Mississippi vs Texas

233,003 awards on a $2.9B stock

Mississippi’s award tape is the distinctive fact in this pair. 233,003 actions on $2.9B means many small bookings, task orders, or repeat actions relative to Texas’s 530,634 actions on $72.7B. Texas still leads on rows. Mississippi leads on rows-per-dollar. The packet does not publish average award size; the contrast in counts versus stocks is enough to flag a high-frequency file on the Mississippi side.

Population does not explain the row count. Mississippi’s 2,943,045 residents are about 9 percent of Texas’s 31,290,831, yet Mississippi’s awards are about 44 percent of Texas’s 530,634. The Gulf file is busy. It is not dollar-heavy. Spending per capita of $115.31 versus $686.1 follows the dollar ranking, not the award ranking.

Shipyards versus pharmaceutical plants

Mississippi’s lead NAICS is ship building and repairing. Texas’s lead NAICS is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A shipyard peak on $2.9B is a Gulf industrial signature. A drug-manufacturing peak on $72.7B is a different industrial signature. Those labels sit on very different stacks and on very different award tapes: 233,003 versus 530,634.

Ship-repair work can generate many modifications and yard actions. Pharmaceutical-preparation work can generate large manufacturing obligations. The packet names the peaks only. Use the Mississippi and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov for the obligation series.

Questions

Does Mississippi or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Mississippi’s $2.9B. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $115.31, on 31,290,831 residents against Mississippi’s 2,943,045. Award counts are closer: 530,634 in Texas and 233,003 in Mississippi. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $339.4M in Mississippi.

Why does Mississippi have so many awards on a $2.9B stock?

The packet reports 233,003 awards in Mississippi on $2.9B versus 530,634 in Texas on $72.7B. Mississippi’s lead industry is ship building and repairing, a mix that can generate many yard actions. Spending per capita is $115.31 versus $686.1. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Mississippi and Texas?

Mississippi’s top industry is ship building and repairing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $2.9B and $72.7B. Award counts are 233,003 in Mississippi and 530,634 in Texas. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Are Mississippi vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.9B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $339.4M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($115.31 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.