Mississippi vs New Mexico

A Gulf shipyard file against a thin, high-dollar New Mexico file

New Mexico’s $3.93B is about 1.36 times Mississippi’s $2.88B. Mississippi has more residents, 2,943,045 versus 2,130,256. Intensity follows dollars, not headcount: $945.82 per capita in New Mexico and $115.31 in Mississippi. Those ratios are packet figures of USAspending.gov obligations beside Census population. They are not outlays per person.

The award column is the shock in this pair. Mississippi’s 233,003 awards are about 12.1 times New Mexico’s 19,233. Ship building and repairing as a lead NAICS can generate a long action list. New Mexico’s 19,233 rows on $3.93B are sparse by comparison. A long Mississippi file still trails on stacked dollars.

Keep $2.88B and $3.93B on the obligation definition. A searcher who equates more awards with more spending will misread this pair.

Ship building and repairing versus commercial construction

Mississippi’s lead NAICS is ship building and repairing. New Mexico’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Shipyard work helps explain why 233,003 awards can sit on $2.88B. Construction as New Mexico’s peak helps explain how 19,233 awards can sit on $3.93B. Neither peak is the full mix.

The Mississippi and New Mexico state hubs list agencies and recipients. This page only names the top industry in each packet. Both peaks are obligation mixes from USAspending.gov.

Questions

Does Mississippi or New Mexico have more federal spending?

New Mexico leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.93B to Mississippi’s $2.88B. New Mexico also leads spending per capita, $945.82 versus $115.31, on 2,130,256 residents against Mississippi’s 2,943,045. Mississippi has far more awards (233,003 vs 19,233). FY2026 obligations are $339.4M in Mississippi and $2.01B in New Mexico.

Why does Mississippi have so many more awards than New Mexico?

Mississippi’s award count is 233,003 against New Mexico’s 19,233. Mississippi’s top industry is ship building and repairing, a category that can generate many actions. Stacked obligations still favor New Mexico, $3.93B to $2.88B. Spending per capita is $115.31 versus $945.82. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Mississippi and New Mexico?

Mississippi’s top industry is ship building and repairing. New Mexico’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels sit on $2.88B and $3.93B. Award counts are 233,003 in Mississippi and 19,233 in New Mexico. Both mixes are USAspending.gov obligations. Those NAICS labels are the largest slices on the stacked stocks, not complete industrial profiles.

Are Mississippi vs New Mexico figures outlays?

No. The $2.88B and $3.93B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $339.4M and $2.01B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($115.31 vs $945.82) uses Census population where present. Spending per capita uses Census population where present and should not be read as cash per resident.