Alaska vs Kansas on USAspending: $3.49B vs $2.91B

A 740,133 Census count on a $3.49B stock

Alaska’s $3.49B exceeds Kansas’s $2.91B on 740,133 residents against 2,970,606. That inversion is the setup for $532.17 per capita versus $67.40. The Plains Census count does not produce the larger USAspending.gov stock.

Award counts run with population, not with dollars. Kansas records 71,423 awards; Alaska records 25,423. Kansas’s file is busier in rows on a smaller stock. Alaska’s 25,423 actions sit on $3.49B beside the $532.17 reading.

FY2026 keeps Alaska ahead on recency: $393.9M versus $200.2M. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked totals and the latest-year amounts.

Alaska’s commercial and institutional building construction peak on $3.49B and Kansas’s computer systems design services peak on $2.91B describe mix. They do not change the obligation series. FY2026 of $393.9M versus $200.2M is the same series, sliced.

Kansas’s 71,423 awards on 2,970,606 residents are the volume side. Alaska’s 25,423 awards on 740,133 residents are the intensity side at $532.17 versus $67.40. Cite USAspending.gov. Outlays are not listed.

Construction in Alaska, systems design in Kansas

Alaska’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Kansas’s lead NAICS is computer systems design services. Those peaks sit on $3.49B and $2.91B. A construction peak is a first read on Alaska’s mix; a systems-design peak is a first read on Kansas’s mix.

The 25,423 Alaska awards and 71,423 Kansas awards include many actions outside those labels. Use the Alaska and Kansas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

FY2026: $393.9M versus $200.2M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $393.9M in Alaska and $200.2M in Kansas. Recency preserves Alaska’s stacked dollar lead. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash.

Do not divide $393.9M or $200.2M by 25,423 or 71,423 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $532.17 and $67.40 already sits beside Census counts of 740,133 and 2,970,606.

Four times the people, a cooler ratio

Kansas’s 2,970,606 residents dwarf Alaska’s 740,133. Kansas still trails on $2.91B versus $3.49B and on $67.40 versus $532.17 per capita. Award volume of 71,423 versus 25,423 is Kansas’s win on rows.

Keep those per-capita figures labeled as Census-based packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations. They are not outlays per resident.

A $532.17 ratio is still an obligation ratio

Alaska’s $532.17 per capita on 740,133 residents is the intensity outlier in this pair. Kansas’s $67.40 on 2,970,606 residents is cooler. Both sit on USAspending.gov obligations of $3.49B and $2.91B. Neither is an outlay per resident.

Kansas files 71,423 awards against Alaska’s 25,423. More rows, smaller stock. Commercial and institutional building construction leads Alaska. Computer systems design services lead Kansas.

FY2026 of $393.9M versus $200.2M keeps Alaska ahead on recency. That latest-year cut is the same obligation series. Cash paid is not in the packet.

Kansas’s 2,970,606 residents against Alaska’s 740,133 is a fourfold Census gap. The dollar gap runs the other way: $2.91B versus $3.49B. Headcount does not set the USAspending.gov ranking here.

Use the comparison hub for tables and the Alaska and Kansas hubs for agencies and recipients. Keep every dollar figure labeled as an obligation. Outlays would require a different USAspending.gov series.

How to read Alaska versus Kansas

Read Alaska first on stacked dollars ($3.49B vs $2.91B), spending per capita ($532.17 vs $67.40), and FY2026 ($393.9M vs $200.2M). Read Kansas first on population (2,970,606 vs 740,133) and awards (71,423 vs 25,423). Note construction versus computer systems design.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Alaska and Kansas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series.

Questions

Does Alaska or Kansas have more federal spending?

Alaska leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.49B to Kansas’s $2.91B. Alaska also leads spending per capita, $532.17 versus $67.40, on 740,133 residents against Kansas’s 2,970,606. Kansas has more awards (71,423 vs 25,423). FY2026 obligations are $393.9M in Alaska and $200.2M in Kansas.

Why is Alaska’s per-capita figure so much higher than Kansas’s?

The packet reports $532.17 per capita in Alaska on 740,133 residents and $67.40 in Kansas on 2,970,606. Stacked stocks are $3.49B versus $2.91B. Award counts are 25,423 versus 71,423. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Alaska and Kansas?

Alaska’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Kansas’s is computer systems design services. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.49B and $2.91B. Award counts are 25,423 in Alaska and 71,423 in Kansas.

Are Alaska vs Kansas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.49B and $2.91B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $393.9M and $200.2M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($532.17 vs $67.40) uses Census population where present.