Delaware vs Idaho on USAspending: $478.5M vs $1.2B

Idaho’s $1.2B on roughly twice Delaware’s population

Idaho’s $1.2B stacked stock sits well above Delaware’s $478.5M. Census population explains part of the gap: 2,001,619 versus 1,051,917. Intensity does not flatten to a wash. $80.33 per capita in Idaho is more than double Delaware’s $37.43. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts rather than treating them as a restatement of $1.2B and $478.5M.

Award volume follows the larger state. Idaho’s 29,667 awards versus Delaware’s 16,329 is a thicker action log. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 29,667 or 16,329.

Armored vehicles in Delaware, commercial buildings in Idaho

Delaware’s lead NAICS is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. Idaho’s is commercial and institutional building construction. A tank-component peak is a defense-manufacturing first read on Delaware’s $478.5M mix. A commercial-building peak is a construction first read on Idaho’s $1.2B mix.

The 16,329 Delaware awards and 29,667 Idaho awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Delaware and Idaho state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Idaho’s 29,667 awards and $160.8M FY2026 slice sit on 2,001,619 residents. Delaware’s 16,329 awards and $39.4M sit on 1,051,917. The construction peak and the armored-vehicle peak remain first filters on $1.2B and $478.5M, not matched mixes.

FY2026: Idaho’s $160.8M versus Delaware’s $39.4M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $160.8M in Idaho and $39.4M in Delaware. Recency preserves Idaho’s stacked dollar lead and stretches it. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $160.8M or $39.4M by 29,667 or 16,329 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $80.33 and $37.43 already sits beside Census counts of 2,001,619 and 1,051,917. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts.

What $80.33 looks like on 2,001,619 residents

Idaho’s $1.2B on 2,001,619 people produces $80.33 per capita, hotter than Delaware’s $37.43 on 1,051,917. The construction peak sits on that hotter ratio and on 29,667 awards. The $160.8M FY2026 slice is the recency cut on the larger stock.

Delaware’s armored-vehicle peak, 16,329 awards, and $39.4M latest-year amount remain the smaller file. Read a small Mid-Atlantic state against a Mountain West state as a scale-and-mix contrast. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Delaware versus Idaho

Read Idaho first on stacked dollars ($1.2B vs $478.5M), population (2,001,619 vs 1,051,917), awards (29,667 vs 16,329), spending per capita ($80.33 vs $37.43), and FY2026 ($160.8M vs $39.4M). Note military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing versus commercial and institutional building construction.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Delaware and Idaho hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $37.43 and $80.33 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

Scale on a Mountain West construction file

Idaho’s $1.2B stacked stock, 2,001,619 residents, 29,667 awards, $80.33 per capita, and $160.8M FY2026 slice sit above Delaware on every packet ranking except the lead-industry story. Delaware’s military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing peak is a defense-manufacturing first read on $478.5M. Idaho’s commercial and institutional building construction peak is a construction first read on $1.2B. $37.43 versus $80.33 already uses 1,051,917 and 2,001,619 residents.

Cite USAspending.gov. The figures are obligations, not outlays. The comparison hub holds the tables. The Delaware and Idaho hubs hold agencies and recipients. Do not divide $160.8M or $39.4M by 29,667 or 16,329 all-years awards. Keep $37.43 and $80.33 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

Questions

Does Delaware or Idaho have more federal spending?

Idaho leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $1.2B to Delaware’s $478.5M, spending per capita $80.33 to $37.43, awards 29,667 to 16,329, and FY2026 obligations $160.8M to $39.4M. Population is 1,051,917 in Delaware and 2,001,619 in Idaho.

What industries lead in Delaware and Idaho?

Delaware’s top industry is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. Idaho’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $478.5M and $1.2B. Award counts are 16,329 in Delaware and 29,667 in Idaho.

Does Idaho’s larger population fully explain the dollar gap?

Population is 2,001,619 in Idaho and 1,051,917 in Delaware. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $478.5M, and spending per capita is $80.33 versus $37.43. The packet ratios show intensity still favors Idaho. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Are Delaware vs Idaho figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $478.5M and $1.2B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $39.4M and $160.8M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($37.43 vs $80.33) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.