $28.1B is about 2.7 times Missouri’s $10.4B. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. Pennsylvania holds the larger all-years total, and that stock lines up with a larger population and a much thicker row count.

Award counts widen the gap. Pennsylvania logs 1,468,918 awards; Missouri logs 300,867. Pennsylvania’s file is busier in rows and heavier in dollars. Missouri’s 300,867 actions on $10.4B imply a heavier typical booking than Pennsylvania’s 1,468,918 actions on $28.1B. Dollars and rows both favor Pennsylvania; typical size per action does not.

Missouri’s modest per-capita edge on a smaller stock

Missouri’s 6,245,466 residents sit well below Pennsylvania’s 13,078,751. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Missouri shows $262.46 per capita and Pennsylvania shows $239.68. Intensity slightly favors Missouri even though Pennsylvania’s $28.1B stock is much larger than Missouri’s $10.4B.

A $262.46 per-person reading in Missouri on 6,245,466 residents is an intensity fact, not a claim that Missouri’s file is larger. Pennsylvania’s $239.68 on 13,078,751 residents is still a large federal footprint attached to $28.1B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP or state-budget capacity.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Missouri or Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania leads in USAspending.gov obligations: $28.1B versus Missouri’s $10.4B. Pennsylvania has more awards (1,468,918 vs 300,867) and more people (13,078,751 vs 6,245,466). Spending per capita is $262.46 in Missouri and $239.68 in Pennsylvania. FY2026 obligations are $1.6B and $3.1B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Does Missouri have higher per-capita federal spending than Pennsylvania?

Yes, slightly. Missouri’s $10.4B on 6,245,466 residents produces $262.46 per capita. Pennsylvania’s $28.1B on 13,078,751 residents produces $239.68. Pennsylvania still leads the stacked file, the award count (1,468,918 vs 300,867), and FY2026 ($3.1B vs $1.6B). Intensity and stock are different rankings.

What industries lead Missouri and Pennsylvania federal awards?

Missouri’s top industry is aircraft manufacturing. Pennsylvania’s is medicinal and botanical manufacturing. Those slices sit on $10.4B and $28.1B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 300,867 in Missouri and 1,468,918 in Pennsylvania.

Are Missouri vs Pennsylvania figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $10.4B and $28.1B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $1.6B and $3.1B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.