Arkansas vs North Dakota on USAspending: $1.7B vs $700.4M

A 79,590-row Arkansas log against 7,218 North Dakota awards

North Dakota’s 7,218 awards on $700.4M are among the thinner action logs in this slice. Arkansas’s 79,590 awards on $1.7B are among the thicker. That row gap is larger than the dollar gap. A thin log can still post $700.4M; it does not match Arkansas’s volume. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent average award size from 79,590 or 7,218.

Census population of 3,088,354 versus 796,568 explains much of the stacked-dollar gap. Intensity stays in a moderate band, $85.06 versus $63.75, rather than a small-state spike on the North Dakota side. The $63.75 reading is cooler than Arkansas, not hotter.

FY2026 of $262.7M versus $50.8M follows the larger file. Recency does not invert this pair. Treat both latest-year amounts as obligation slices. Outlays are omitted.

Poultry processing versus building construction

Arkansas’s lead NAICS is poultry processing. North Dakota’s is commercial and institutional building construction. A processing peak on $1.7B and a construction peak on $700.4M are different mixes. Poultry processing is a first read on Arkansas. Building construction is a first read on North Dakota.

North Dakota’s construction peak sits on 7,218 awards. Arkansas’s poultry peak sits on 79,590. Use the Arkansas and North Dakota state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed.

FY2026: $262.7M versus $50.8M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $262.7M in Arkansas and $50.8M in North Dakota. Recency preserves Arkansas’s stacked lead and does not produce a North Dakota spike. Treat the year as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $262.7M or $50.8M by 79,590 or 7,218 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $85.06 and $63.75 already sits beside Census counts of 3,088,354 and 796,568. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks ($1.7B vs $700.4M) and the latest-year amounts.

Why North Dakota’s smaller Census count does not heat the ratio

Several small-population states in this slice post high per-capita readings. North Dakota does not against Arkansas. The $63.75 ratio on 796,568 residents is cooler than $85.06 on 3,088,354. The construction peak sits on that cooler reading and on the $700.4M stock.

Arkansas’s $1.7B, 79,590 awards, $85.06 per capita, and $262.7M FY2026 slice remain larger on every dollar cut in the packet. Keep every figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation. Cite USAspending.gov.

How to read Arkansas versus North Dakota

Read the comparison hub for the tables and the Arkansas and North Dakota hubs for agencies and recipients. Stacked stocks are $1.7B versus $700.4M. FY2026 obligations are $262.7M versus $50.8M. Awards are 79,590 versus 7,218. Population is 3,088,354 versus 796,568. Spending per capita is $85.06 versus $63.75. Lead industries are poultry processing versus commercial and institutional building construction. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep every dollar figure labeled as an obligation.

Obligations, outlays, and the packet's cuts

Arkansas versus North Dakota is a volume story first: 79,590 awards against 7,218, on $1.7B against $700.4M, without a small-state intensity inversion. Arkansas's packet cuts are $1.7B stacked, $262.7M in FY2026, 79,590 awards, 3,088,354 residents, and $85.06 per capita, with poultry processing as the lead NAICS. North Dakota's packet cuts are $700.4M stacked, $50.8M in FY2026, 7,218 awards, 796,568 residents, and $63.75 per capita, with commercial and institutional building construction as the lead NAICS. An obligation is a commitment recorded in USAspending.gov. An outlay is cash paid later and is not in this packet. Do not invent average award size from 79,590 or 7,218. Use the comparison hub for the tables. The Arkansas and North Dakota state hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $85.06 and $63.75 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Keep $1.7B and $700.4M labeled as stacked obligation stocks, not as FY2026 cash and not as outlays. Recency slices of $262.7M and $50.8M remain obligation cuts for fiscal year 2026. Population figures are Census counts. poultry processing and commercial and institutional building construction remain mix labels, not proofs of a typical award and not substitutes for the stacked ranking of $1.7B versus $700.4M. FY2026 amounts of $262.7M and $50.8M should not be divided by all-years award counts of 79,590 and 7,218.

Questions

Does Arkansas or North Dakota have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $1.7B in Arkansas and $700.4M in North Dakota. Spending per capita is $85.06 versus $63.75 on 3,088,354 and 796,568 residents. Award counts are 79,590 versus 7,218. FY2026 obligations are $262.7M in Arkansas and $50.8M in North Dakota. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Arkansas and North Dakota?

Arkansas's top industry is poultry processing. North Dakota's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.7B and $700.4M. Award counts are 79,590 in Arkansas and 7,218 in North Dakota. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

How do Arkansas and North Dakota compare on a per-capita basis?

The packet reports $85.06 per capita in Arkansas on 3,088,354 residents and $63.75 in North Dakota on 796,568 residents. Stacked stocks are $1.7B versus $700.4M. Award counts are 79,590 versus 7,218. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $262.7M versus $50.8M.

Are Arkansas vs North Dakota figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $1.7B and $700.4M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $262.7M and $50.8M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($85.06 vs $63.75) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.