New Jersey vs Utah

Forty-four New Jersey awards for each Utah award

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. New Jersey’s $8.1B stock sits about $4.0 billion above Utah’s $4.1B. Place of performance in the award file is the scoring rule. New Jersey has more people (9,500,851 versus 3,503,613) and a file that is in a different paperwork class. Utah still posts the higher per-capita reading.

New Jersey’s $8,084,032,234 is spread across 1,162,765 records. Utah’s $4,062,080,272 sits on 26,509. That is about 44 New Jersey awards for each Utah award. Dollars favor New Jersey; paperwork volume favors New Jersey as well. Intensity and typical booking size do not. Utah’s thinner file on a $4.1B stock is a heavy book.

Utah’s 26,509 awards on $4,062,080,272 versus New Jersey’s 1,162,765 awards on $8,084,032,234 is a 44-to-1 paperwork gulf. People of 3,503,613 versus 9,500,851 produce $199.06 versus $92.49. FY2026 of $697,424,439 versus $878,702,039 is closer than the stacked ranking. Nonferrous metal rolling, drawing, and extruding versus pharmaceuticals is mix. A thin file on $4.1B is a heavy typical booking.

Utah’s $199.06 versus New Jersey’s $92.49

New Jersey’s 9,500,851 residents against $8.1B produce $92.49 per capita. Utah’s 3,503,613 residents against $4.1B produce $199.06. Intensity in Utah is more than double New Jersey’s even though New Jersey holds the larger stacked total and the million-row file.

A $199.06 per-person reading is an intensity fact attached to $4.1B, not a household payment. New Jersey’s $92.49 is attached to $8.1B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. A 26,509-award file on $4.1B is consistent with a much heavier typical booking than a 1,162,765-award file on $8.1B.

Questions

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

New Jersey leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $8,084,032,234 versus Utah’s $4,062,080,272. New Jersey has far more awards (1,162,765 vs 26,509) and more people (9,500,851 vs 3,503,613). Spending per capita is $92.49 in New Jersey and $199.06 in Utah. FY2026 obligations are $878.7M and $697.4M. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Why does Utah have so few awards compared with New Jersey?

Utah logs 26,509 awards on $4.1B. New Jersey logs 1,162,765 awards on $8.1B. Utah’s thinner file on a still-large stock implies a much heavier typical booking. Per capita is $199.06 versus $92.49. Populations are 3,503,613 and 9,500,851. FY2026 is $697.4M versus $878.7M.

What industries lead New Jersey and Utah federal awards?

New Jersey’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Utah’s is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Those slices sit on $8.1B and $4.1B 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 26,509 in Utah.

Are New Jersey vs Utah figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $8.1B and $4.1B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $878.7M and $697.4M measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments.