Rhode Island vs Texas

A confectionery peak on an $880.6M New England file

Rhode Island’s lead NAICS is nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing. That food-manufacturing label is unusual among Texas pairings in this slice, which more often show construction, aerospace, or logistics peaks. It sits on $880.6M against Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak. The packet names the peaks; it does not give shares or plant lists.

Rhode Island files 11,923 awards. Texas files 530,634. The smallest state’s tape is thin. Use the Rhode Island and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. A confectionery peak is a mix tag, not a claim that every Rhode Island award is candy.

Rhode Island’s $880.6M confectionery-manufacturing stock on 1,112,308 residents is a small New England food-mix file; Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation stock on 31,290,831 residents is a manufacturing-scale file. FY2026 of $79.5M versus $21.5B does not reorder that ranking.

Below a billion dollars against $72.7B

Rhode Island’s $880.6M is the first stock in this slice that prints in millions rather than billions in the lede. Texas’s $72.7B is about eighty-three times larger. Population is 1,112,308 versus 31,290,831, about twenty-eight times. Dollars outrun headcount, which is why $71.48 trails $686.1.

Keep those figures labeled as USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are a different series. The $880.6M stock is still a real statewide aggregate. It is not Texas scale.

Questions

Does Rhode Island or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Rhode Island’s $880.6M. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $71.48, on 31,290,831 residents against Rhode Island’s 1,112,308. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 11,923 in Rhode Island. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $79.5M in Rhode Island.

What is Rhode Island’s lead industry versus Texas?

Rhode Island’s top industry is nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $880.6M and $72.7B. Award counts are 11,923 in Rhode Island and 530,634 in Texas. The figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Why is Rhode Island’s per-capita figure so low?

The packet reports $71.48 per capita in Rhode Island on 1,112,308 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $880.6M versus $72.7B, a larger multiple than the population gap. Award counts are 11,923 versus 530,634. The packet lists USAspending.gov obligations only.

Are Rhode Island vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $880.6M and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $79.5M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($71.48 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.