Iowa vs Texas on USAspending: $3.8B vs $72.7B

A $3.8B Midwest file on 48,706 awards

Texas’s $72.7B stacked stock sits well above Iowa’s $3.8B. Census population leans Texas: 31,290,831 versus 3,241,488. Intensity follows. $686.1 per capita versus $127.17 is a wide gap. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $72.7B and $3.8B.

Award volume is thin on the Iowa side. 48,706 awards versus 530,634 is a much thinner action log. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 48,706 or 530,634.

Wireless communications equipment versus pharmaceutical preparation

Iowa’s lead NAICS is radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A wireless-equipment peak is a first read on Iowa’s $3.8B mix. A drug-manufacturing peak is a first read on Texas’s $72.7B mix. Radios and pharmaceuticals are not the same label.

The 48,706 Iowa awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Iowa and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Iowa’s 48,706 awards and $412.2M FY2026 slice sit on 3,241,488 residents. Texas’s 530,634 awards and $21.5B sit on 31,290,831. Radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast on $3.8B and $72.7B. $127.17 versus $686.1 is the intensity ranking. Cite USAspending.gov.

FY2026: Iowa’s $412.2M versus Texas’s $21.5B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $412.2M in Iowa and $21.5B in Texas. Recency preserves Texas’s stacked dollar lead. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $412.2M or $21.5B by 48,706 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $127.17 and $686.1 already sits beside Census counts of 3,241,488 and 31,290,831. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts.

What $127.17 looks like on 3,241,488 residents

Iowa’s $3.8B on 3,241,488 people produces $127.17 per capita, cooler than Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. The wireless-equipment peak sits on that ratio and on only 48,706 awards. The $412.2M FY2026 slice is the recency cut on the smaller stock.

Texas’s pharmaceutical peak, 530,634 awards, and $21.5B latest-year amount remain the larger file. Read a Midwest communications-hardware peak against a national-scale pharmaceutical file. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Iowa versus Texas

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $3.8B), population (31,290,831 vs 3,241,488), awards (530,634 vs 48,706), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $127.17), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $412.2M). Note radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Iowa and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $127.17 and $686.1 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

Wireless equipment on a thin 48,706-award log

Iowa’s radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing peak sits on $3.8B and only 48,706 awards. Texas’s pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing peak sits on $72.7B and 530,634 awards. Population of 3,241,488 versus 31,290,831 and spending per capita of $127.17 versus $686.1 still favor Texas on intensity. FY2026 of $412.2M versus $21.5B preserves the stacked ranking. Communications hardware and pharmaceuticals are not the same first filter.

Cite USAspending.gov. A thin Midwest award log is not a matched dollar file. Outlays are not in the packet. The comparison hub holds the tables. The Iowa and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Do not invent a mean from 48,706 or 530,634.

Questions

Does Iowa or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Iowa’s $3.8B, spending per capita $686.1 to $127.17, awards 530,634 to 48,706, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $412.2M. Population is 3,241,488 in Iowa and 31,290,831 in Texas.

What industries lead in Iowa and Texas?

Iowa’s top industry is radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.8B and $72.7B. Award counts are 48,706 in Iowa and 530,634 in Texas.

Is Iowa’s award count thin relative to its dollar file?

Iowa records 48,706 awards on a $3.8B stacked stock. Texas records 530,634 awards on $72.7B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Row count is not average award size. The packet does not publish a mean.

Are Iowa vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.8B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $412.2M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($127.17 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.