Delaware vs North Dakota on USAspending: $478.5M vs $700.4M

Fewer people, fewer awards, a larger $700.4M stock

North Dakota’s $700.4M stacked stock sits above Delaware’s $478.5M on a smaller Census file: 796,568 versus 1,051,917. Intensity follows. $63.75 per capita in North Dakota is hotter than Delaware’s $37.43. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $700.4M and $478.5M.

Award volume runs the other way. Delaware’s 16,329 awards versus North Dakota’s 7,218 is a much thicker action log on the smaller dollar file. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 16,329 or 7,218.

Armored vehicles versus commercial building construction

Delaware’s lead NAICS is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. North Dakota’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 North Dakota’s $700.4M mix.

The 16,329 Delaware awards and 7,218 North Dakota awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Delaware and North Dakota state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Delaware’s 16,329 awards sit on $478.5M and 1,051,917 residents. North Dakota’s 7,218 awards sit on $700.4M and 796,568 residents. FY2026 of $39.4M versus $50.8M follows the stacked ranking. Cite USAspending.gov for both the dollar file and the recency cut.

FY2026: North Dakota’s $50.8M versus Delaware’s $39.4M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $50.8M in North Dakota and $39.4M in Delaware. Recency preserves North Dakota’s stacked dollar lead. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $50.8M or $39.4M by 7,218 or 16,329 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $63.75 and $37.43 already sits beside Census counts of 796,568 and 1,051,917. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts.

What $63.75 looks like on 796,568 residents

North Dakota’s $700.4M on 796,568 people produces $63.75 per capita, hotter than Delaware’s $37.43 on 1,051,917. The construction peak sits on that hotter ratio and on only 7,218 awards. The $50.8M 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 thicker action log on a cooler ratio. Read a Mid-Atlantic state against a Plains state as a volume-versus-intensity contrast. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Delaware versus North Dakota

Read North Dakota first on stacked dollars ($700.4M vs $478.5M), spending per capita ($63.75 vs $37.43), and FY2026 ($50.8M vs $39.4M). Read Delaware first on awards (16,329 vs 7,218) and population (1,051,917 vs 796,568). Note military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing versus commercial and institutional building construction.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Delaware and North Dakota hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $37.43 and $63.75 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

A thicker Delaware log on the cooler ratio

Delaware’s 16,329 awards and 1,051,917 residents sit on $478.5M and $37.43 per capita. North Dakota’s 7,218 awards and 796,568 residents sit on $700.4M and $63.75. FY2026 follows the dollar ranking, $39.4M versus $50.8M. Military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing versus commercial and institutional building construction is the mix contrast. Volume and intensity run opposite directions.

Cite USAspending.gov. Row count is not average award size. Outlays are not in the packet. Use the comparison hub for tables. Use the Delaware and North Dakota hubs for agencies and recipients. Keep $37.43 and $63.75 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

Questions

Does Delaware or North Dakota have more federal spending?

North Dakota leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $700.4M to Delaware’s $478.5M, spending per capita $63.75 to $37.43, and FY2026 obligations $50.8M to $39.4M. Delaware leads award volume 16,329 to 7,218. Population is 1,051,917 in Delaware and 796,568 in North Dakota.

What industries lead in Delaware and North Dakota?

Delaware’s top industry is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. North Dakota’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $478.5M and $700.4M. Award counts are 16,329 in Delaware and 7,218 in North Dakota.

Does Delaware’s larger population produce a higher per-capita figure?

No. The packet reports $37.43 per capita in Delaware on 1,051,917 residents and $63.75 in North Dakota on 796,568. Stacked stocks are $478.5M versus $700.4M. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. The larger Census count sits with the cooler ratio.

Are Delaware vs North Dakota figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $478.5M and $700.4M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $39.4M and $50.8M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($37.43 vs $63.75) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.