New York vs Wisconsin

New York’s $11.9B edges Wisconsin’s $10.0B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. New York’s $11.9B is about 1.2 times Wisconsin’s $10.0B. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. New York holds the larger all-years total, but the gap is modest next to the gap in population and the gap in intensity.

Award counts favor New York. New York has 705,506 awards; Wisconsin has 181,419. New York’s file is busier in rows on a dollar stock that is only modestly larger. Wisconsin’s $10.0B on 181,419 actions implies a heavier typical booking than New York’s $11.9B spread across 705,506 records.

Wisconsin’s $407.20 versus New York’s $70.36

New York’s 19,867,248 residents more than triple Wisconsin’s 5,960,975. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Wisconsin shows $407.20 per capita and New York shows $70.36. Intensity runs the opposite direction from the $11.9B versus $10.0B ranking. Wisconsin is about 5.8 times as intensive per resident.

A $70.36 per-person reading in New York on 19,867,248 residents means a huge private economy can coexist with a thinner federal-award intensity than Wisconsin shows at $407.20. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. New York’s larger Census count produces only a modestly larger stock.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, New York or Wisconsin?

New York leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $11.9B versus Wisconsin’s $10.0B. New York has more awards (705,506 vs 181,419) and more people (19,867,248 vs 5,960,975). Spending per capita is $70.36 in New York and $407.20 in Wisconsin. FY2026 obligations are $1.4B in New York and $2.4B in Wisconsin. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Why is Wisconsin’s per-capita federal spending higher than New York’s?

Wisconsin’s $10.0B on 5,960,975 residents produces $407.20 per capita. New York’s $11.9B on 19,867,248 residents produces $70.36. New York still leads the stacked file and the award count (705,506 vs 181,419). FY2026 favors Wisconsin ($2.4B vs $1.4B). Intensity and stock are different rankings in this pair.

What industries lead New York and Wisconsin federal awards?

New York’s top industry is other communications equipment manufacturing. Wisconsin’s is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Those slices sit on $11.9B and $10.0B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 705,506 in New York and 181,419 in Wisconsin.

Are New York vs Wisconsin figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $11.9B and $10.0B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $1.4B and $2.4B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.