New Jersey vs Ohio

Two $8.1B stocks, one very different file

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Ohio’s $8.1B edges New Jersey’s $8.1B by a thin margin. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. Among two large states with nearly identical dollar stocks, the files diverge on every other cut: people, rows, intensity, and recency.

Award counts are not close. New Jersey has 1,162,765 awards; Ohio has 168,038. New Jersey’s file is busier in rows on a dollar stock that is essentially matched. Ohio’s $8.1B on 168,038 actions implies a much heavier typical booking than New Jersey’s $8.1B spread across 1,162,765 records.

New Jersey’s $92.49 versus Ohio’s $61.66

Ohio’s 11,883,304 residents exceed New Jersey’s 9,500,851. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, New Jersey shows $92.49 per capita and Ohio shows $61.66. Intensity favors New Jersey even though Ohio holds the slightly larger stacked total. Population is not the engine of this ranking.

A $92.49 per-person reading in New Jersey on 9,500,851 residents is an intensity fact attached to $8.1B. Ohio’s $61.66 on 11,883,304 residents is attached to $8.1B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. Two similar stocks can hide a wide intensity gap and a wider row-count gap.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, New Jersey or Ohio?

Ohio leads by a thin margin in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $8.1B versus New Jersey’s $8.1B. New Jersey has far more awards (1,162,765 vs 168,038). Ohio has more people (11,883,304 vs 9,500,851). Spending per capita is $92.49 in New Jersey and $61.66 in Ohio. FY2026 obligations are $878.7M and $732.7M. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are New Jersey and Ohio tied on federal obligations?

The stacked totals are both $8.1B, with Ohio slightly ahead. The files are not tied. New Jersey logs 1,162,765 awards against Ohio’s 168,038. Per capita is $92.49 versus $61.66. FY2026 favors New Jersey ($878.7M vs $732.7M). Populations are 9,500,851 and 11,883,304. A dollar tie can hide inverted rows.

What industries lead New Jersey and Ohio federal awards?

New Jersey’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Ohio’s is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Those slices sit on two $8.1B obligation stocks. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 1,162,765 in New Jersey and 168,038 in Ohio.

Are New Jersey vs Ohio figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The two $8.1B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $878.7M and $732.7M measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.