Does New Mexico or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to New Mexico’s $3.9B, awards 530,634 to 19,233, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $2.0B. New Mexico leads spending per capita $945.82 to $686.1. Population is 2,130,256 in New Mexico and 31,290,831 in Texas.

What industries lead in New Mexico and Texas?

New Mexico’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.9B and $72.7B. Award counts are 19,233 in New Mexico and 530,634 in Texas.

Why is New Mexico’s per-capita figure higher if Texas has more dollars?

The packet reports $945.82 per capita in New Mexico on 2,130,256 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $3.9B versus $72.7B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations divided by Census population where present. The smaller stock sits with the hotter ratio.

Are New Mexico vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.9B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $2.0B and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($945.82 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.

New Mexico vs Texas

Federal spending comparison

Texas’s stacked USAspending.gov obligation stock is $72.7B; New Mexico’s is $3.9B. Intensity runs the other way. New Mexico’s spending per capita is $945.82 on 2,130,256 residents; Texas’s is $686.1 on 31,290,831. Award volume is thin in New Mexico, 19,233 against 530,634. FY2026 is recency-heavy on the smaller stock: $2.0B in New Mexico versus $21.5B in Texas. The figures are obligations, not outlays.

Key figures

Texas $72.7B vs New Mexico $3.9B in stacked USAspending obligations.
Per capita $945.82 vs $686.1 on 2,130,256 vs 31,290,831 residents.
Awards 19,233 vs 530,634; FY2026 $2.0B vs $21.5B.
Top industries: commercial building construction in New Mexico; pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing in Texas.
Figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Neighbors with inverted intensity: $945.82 versus $686.1

Texas’s $72.7B stacked stock sits well above New Mexico’s $3.9B. Census population leans Texas: 31,290,831 versus 2,130,256. Intensity inverts. $945.82 per capita in New Mexico is hotter than Texas’s $686.1. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $72.7B and $3.9B.

Award volume is thin on the New Mexico side. 19,233 awards versus 530,634 is a much thinner action log on the smaller dollar file. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 19,233 or 530,634.

Commercial building construction versus pharmaceutical preparation

New Mexico’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A construction peak is a first read on New Mexico’s $3.9B mix. A drug-manufacturing peak is a first read on Texas’s $72.7B mix. Buildings and pharmaceuticals are not the same label.

The 19,233 New Mexico awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the New Mexico and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Full analysis: New Mexico vs Texas on USAspending: $3.9B vs $72.7B →

Questions

Does New Mexico or Texas have more federal spending?: Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to New Mexico’s $3.9B, awards 530,634 to 19,233, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $2.0B. New Mexico leads spending per capita $945.82 to $686.1. Population is 2,130,256 in New Mexico and 31,290,831 in Texas.
What industries lead in New Mexico and Texas?: New Mexico’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.9B and $72.7B. Award counts are 19,233 in New Mexico and 530,634 in Texas.
Why is New Mexico’s per-capita figure higher if Texas has more dollars?: The packet reports $945.82 per capita in New Mexico on 2,130,256 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $3.9B versus $72.7B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations divided by Census population where present. The smaller stock sits with the hotter ratio.
Are New Mexico vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?: No. The $3.9B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $2.0B and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($945.82 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.

State comparison from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending obligations. Per-capita uses Census population where present.

Side-by-side federal spending and demographic comparison between New Mexico and Texas.
New Mexico	Metric	Texas
$19.40B	Total Spending	$147.74B
$9K	Per Capita	$5K
N/A	% of GDP	N/A
2.1M	Population	31.3M
N/A	Median Income	N/A
N/A	Poverty Rate	N/A
N/A	Bachelor Degree %	N/A
N/A	Median Age	N/A
N/A	Unemployment	N/A
N/A	GDP (Millions)	N/A

Top Agencies — New Mexico

Department of Energy$185.29B
Department of Health and Human Services$40.14B
Social Security Administration$27.25B
Department of Defense$9.29B
Department of Agriculture$6.62B

Top Agencies — Texas

Department of Defense$483.10B
Social Security Administration$284.97B
Department of Health and Human Services$218.33B
Department of Veterans Affairs$107.92B
Department of Homeland Security$55.28B

Top Industries — New Mexico

FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES$148.95B
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES$35.52B
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION$3.50B
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)$1.69B
ENGINEERING SERVICES$1.21B

Top Industries — Texas

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING$299.18B
GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING$62.54B
OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING$29.46B
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING$29.13B
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION$26.71B

Source: USAspending.gov · More Comparisons · New Mexico · Texas