Texas vs Vermont

Missile and space-vehicle parts on a $1.0B file

Vermont’s lead NAICS is other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. That aerospace-defense label sits on $1.0B against Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak. A parts-and-auxiliary mix can concentrate dollars at a few suppliers. The packet names the peak; it does not name the plants.

Vermont files 12,020 awards. Texas files 530,634. The Vermont tape is small. Use the Vermont and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov.

FY2026 of $47.3M is a thin Vermont cut

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $47.3M in Vermont and $21.5B in Texas. Vermont’s latest-year amount is a small slice of $1.0B. Recency is cooler on the Vermont side than the stacked stock alone suggests. Texas’s $21.5B is a large slice of $72.7B.

Treat FY2026 as a recency slice of obligations, not Treasury cash. Do not divide $47.3M or $21.5B by 12,020 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $72.92 and $686.1 already uses Census counts of 648,493 and 31,290,831.

Questions

Does Texas or Vermont have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Vermont’s $1.0B. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $72.92, on 31,290,831 residents against Vermont’s 648,493. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 12,020 in Vermont. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $47.3M in Vermont.

What is Vermont’s lead industry versus Texas?

Vermont’s top industry is other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.0B and $72.7B. Award counts are 12,020 in Vermont and 530,634 in Texas.

Why is Vermont’s FY2026 figure so small?

The packet reports $47.3M in FY2026 obligations for Vermont on a $1.0B stacked stock, against $21.5B in Texas on $72.7B. Recency is a thin slice on the Vermont side. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Award counts are 12,020 versus 530,634.

Are Texas vs Vermont figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $72.7B and $1.0B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $21.5B and $47.3M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($686.1 vs $72.92) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.