Arizona vs Illinois on USAspending: $13.1B vs $15.9B

Illinois’s $15.9B versus Arizona’s $13.1B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Illinois’s $15.9B is about 1.2 times Arizona’s $13.1B. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. Illinois holds the larger all-years total, but the gap is modest next to the gap in rows and the gap in intensity.

Award counts are not close. Illinois has 1,544,633 awards; Arizona has 118,504. Illinois’s file is busier in rows on a dollar stock that is only modestly larger. Arizona’s $13.1B on 118,504 actions implies a much heavier typical booking than Illinois’s $15.9B spread across 1,544,633 records.

Arizona’s $435.71 per capita versus Illinois’s $143.78

Illinois’s 12,710,158 residents exceed Arizona’s 7,582,384. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Arizona shows $435.71 per capita and Illinois shows $143.78. Intensity runs the opposite direction from the $13.1B versus $15.9B ranking. Arizona is about 3.0 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. Illinois’s $143.78 on 12,710,158 residents is attached to $15.9B. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. The per-capita lead does not rewrite the stacked ranking.

Health insurers in Arizona, miscellaneous manufacturing in Illinois

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Illinois’s is all other miscellaneous manufacturing. Those labels mark the largest NAICS slice in each state’s file, not a full industrial census. Insurance-carrier awards and a catch-all manufacturing grouping are different lead products sitting on $13.1B and $15.9B.

A health-insurance lead can concentrate large medical-coverage actions inside Arizona’s 118,504-award file. A miscellaneous-manufacturing lead inside Illinois’s 1,544,633-award file can sit among many smaller actions. Mix and scale both differ. Neither industry name explains every dollar.

FY2026: Arizona’s $3.3B leads Illinois’s $1.8B

FY2026 obligations are $3.3B in Arizona and $1.8B in Illinois. The latest year reverses the stacked ranking. Arizona’s $3.3B is a large slice of its $13.1B stock; Illinois’s $1.8B is a smaller slice of $15.9B. 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 Illinois’s 1,544,633 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 $1.8B latest-year reading is a commitment scoreboard, not a cash-flow statement.

Close stocks, inverted intensity and recency

Illinois leads stacked dollars ($15.9B vs $13.1B), award count (1,544,633 vs 118,504), and population (12,710,158 vs 7,582,384). Arizona leads per capita ($435.71 vs $143.78) and FY2026 ($3.3B vs $1.8B). Those splits are why Arizona versus Illinois cannot be reduced to a modest $2.8B stock gap.

Direct health and medical insurance carriers versus all other miscellaneous manufacturing is mix inside files that contain many other industries. Use the Arizona and Illinois hubs for agencies and recipients. Keep $13.1B and $15.9B labeled as obligations.

How to use the Arizona and Illinois hubs

Illinois’s 1,544,633 awards on $15.9B versus Arizona’s 118,504 awards on $13.1B is a close-stock pair with an extreme row gap. Per capita of $143.78 versus $435.71 and FY2026 of $1.8B versus $3.3B both invert the stacked ranking. Open the Arizona hub and the Illinois hub for agencies and recipients. Direct health and medical insurance carriers versus all other miscellaneous manufacturing is mix, not a full file description.

Census counts of 7,582,384 and 12,710,158 support the intensity cut. These are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Do not divide FY2026 amounts by all-years award counts. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits. Use the hubs for the next drill-down. Keep $13.1B and $15.9B labeled as obligations so recency, stock, and intensity stay separate questions.

Arizona versus Illinois is a close stock of $13.1B versus $15.9B with 118,504 awards versus 1,544,633. Direct health and medical insurance carriers and all other miscellaneous manufacturing are lead slices. FY2026 of $3.3B versus $1.8B is the recency inversion. Per capita of $435.71 versus $143.78 on 7,582,384 and 12,710,158 residents is the intensity inversion. Obligations remain the unit. The Arizona and Illinois hubs hold the next tables. Arizona’s 118,504 awards on $13.1B are few and heavy; Illinois’s 1,544,633 awards on $15.9B are many and lighter. FY2026’s $3.3B versus $1.8B is the recency inversion on those two stocks.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Arizona or Illinois?

Illinois leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $15.9B versus Arizona’s $13.1B. Illinois has far more awards (1,544,633 vs 118,504) and more people (12,710,158 vs 7,582,384). Spending per capita is $435.71 in Arizona and $143.78 in Illinois. FY2026 obligations are $3.3B in Arizona and $1.8B in Illinois. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

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

Arizona’s $13.1B on 7,582,384 residents produces $435.71 per capita. Illinois’s $15.9B on 12,710,158 residents produces $143.78. Illinois still leads the stacked file and the award count (1,544,633 vs 118,504). FY2026 favors Arizona ($3.3B vs $1.8B). Intensity and stock are different rankings in this pair.

What industries lead Arizona and Illinois federal awards?

Arizona’s top industry is direct health and medical insurance carriers. Illinois’s is all other miscellaneous manufacturing. Those slices sit on $13.1B and $15.9B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 118,504 in Arizona and 1,544,633 in Illinois.

Are Arizona vs Illinois figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $13.1B and $15.9B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $3.3B and $1.8B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.