Tennessee vs Texas

A $3.6B stock on 7.2 million people

Tennessee’s 7,227,750 Census count is larger than several states that book more federal obligations. The $3.6B stock therefore produces a cool $97.5 per capita, against Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831 residents. Texas’s $72.7B is not merely a bigger-state file. It is a higher-intensity file as well.

Award volume underscores the difference in booking size. Tennessee records 63,616 awards; Texas records 530,634. Tennessee’s row count is about one-eighth of Texas’s, while its dollar stock is about one-twentieth. The Tennessee tape is thinner in both dollars and actions, and the dollar gap is the larger of the two.

Express delivery versus pharmaceutical manufacturing

Tennessee’s top industry is couriers and express delivery services. Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A logistics peak on $3.6B is a different federal buying pattern than a drug-manufacturing peak on $72.7B. The packet names those peaks; it does not give their dollar shares.

Courier awards can be numerous and operational. Pharmaceutical-preparation awards can be large manufacturing commitments. Readers should not assume every Tennessee award is a parcel contract or every Texas award is a pill plant. The 63,616 and 530,634 rows include many other NAICS codes. Open the Tennessee and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients.

Questions

Does Tennessee or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Tennessee’s $3.6B. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $97.5, on 31,290,831 residents against Tennessee’s 7,227,750. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 63,616 in Tennessee. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $704.7M in Tennessee.

Why is Tennessee’s per-capita figure so much lower?

The packet reports $97.5 per capita in Tennessee on 7,227,750 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $3.6B versus $72.7B, a larger multiple than the population gap. Award counts are 63,616 versus 530,634. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Tennessee and Texas?

Tennessee’s top industry is couriers and express delivery services. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.6B and $72.7B. Award counts are 63,616 in Tennessee and 530,634 in Texas. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Are Tennessee vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.6B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $704.7M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($97.5 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.