Illinois vs Texas on USAspending: 1.54M awards on $15.9B

Three times the awards, about one-fifth the dollars

Illinois logs 1,544,633 awards on $15.9B. Texas logs 530,634 awards on $72.7B. Row volume and dollar stock are different rankings in this pair. A busier file is not automatically the heavier file, and a heavier file is not automatically the busier one. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award.

Readers who sort only by award count will miss $15.9B versus $72.7B. Readers who sort only by dollars will miss 1,544,633 versus 530,634. Hold both. Typical booking size moves with that split: fewer rows on more dollars means a heavier average action, not a moral grade. Illinois’s 1,544,633 awards are the busiest row count in this Texas pairing, sitting on only $15.9B.

A miscellaneous-manufacturing peak vs pharmaceuticals

Census counts are 12,710,158 in Illinois and 31,290,831 in Texas. Spending per capita is $143.78 versus $686.10. That ratio uses stacked obligations, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. A higher per-person reading means a thicker federal-award intensity on the Census denominator, nothing else.

All other miscellaneous manufacturing as Illinois’s lead slice is a catch-all manufacturing peak on a crowded 1,544,633-row file. Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing as Texas’s lead slice is a more specific peak on fewer rows and far more dollars. Population can lead while dollars trail, or the reverse. The table reports both. It does not convert either into outlays.

Illinois’s $143.78 per capita vs Texas’s $686.10

Illinois’s top industry is all other miscellaneous manufacturing. Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the tallest NAICS bars on $15.9B and $72.7B, not a full industrial census of 1,544,633 or 530,634 actions. Mix is a peak. Scale is the stacked stock.

Treat the industry tags as a starting map, then return to dollars, rows, and per capita. Use the comparison hub for the side-by-side tables, then the Illinois and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients.

FY2026: $1.8B vs $21.5B

FY2026 obligations are $1.8B in Illinois and $21.5B in Texas. Recency can agree with the stacked $15.9B versus $72.7B ranking or it can tighten or widen the gap. Do not divide those latest-year amounts by the all-years award counts of 1,544,633 and 530,634.

Per capita of $143.78 and $686.10 already divides stacked obligations by 12,710,158 and 31,290,831 residents. FY2026 is the recency cut of the same USAspending.gov series. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award.

How to read Illinois’s busy file against Texas

Four headline cuts travel together: stacked dollars ($15.9B vs $72.7B), award counts (1,544,633 vs 530,634), population (12,710,158 vs 31,290,831), and per capita ($143.78 vs $686.10). They do not always pick the same leader. That disagreement is the reason this pair exists as a comparison rather than a single ranking.

Use the comparison hub for the side-by-side tables, then the Illinois and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Keep every cut labeled as obligations. all other miscellaneous manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains mix, not an explanation of every dollar.

Illinois’s 1.54 million rows are the story

Illinois’s 1,544,633 awards on $15.9B versus Texas’s 530,634 awards on $72.7B is a three-to-one row lead on a one-to-five dollar trail. All other miscellaneous manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing is mix on that split. Per capita of $143.78 on 12,710,158 residents versus $686.10 on 31,290,831 residents is intensity on that split.

FY2026’s $1.8B versus $21.5B does not close the stock gap. It restates Texas’s dollar lead in one year while Illinois remains the busier file. Those are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. The Illinois and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients behind the statewide totals.

Illinois versus Texas on USAspending.gov is $15.9B versus $72.7B in stacked obligations, 1,544,633 versus 530,634 awards, 12,710,158 versus 31,290,831 residents, $143.78 versus $686.10 per capita, and $1.8B versus $21.5B in FY2026. Top industries remain all other miscellaneous manufacturing and pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those cuts are the packet.

Do not divide FY2026 dollars by all-years award counts. Do not treat $143.78 and $686.10 as household income. Do not treat all other miscellaneous manufacturing or pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing as a complete industrial census. Place of performance can differ from headquarters. Cash outlays can lag. After the comparison table, the Illinois and Texas state hubs hold agencies and recipients.

Questions

Which has more federal spending, Illinois or Texas?

Illinois shows $15.9B in USAspending.gov obligations; Texas shows $72.7B. Award counts are 1,544,633 and 530,634. Populations are 12,710,158 and 31,290,831. Spending per capita is $143.78 versus $686.10. FY2026 obligations are $1.8B and $21.5B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

What industries lead Illinois and Texas federal awards?

Illinois’s top industry is all other miscellaneous manufacturing. Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those slices sit on $15.9B and $72.7B in USAspending.gov obligations and on 1,544,633 versus 530,634 awards. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award.

How do Illinois and Texas compare on spending per capita?

Spending per capita is $143.78 in Illinois on 12,710,158 residents and $686.10 in Texas on 31,290,831 residents. Those ratios use stacked USAspending.gov obligations of $15.9B and $72.7B, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Illinois vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $15.9B and $72.7B stacked totals, and FY2026 amounts of $1.8B and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Award counts are 1,544,633 and 530,634. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.