Delaware vs Wyoming on USAspending: $478.5M vs $598.9M

Wyoming’s $598.9M on half Delaware’s Census file

Wyoming’s $598.9M stacked stock sits above Delaware’s $478.5M even though Wyoming’s Census count is 587,618 and Delaware’s is 1,051,917. Intensity follows that inversion hard. $126.96 per capita in Wyoming is several times Delaware’s $37.43. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $598.9M and $478.5M.

Award volume runs the other way. Delaware’s 16,329 awards versus Wyoming’s 9,330 is a 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 9,330.

Armored vehicles versus commercial building construction

Delaware’s lead NAICS is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. Wyoming’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 Wyoming’s $598.9M mix.

The 16,329 Delaware awards and 9,330 Wyoming awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Delaware and Wyoming 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. Wyoming’s 9,330 awards sit on $598.9M and 587,618 residents. FY2026 of $39.4M versus $74.6M follows the stacked ranking. Keep $37.43 and $126.96 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

FY2026: Wyoming’s $74.6M versus Delaware’s $39.4M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $74.6M in Wyoming and $39.4M in Delaware. Recency preserves Wyoming’s stacked dollar lead. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $74.6M or $39.4M by 9,330 or 16,329 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $126.96 and $37.43 already sits beside Census counts of 587,618 and 1,051,917. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts.

What $126.96 looks like on 587,618 residents

Wyoming’s $598.9M on 587,618 people produces $126.96 per capita, far hotter than Delaware’s $37.43 on 1,051,917. The construction peak sits on that hotter ratio and on 9,330 awards. The $74.6M 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 Mountain West state as a volume-versus-intensity contrast. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Delaware versus Wyoming

Read Wyoming first on stacked dollars ($598.9M vs $478.5M), spending per capita ($126.96 vs $37.43), and FY2026 ($74.6M vs $39.4M). Read Delaware first on awards (16,329 vs 9,330) and population (1,051,917 vs 587,618). Note military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing versus commercial and institutional building construction.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Delaware and Wyoming hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $37.43 and $126.96 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

Half the people, a hotter $126.96 ratio

Wyoming’s 587,618 residents are about half of Delaware’s 1,051,917. Wyoming still holds the larger stacked stock, $598.9M against $478.5M, the hotter ratio, $126.96 against $37.43, and the larger FY2026 slice, $74.6M against $39.4M. Delaware holds the thicker action log, 16,329 awards against 9,330. Military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing versus commercial and institutional building construction is the mix contrast.

Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $37.43 and $126.96 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Outlays are not in the packet. The comparison hub holds the tables. The Delaware and Wyoming hubs hold agencies and recipients. Do not divide $598.9M or $478.5M by 9,330 or 16,329.

Questions

Does Delaware or Wyoming have more federal spending?

Wyoming leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $598.9M to Delaware’s $478.5M, spending per capita $126.96 to $37.43, and FY2026 obligations $74.6M to $39.4M. Delaware leads award volume 16,329 to 9,330. Population is 1,051,917 in Delaware and 587,618 in Wyoming.

What industries lead in Delaware and Wyoming?

Delaware’s top industry is military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing. Wyoming’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $478.5M and $598.9M. Award counts are 16,329 in Delaware and 9,330 in Wyoming.

Why is Wyoming’s per-capita figure higher?

The packet reports $126.96 per capita in Wyoming on 587,618 residents and $37.43 in Delaware on 1,051,917. Stacked stocks are $598.9M versus $478.5M. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations divided by Census population where present. The smaller Census file sits with the hotter ratio.

Are Delaware vs Wyoming figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $478.5M and $598.9M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $39.4M and $74.6M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($37.43 vs $126.96) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.