Nevada vs Texas

A desert-state $2.9B file next to a $72.7B file

Nevada’s $2.9B is about 4 percent of Texas’s $72.7B. Nevada’s 3,267,467 residents are about 10 percent of Texas’s 31,290,831. Dollars lag population, which is why Nevada’s $171.84 per capita trails Texas’s $686.1. The ranking is the same on stock and on intensity. The multiples differ.

Nevada files 45,442 awards. Texas files 530,634. Nevada’s row count is about 9 percent of Texas’s, close to the population share and well above the dollar share. The Nevada tape is not sparse for a $2.9B stock. It is sparse compared with Texas’s 530,634-row file.

Automobile manufacturing as Nevada’s peak

Nevada’s lead NAICS is automobile manufacturing. Texas’s lead NAICS is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Two manufacturing peaks, two products. An auto-manufacturing label on $2.9B is a first read of Nevada’s mix. A pharmaceutical-preparation label on $72.7B is a first read of Texas’s mix. Neither is a plant census.

The 45,442 Nevada awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those manufacturing labels. Use the Nevada and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not treat the peaks as outlay categories.

Questions

Does Nevada or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Nevada’s $2.9B. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $171.84, on 31,290,831 residents against Nevada’s 3,267,467. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 45,442 in Nevada. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $561.5M in Nevada.

Is Nevada’s FY2026 figure large relative to its stock?

Nevada’s FY2026 obligations are $561.5M on a $2.9B stacked stock. Texas’s FY2026 obligations are $21.5B on $72.7B. Recency still ranks Texas first. Nevada’s latest-year slice is a sizable share of its own stock. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Nevada and Texas?

Nevada’s top industry is automobile manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $2.9B and $72.7B. Award counts are 45,442 in Nevada and 530,634 in Texas. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Are Nevada vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.9B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $561.5M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($171.84 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.