Missouri vs Wisconsin

Nearly matched stocks: $10.4B versus $10.0B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Missouri’s $10.4B edges Wisconsin’s $10.0B by a thin margin. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. Among two Midwestern states with similar Census counts, the stacked ranking is close enough that other cuts — rows, intensity, recency — do more work than the dollar lead.

Award counts favor Missouri. Missouri has 300,867 awards; Wisconsin has 181,419. Missouri’s file is busier in rows on a dollar stock that is only modestly larger. Wisconsin’s $10.0B on 181,419 actions implies a heavier typical booking than Missouri’s $10.4B on 300,867 records.

Wisconsin’s $407.20 versus Missouri’s $262.46

Missouri’s 6,245,466 residents and Wisconsin’s 5,960,975 residents sit in the same band. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Wisconsin shows $407.20 per capita and Missouri shows $262.46. Intensity favors Wisconsin even though Missouri holds the slightly larger $10.4B stock.

A $407.20 per-person reading in Wisconsin on 5,960,975 residents is an intensity fact attached to $10.0B. Missouri’s $262.46 on 6,245,466 residents is attached to $10.4B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. Two similar populations do not produce identical intensity.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Missouri or Wisconsin?

Missouri leads slightly in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $10.4B versus Wisconsin’s $10.0B. Missouri has more awards (300,867 vs 181,419) and more people (6,245,466 vs 5,960,975). Spending per capita is $262.46 in Missouri and $407.20 in Wisconsin. FY2026 obligations are $1.6B in Missouri and $2.4B in Wisconsin. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Missouri and Wisconsin similar in federal obligations?

The stacked totals are close ($10.4B vs $10.0B) and the Census counts are close (6,245,466 vs 5,960,975). Award counts are not: 300,867 in Missouri versus 181,419 in Wisconsin. Per capita favors Wisconsin ($407.20 vs $262.46). FY2026 favors Wisconsin ($2.4B vs $1.6B). Similar stocks can hide different files.

What industries lead Missouri and Wisconsin federal awards?

Missouri’s top industry is aircraft manufacturing. Wisconsin’s is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Those slices sit on $10.4B and $10.0B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 300,867 in Missouri and 181,419 in Wisconsin.

Are Missouri vs Wisconsin figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $10.4B and $10.0B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $1.6B and $2.4B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.