Ohio vs Oklahoma

Aviation cousins with inverted recency

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Ohio’s $8.1B stock sits $2.7 billion above Oklahoma’s $5.5B. Place of performance in the award file is the scoring rule. The pair is useful because the top NAICS labels sit in the same aircraft-manufacturing family even while people, intensity, and the latest year diverge.

Ohio logs 168,038 awards on $8.1B. Oklahoma logs 50,460 awards on $5.5B. Oklahoma’s thinner file on a still-large stock implies a heavier typical booking. Ohio’s busier file on a larger stock is consistent with more actions. The $8.1B versus $5.5B ranking is a dollar ranking, not a recency ranking.

Ohio’s 168,038 awards on $8,141,450,027 versus Oklahoma’s 50,460 awards on $5,456,947,205 sit inside one aircraft-manufacturing family. People of 11,883,304 versus 4,095,393 produce $61.66 versus $205.98. FY2026 of $732,683,316 versus $843,573,742 already favors Oklahoma. Engines versus parts is mix, not interchangeable files. Related NAICS labels do not cancel an intensity inversion or a recency inversion.

Oklahoma’s $205.98 versus Ohio’s $61.66

Ohio’s 11,883,304 residents against $8.1B produce $61.66 per capita. Oklahoma’s 4,095,393 residents against $5.5B produce $205.98. Intensity in Oklahoma is more than three times Ohio’s even though Ohio holds the larger stacked total.

A $205.98 per-person reading is an intensity fact attached to $5.5B, not a household payment. Ohio’s $61.66 is attached to $8.1B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. Ohio can lead stacked dollars while trailing on a per-resident basis because 11,883,304 people spread $8.1B more thinly than 4,095,393 people spread $5.5B.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Ohio or Oklahoma?

Ohio leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $8,141,450,027 versus Oklahoma’s $5,456,947,205. Ohio has more awards (168,038 vs 50,460) and more people (11,883,304 vs 4,095,393). Spending per capita is $61.66 in Ohio and $205.98 in Oklahoma. FY2026 obligations are $732.7M and $843.6M. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Does Oklahoma outpace Ohio in FY2026 federal obligations?

Yes. FY2026 obligations are $843,573,742 in Oklahoma versus $732,683,316 in Ohio. The stacked ranking still favors Ohio ($8.1B vs $5.5B). Per capita is $205.98 versus $61.66. Award counts are 50,460 and 168,038. Populations are 4,095,393 and 11,883,304.

Do Ohio and Oklahoma share the same top federal industry?

They share an aircraft-manufacturing family, not the same NAICS label. Ohio’s top industry is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Oklahoma’s is other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Those slices sit on $8.1B and $5.5B stocks. Award counts are 168,038 in Ohio and 50,460 in Oklahoma.

Are Ohio vs Oklahoma figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $8.1B and $5.5B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $732.7M and $843.6M measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments.