California vs Georgia on USAspending: $39.5B against $9.7B

An aircraft-manufacturing peak on $9.7B

Georgia’s lead NAICS is aircraft manufacturing. That aerospace label sits on $9.7B against California’s $39.5B commercial-construction peak. The pair is a plane-building mix versus a facilities mix, and a $9.7B stock versus a $39.5B stock. The packet names the peaks; it does not give shares or plant lists.

Georgia files 278,028 awards. California files 639,340. Georgia’s row count is about 43 percent of California’s, while its dollar stock is about 25 percent. The Georgia tape is busy relative to dollars. Cite USAspending.gov.

Georgia’s $9.7B aircraft-manufacturing stock on 11,180,878 residents is a busy 278,028-row aerospace file; California’s $39.5B construction-led stock on 39,431,263 residents remains larger in dollars and warmer at $135.64 versus $95.66. FY2026 of $1.1B versus $5.3B does not reorder that ranking.

Four times the people, four times the dollars — almost

California’s 39,431,263 residents are about 3.5 times Georgia’s 11,180,878. California’s $39.5B is about 4.1 times Georgia’s $9.7B. The multiples are close, which is why per capita of $135.64 versus $95.66 is a moderate intensity gap rather than a inversion. California leads on both scale and intensity.

Keep those per-capita figures labeled as Census-based packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations. They are not outlays per resident. Place-of-performance for aircraft manufacturing can sit at an assembly line. The packet does not reallocate suppliers.

FY2026: $5.3B versus $1.1B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $5.3B in California and $1.1B in Georgia. Recency preserves California’s lead. Georgia’s latest-year amount is a modest slice of $9.7B; California’s $5.3B is a modest slice of $39.5B as well. Treat FY2026 as a recency cut of obligations, not as Treasury cash.

Do not divide $5.3B or $1.1B by 639,340 or 278,028 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $135.64 and $95.66 already uses Census denominators of 39,431,263 and 11,180,878.

Airframes versus federal buildings

Aircraft manufacturing and commercial and institutional building construction are different NAICS families. Readers should not treat Georgia’s $9.7B as a smaller California. The stacks differ in size and in lead industry. The 278,028 and 639,340 rows include many codes beyond those peaks.

Use the California and Georgia state hubs for agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different USAspending.gov series and are not in this packet.

Airframes on a busy $9.7B tape

Georgia’s aircraft-manufacturing peak on $9.7B with 278,028 awards is a busy aerospace tape relative to dollars. California’s 639,340 awards on $39.5B remain the larger file, with a commercial-construction peak. Georgia’s row share is larger than its dollar share. That is the Georgia-specific fact next to a moderate intensity gap of $95.66 versus $135.64 on 11,180,878 versus 39,431,263 residents.

FY2026 of $1.1B versus $5.3B restates California’s recency lead. Georgia’s latest-year amount is a modest slice of $9.7B. Cite USAspending.gov for obligations. Do not convert aircraft-manufacturing dollars into outlays, and do not divide $1.1B by 278,028 all-years awards.

Place-of-performance for aircraft manufacturing can sit at an assembly line. The packet does not reallocate suppliers. Use the California and Georgia hubs for agencies and recipients. The comparison hub holds the $39.5B versus $9.7B tables. Keep 278,028 versus 639,340 labeled as all-years award counts. Construction versus airframes are mix tags on different stacks.

Georgia’s 278,028 awards on 11,180,878 residents under $95.66 per capita describe a busy aircraft-manufacturing tape on $9.7B. California’s $39.5B, 639,340 awards, and $135.64 on 39,431,263 residents remain the scale and intensity side. FY2026 of $1.1B versus $5.3B restates recency. Aircraft manufacturing is a mix tag, not cash paid. Cite USAspending.gov obligations only.

How to read California versus Georgia

Read California first on stacked dollars ($39.5B vs $9.7B), spending per capita ($135.64 vs $95.66), award count (639,340 vs 278,028), and FY2026 ($5.3B vs $1.1B). Read Georgia for the aircraft-manufacturing peak against California’s commercial-construction peak, and for a 278,028-row tape that is busy relative to $9.7B.

The comparison hub holds the tables. Outlays are not listed.

Georgia’s 11,180,878 residents and California’s 39,431,263 residents set the $95.66 versus $135.64 denominators on $9.7B versus $39.5B. Award counts of 278,028 versus 639,340 and FY2026 of $1.1B versus $5.3B complete the comparison. Aircraft manufacturing versus commercial construction remains the mix contrast. Cite USAspending.gov. Outlays are not listed in this packet.

Questions

Does California or Georgia have more federal spending?

California leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $39.5B to Georgia’s $9.7B. California also leads spending per capita, $135.64 versus $95.66, on 39,431,263 residents against Georgia’s 11,180,878. Award counts are 639,340 in California and 278,028 in Georgia. FY2026 obligations are $5.3B in California and $1.1B in Georgia.

What is Georgia’s lead industry versus California?

Georgia’s top industry is aircraft manufacturing. California’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $9.7B and $39.5B. Award counts are 278,028 in Georgia and 639,340 in California. The figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Does Georgia have a high award count relative to its dollars?

Georgia files 278,028 awards on $9.7B against California’s 639,340 on $39.5B. Georgia’s row share is larger than its dollar share. Spending per capita is $95.66 versus $135.64. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.

Are California vs Georgia figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $39.5B and $9.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $5.3B and $1.1B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($135.64 vs $95.66) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.