Alabama vs Texas on USAspending: $7.7B vs $72.7B

A $7.7B Gulf file against a $72.7B neighbor

Texas’s $72.7B stacked stock sits well above Alabama’s $7.7B. Census population leans Texas: 31,290,831 versus 5,157,699. Intensity follows. $686.1 per capita versus $116.81 is a wide gap. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $72.7B and $7.7B.

Award volume follows Texas, 530,634 versus 161,254. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 530,634 or 161,254.

Commercial building construction versus pharmaceutical preparation

Alabama’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A construction peak is a first read on Alabama’s $7.7B mix. A drug-manufacturing peak is a first read on Texas’s $72.7B mix. Buildings and pharmaceuticals are not the same label.

The 161,254 Alabama awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Alabama and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Alabama’s 161,254 awards and $602.5M FY2026 slice sit on 5,157,699 residents. Texas’s 530,634 awards and $21.5B sit on 31,290,831. Commercial and institutional building construction versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast on $7.7B and $72.7B. $116.81 versus $686.1 is the intensity ranking on two Southern neighbors. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks and the recency cut.

FY2026: Alabama’s $602.5M versus Texas’s $21.5B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $602.5M in Alabama and $21.5B in Texas. Recency preserves Texas’s stacked dollar lead. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $602.5M or $21.5B by 161,254 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $116.81 and $686.1 already sits beside Census counts of 5,157,699 and 31,290,831. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts. Alabama’s $7.7B stacked stock remains the smaller all-years file beside Texas’s $72.7B.

What $116.81 looks like on 5,157,699 residents

Alabama’s $7.7B on 5,157,699 people produces $116.81 per capita, cooler than Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. The construction peak sits on that cooler ratio and on 161,254 awards. The $602.5M FY2026 slice is the recency cut on the smaller stock.

Texas’s pharmaceutical peak, 530,634 awards, and $21.5B latest-year amount remain the larger file. Read two Southern neighbors as a scale-and-mix contrast. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Alabama versus Texas

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $7.7B), population (31,290,831 vs 5,157,699), awards (530,634 vs 161,254), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $116.81), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $602.5M). Note commercial and institutional building construction versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Alabama and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $116.81 and $686.1 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

A Gulf construction peak against a Texas pharmaceutical file

Alabama’s commercial and institutional building construction peak sits on $7.7B, 5,157,699 residents, 161,254 awards, $116.81 per capita, and $602.5M in FY2026. Texas’s pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing peak sits on $72.7B, 31,290,831 residents, 530,634 awards, $686.1, and $21.5B. Southern neighbors do not produce neighboring obligation files. Buildings and pharmaceuticals are not the same first filter.

Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $116.81 and $686.1 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Outlays are not in the packet. The comparison hub holds the tables. The Alabama and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Do not invent a mean from 161,254 or 530,634.

Questions

Does Alabama or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Alabama’s $7.7B, spending per capita $686.1 to $116.81, awards 530,634 to 161,254, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $602.5M. Population is 5,157,699 in Alabama and 31,290,831 in Texas.

What industries lead in Alabama and Texas?

Alabama’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $7.7B and $72.7B. Award counts are 161,254 in Alabama and 530,634 in Texas.

Does Alabama’s smaller population produce a higher per-capita figure?

No. The packet reports $116.81 per capita in Alabama on 5,157,699 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $7.7B versus $72.7B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. The smaller Census count still sits with the cooler ratio.

Are Alabama vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $7.7B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $602.5M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($116.81 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.