Arizona vs Florida on USAspending: $13.1B vs $22.7B

Florida’s $22.7B stock versus Arizona’s $13.1B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Florida’s $22.7B is about 1.7 times Arizona’s $13.1B. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. Florida holds the larger all-years total, and that stock lines up with a much larger population of 23,372,215 against 7,582,384.

Award counts also favor Florida. Florida has 466,388 awards; Arizona has 118,504. Florida’s file is heavier in dollars and busier in rows. Arizona’s $13.1B on 118,504 actions implies a heavier typical booking than Florida’s $22.7B spread across 466,388 records. Dollars and rows both favor Florida; typical size per action does not.

Arizona’s $435.71 per capita versus Florida’s $161.99

Arizona’s 7,582,384 residents sit well below Florida’s 23,372,215. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Arizona shows $435.71 per capita and Florida shows $161.99. Intensity runs the opposite direction from the $13.1B versus $22.7B ranking. Arizona is about 2.7 times as intensive per resident.

A $435.71 per-person reading in Arizona on 7,582,384 residents is an intensity fact attached to a $13.1B stock. Florida’s $161.99 on 23,372,215 residents is attached to $22.7B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. The per-capita lead does not rewrite the stacked ranking.

Health insurers in Arizona, missiles and space vehicles in Florida

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Florida’s is guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing. Those labels mark the largest NAICS slice in each state’s file, not a full industrial census. Insurance-carrier awards and missile-and-space awards are different lead products sitting on $13.1B and $22.7B.

A health-insurance lead can concentrate large medical-coverage actions inside Arizona’s 118,504-award file. A missile-and-space lead can concentrate large production awards inside Florida’s 466,388-award file. Mix and scale both differ. Neither industry name explains every dollar in either Sun Belt state.

FY2026: Arizona’s $3.3B nearly matches Florida’s $3.8B

FY2026 obligations are $3.3B in Arizona and $3.8B in Florida. The latest year is far closer than the 1.7-times stacked ranking. Arizona’s $3.3B is a large slice of its $13.1B stock; Florida’s $3.8B is a smaller slice of $22.7B. Recency questions belong in FY2026. The all-years totals remain the comparison’s headline stock.

Do not divide those FY figures by Arizona’s 118,504 or Florida’s 466,388 all-years awards. Those row counts cover the stacked file, not a single fiscal year. Both cuts are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays can lag award dates, so a $3.3B versus $3.8B latest-year reading is a commitment scoreboard, not a cash-flow statement.

Two Sun Belt files, four different rankings

Florida leads stacked dollars ($22.7B vs $13.1B), award count (466,388 vs 118,504), population (23,372,215 vs 7,582,384), and FY2026 ($3.8B vs $3.3B). Arizona leads per capita ($435.71 vs $161.99). FY2026 is close enough that recency does not look like the stacked gap. Those splits are why Arizona versus Florida cannot be reduced to one ranking.

Direct health and medical insurance carriers versus guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing is mix inside files that contain many other industries. Use the Arizona and Florida hubs for agencies and recipients. Keep $13.1B and $22.7B labeled as obligations.

How to use the Arizona and Florida hubs

FY2026’s $3.3B versus $3.8B is the close cut in a pair whose stacked ranking is $13.1B versus $22.7B. Recency and stock are different questions. The Arizona hub and the Florida hub hold agency and recipient tables. Direct health and medical insurance carriers versus guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing is mix on 118,504 and 466,388 awards, not a claim that either Sun Belt file is a single industry.

Per capita of $435.71 versus $161.99 on 7,582,384 and 23,372,215 residents is the intensity inversion. These are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Do not divide FY2026 amounts by all-years award counts. Place of performance can differ from the paying agency’s location. Use the hubs when the next question is who received the awards rather than which state posted the larger all-years stock.

Arizona versus Florida is a Sun Belt pair whose FY2026 cut of $3.3B versus $3.8B is far closer than $13.1B versus $22.7B. Direct health and medical insurance carriers and guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing sit on 118,504 and 466,388 awards. Per capita of $435.71 versus $161.99 on 7,582,384 and 23,372,215 residents is the intensity inversion. Obligations are not outlays. The Arizona and Florida hubs are the next stop.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Arizona or Florida?

Florida leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $22.7B versus Arizona’s $13.1B. Florida has more awards (466,388 vs 118,504) and more people (23,372,215 vs 7,582,384). Spending per capita is $435.71 in Arizona and $161.99 in Florida. FY2026 obligations are $3.3B in Arizona and $3.8B in Florida. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Why is Arizona’s per-capita federal spending higher than Florida’s?

Arizona’s $13.1B on 7,582,384 residents produces $435.71 per capita. Florida’s $22.7B on 23,372,215 residents produces $161.99. Florida still leads the stacked file and the award count (466,388 vs 118,504). FY2026 is close ($3.3B vs $3.8B). Intensity and stock are different rankings in this pair.

What industries lead Arizona and Florida federal awards?

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Florida’s is guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing. Those slices sit on $13.1B and $22.7B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 118,504 in Arizona and 466,388 in Florida.

Are Arizona vs Florida figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $13.1B and $22.7B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $3.3B and $3.8B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.