Idaho vs Wyoming on USAspending: $1.2B vs $598.9M

Same construction peak, Wyoming’s hotter ratio on fewer people

Idaho and Wyoming share a lead NAICS and a regional neighborhood. They invert on intensity. Commercial and institutional building construction leads both, yet Wyoming’s $126.96 per capita exceeds Idaho’s $80.33 even while Idaho holds the larger $1.2B stock. Same mix label, inverted ratio. Cite USAspending.gov.

Idaho’s extra people (2,001,619 vs 587,618) and extra awards (29,667 vs 9,330) produce the larger stacked file and the cooler $80.33 reading. Wyoming’s thinner 9,330-award log produces the hotter ratio on $598.9M. Volume is not intensity.

FY2026 of $160.8M versus $74.6M still follows Idaho’s larger stock. Recency does not hand Wyoming the latest-year lead. Treat both amounts as obligation slices. Outlays are omitted. Census counts belong with those ratios on USAspending.gov obligations. Keep both per-capita readings labeled as Census-based packet figures.

A shared construction label with an inverted ratio

Commercial and institutional building construction is a first read on both mixes. Use the Idaho and Wyoming state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed.

Idaho’s busier construction log (29,667 vs 9,330) is the scale side. Wyoming’s $126.96 reading is the intensity side. Mix sameness is not file sameness. Row count is not average award size.

FY2026: $160.8M versus $74.6M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $160.8M in Idaho and $74.6M in Wyoming. Recency preserves Idaho’s stacked lead; Wyoming’s hotter construction ratio does not seize FY2026. Treat the year as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $160.8M or $74.6M by 29,667 or 9,330 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $80.33 and $126.96 already sits beside Census counts of 2,001,619 and 587,618. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks ($1.2B vs $598.9M) and the latest-year amounts.

Why Idaho’s extra residents cool the ratio

A $1.2B stock on 2,001,619 people produces $80.33 per capita. A $598.9M stock on 587,618 people produces $126.96. That is the inversion. Idaho remains ahead on stacked dollars, awards, and FY2026.

Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation. Cite USAspending.gov. Read the shared construction label as mix, not as a matched ranking.

How to read Idaho versus Wyoming

Read the comparison hub for the tables and the Idaho and Wyoming hubs for agencies and recipients. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $598.9M. FY2026 obligations are $160.8M versus $74.6M. Awards are 29,667 versus 9,330. Population is 2,001,619 versus 587,618. Spending per capita is $80.33 versus $126.96. Lead industries are commercial and institutional building construction versus commercial and institutional building construction. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep every dollar figure labeled as an obligation.

Obligations, outlays, and the packet's cuts

Idaho versus Wyoming is a same-industry inversion: construction-led files at $1.2B and $598.9M with Wyoming’s $126.96 per capita exceeding Idaho’s $80.33. Idaho's packet cuts are $1.2B stacked, $160.8M in FY2026, 29,667 awards, 2,001,619 residents, and $80.33 per capita, with commercial and institutional building construction as the lead NAICS. Wyoming's packet cuts are $598.9M stacked, $74.6M in FY2026, 9,330 awards, 587,618 residents, and $126.96 per capita, with commercial and institutional building construction as the lead NAICS. An obligation is a commitment recorded in USAspending.gov. An outlay is cash paid later and is not in this packet. Do not invent average award size from 29,667 or 9,330. Use the comparison hub for the tables. The Idaho and Wyoming state hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $80.33 and $126.96 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Keep $1.2B and $598.9M labeled as stacked obligation stocks, not as FY2026 cash and not as outlays. Recency slices of $160.8M and $74.6M remain obligation cuts for fiscal year 2026. Population figures are Census counts. commercial and institutional building construction and commercial and institutional building construction remain mix labels, not proofs of a typical award and not substitutes for the stacked ranking of $1.2B versus $598.9M. FY2026 amounts of $160.8M and $74.6M should not be divided by all-years award counts of 29,667 and 9,330. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks, the latest-year slice, and the Census-based ratios. Keep 29,667 and 9,330 labeled as all-years award totals rather than as FY2026 denominators. Outlays remain unpublished.

Questions

Does Idaho or Wyoming have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $1.2B in Idaho and $598.9M in Wyoming. Spending per capita is $80.33 versus $126.96 on 2,001,619 and 587,618 residents. Award counts are 29,667 versus 9,330. FY2026 obligations are $160.8M in Idaho and $74.6M in Wyoming. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Idaho and Wyoming?

Idaho's top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Wyoming's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.2B and $598.9M. Award counts are 29,667 in Idaho and 9,330 in Wyoming. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

How do Idaho and Wyoming compare on a per-capita basis?

The packet reports $80.33 per capita in Idaho on 2,001,619 residents and $126.96 in Wyoming on 587,618 residents. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $598.9M. Award counts are 29,667 versus 9,330. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $160.8M versus $74.6M.

Are Idaho vs Wyoming figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $1.2B and $598.9M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $160.8M and $74.6M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($80.33 vs $126.96) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.