Mississippi vs Nevada

Shipyards versus auto plants on a $2.8B band

Mississippi’s $2.88B and Nevada’s $2.86B sit in the same stock band. The industry peaks do not. Ship building and repairing leads Mississippi; automobile manufacturing leads Nevada. Those labels are first reads on each mix, not the whole file.

Award volume is Mississippi’s cut. 233,003 awards versus 45,442 means Mississippi’s file is dense in rows on a nearly identical stock. Nevada’s 45,442 actions sit on $2.86B beside the $171.84 per-capita reading.

FY2026 favors Nevada on recency: $561.5M versus $339.4M. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks and the latest-year amounts.

Mississippi’s 233,003 awards on $2.88B and Nevada’s 45,442 awards on $2.86B are the operational split under a near-tie stock. Ship building and repairing versus automobile manufacturing is the mix split. FY2026 of $339.4M versus $561.5M is the recency split. All dollar cuts are USAspending.gov obligations.

Spending per capita of $115.31 versus $171.84 uses Census counts of 2,943,045 and 3,267,467. Outlays are not listed. The comparison hub holds the tables. The Mississippi and Nevada hubs hold agencies and recipients.

Five times the awards, a cooler per-capita reading

Mississippi’s 233,003 awards against Nevada’s 45,442 is the row gap. Intensity runs the other way: $115.31 per capita versus $171.84 on Census counts of 2,943,045 versus 3,267,467. Dollars are nearly even: $2.88B versus $2.86B.

The 233,003 Mississippi awards and 45,442 Nevada awards include many actions outside ship building and automobile manufacturing. Use the Mississippi and Nevada state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both mixes are USAspending.gov obligations.

Questions

Does Mississippi or Nevada have more federal spending?

Mississippi leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations by a slim margin, $2.88B to Nevada’s $2.86B. Nevada leads spending per capita, $171.84 versus $115.31, on 3,267,467 residents against Mississippi’s 2,943,045. Mississippi has more awards (233,003 vs 45,442). FY2026 obligations are $339.4M in Mississippi and $561.5M in Nevada.

Why does Mississippi have more awards than Nevada?

The packet reports 233,003 awards in Mississippi and 45,442 in Nevada on stocks of $2.88B and $2.86B. Award count is a row total, not average size. Spending per capita is $115.31 versus $171.84. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Mississippi and Nevada?

Mississippi’s top industry is ship building and repairing. Nevada’s is automobile manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $2.88B and $2.86B. Award counts are 233,003 in Mississippi and 45,442 in Nevada These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Are Mississippi vs Nevada figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.88B and $2.86B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $339.4M and $561.5M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($115.31 vs $171.84) uses Census population where present.