Delaware vs Texas on USAspending: $478.5M against $72.7B

A tank-and-armor peak on $478.5M

Delaware’s lead NAICS is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. That defense-industrial label sits on $478.5M against Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak. Two manufacturing mixes, two products, two scales. The packet names the peaks; it does not name the plants or give dollar shares.

Delaware files 16,329 awards. Texas files 530,634. The Delaware tape is modest. An armor-vehicle peak is consistent with specialized manufacturing rather than a high-frequency services file. Use the Delaware and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov.

The $37.43 intensity gap

Delaware’s $37.43 on 1,051,917 residents is among the coolest readings in this Texas slice, next to Maine’s $35.09. Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831 is about eighteen times higher. Delaware’s Census count is about 3 percent of Texas’s; Delaware’s $478.5M is well under 1 percent of Texas’s $72.7B. Dollars lag population sharply.

Keep those per-capita figures labeled as Census-based packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations. They are not outlays per resident. A tank-manufacturing peak does not by itself set a high statewide ratio when the stacked stock is $478.5M.

FY2026: $39.4M versus $21.5B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $39.4M in Delaware and $21.5B in Texas. Delaware’s latest-year amount is a thin slice of $478.5M. Texas’s $21.5B is a large slice of $72.7B. Recency restates Texas’s lead.

Do not divide $39.4M or $21.5B by 16,329 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $37.43 and $686.1 already uses Census denominators of 1,051,917 and 31,290,831. FY2026 is obligations, not Treasury cash.

Armor manufacturing versus drug manufacturing

Military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing and pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing are both manufacturing labels and are not the same federal buying pattern. Delaware’s $478.5M armor peak is a specialty mix. Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak is a different specialty on a much larger stack. The 16,329 and 530,634 rows include many other NAICS codes.

Place-of-performance for tank components can sit at a plant. The packet does not reallocate suppliers. Outlays are a different USAspending.gov series and are not in this packet.

Armor manufacturing on a $478.5M stock

Delaware’s military-armored-vehicle-and-tank-component peak on $478.5M is a defense-industrial signature that does not produce Texas intensity. Spending per capita of $37.43 on 1,051,917 residents is among the coolest readings against Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. A tank-manufacturing label can describe a specialty plant mix and still sit on a $478.5M statewide stock. Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak remains the large manufacturing file.

Delaware files 16,329 awards against Texas’s 530,634. FY2026 of $39.4M versus $21.5B restates Texas’s recency lead. Cite USAspending.gov. Outlays are not listed. Do not divide $39.4M by 16,329 all-years awards. The $37.43 and $686.1 readings already use Census denominators against the stacked stocks.

Place-of-performance for tank components can sit at a plant. The packet does not reallocate suppliers. Use the Delaware and Texas hubs for agencies and recipients. The comparison hub holds the $478.5M versus $72.7B tables. Keep the armor-vehicle label as a mix tag on 16,329 awards. It does not describe Texas’s 530,634-row file.

Delaware’s 16,329 awards on 1,051,917 residents under $37.43 per capita describe a specialty armor-vehicle mix on $478.5M that does not produce Texas intensity. Military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing is a mix tag. Texas’s $72.7B, $686.1 on 31,290,831 residents, 530,634 awards, and $21.5B FY2026 remain the scale side. FY2026 of $39.4M is a thin Delaware cut. Cite USAspending.gov.

How to read Delaware versus Texas

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $478.5M), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $37.43), award count (530,634 vs 16,329), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $39.4M). Read Delaware for the military armored-vehicle and tank-component peak and for the $37.43 per-capita reading on 1,051,917 residents.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Delaware and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are not listed.

Delaware’s 1,051,917 residents and Texas’s 31,290,831 residents set the $37.43 versus $686.1 denominators on $478.5M versus $72.7B. Award counts of 16,329 versus 530,634 and FY2026 of $39.4M versus $21.5B complete the comparison. Military armored vehicle and tank manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast. Cite USAspending.gov. Outlays are a different series.

Questions

Does Delaware or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Delaware’s $478.5M. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $37.43, on 31,290,831 residents against Delaware’s 1,051,917. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 16,329 in Delaware. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $39.4M in Delaware.

What is Delaware’s lead industry versus Texas?

Delaware’s top industry is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $478.5M and $72.7B. Award counts are 16,329 in Delaware and 530,634 in Texas. The figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Why is Delaware’s per-capita figure so low?

The packet reports $37.43 per capita in Delaware on 1,051,917 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $478.5M versus $72.7B, a larger multiple than the population gap. Award counts are 16,329 versus 530,634. The packet lists USAspending.gov obligations only.

Are Delaware vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $478.5M and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $39.4M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($37.43 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.