Indiana vs Kansas on USAspending: $3.83B vs $2.91B

Indiana’s larger stock on more than twice the people

Indiana’s $3.83B stacked total is about 1.31 times Kansas’s $2.91B. Indiana’s Census count of 6,924,275 is about 2.33 times Kansas’s 2,970,606. Intensity still favors Indiana, but only modestly: $80.53 per capita versus $67.40. The dollar lead is real. The per-capita lead is thinner because Indiana spreads $3.83B across a much larger population. Those ratios are packet figures of USAspending.gov obligations beside Census population, not outlays per resident.

Kansas files more awards despite the smaller stock: 71,423 against Indiana’s 58,316. A busier Kansas file on $2.91B versus a slightly thinner Indiana file on $3.83B is the pair’s row inversion. Construction as Indiana’s peak and computer systems design as Kansas’s peak are different ways to fill those files.

Keep $3.83B and $2.91B labeled as obligations. The Midwest-to-Plains comparison holds only on that definition.

Commercial construction versus computer systems design

Indiana’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Kansas’s lead NAICS is computer systems design services. Construction is Indiana’s peak on $3.83B and 58,316 awards. Systems-design services is Kansas’s peak on $2.91B and 71,423 awards. Kansas generates more actions on fewer dollars; Indiana generates fewer actions on more dollars.

Those peaks are the largest NAICS slices, not complete profiles. The Indiana and Kansas state hubs list agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

FY2026: Indiana’s $557.6M versus Kansas’s $200.2M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $557.6M in Indiana and $200.2M in Kansas. Recency widens Indiana’s lead. $557.6M is about 2.79 times $200.2M, versus 1.31 times on the all-years $3.83B versus $2.91B. Indiana’s advantage is larger in the latest year than in the stacked file.

Read FY2026 as an obligation year slice. Do not divide $557.6M or $200.2M by 58,316 or 71,423 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $80.53 and $67.40 already uses Census counts of 6,924,275 and 2,970,606.

A 2.3-times population gap and a 1.2-times intensity gap

Indiana has more than twice Kansas’s people (6,924,275 vs 2,970,606) and about 1.31 times the stacked dollars ($3.83B vs $2.91B). Per capita only moves from $67.40 to $80.53. Kansas’s smaller population keeps its intensity within range of Indiana’s even while trailing on stock. Award volume (71,423 vs 58,316) is the one headline Kansas wins.

Readers who rank by population will overstate Indiana’s obligation intensity. Readers who rank only by awards will miss Indiana’s $3.83B stock. The packet reports both.

Indiana’s 6,924,275 residents more than double Kansas’s 2,970,606, which is why $3.83B versus $2.91B becomes only $80.53 versus $67.40 per capita. The dollar lead is real. The intensity lead is thin. Kansas’s 71,423 awards versus Indiana’s 58,316 remain the one column Kansas takes. Commercial and institutional building construction versus computer systems design services explains part of that row inversion. FY2026 obligations of $557.6M versus $200.2M widen Indiana’s dollar lead in the latest year. Keep the series as USAspending.gov obligations.

How to read Indiana versus Kansas

Read Indiana first on stacked stock ($3.83B vs $2.91B), spending per capita ($80.53 vs $67.40), population (6,924,275 vs 2,970,606), and FY2026 ($557.6M vs $200.2M). Read Kansas first on awards (71,423 vs 58,316). Note commercial construction versus computer systems design. All cuts are obligations.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Indiana and Kansas hubs hold state detail. Outlays are not used.

Construction dollars and systems-design rows

Indiana’s commercial and institutional building construction peak on $3.83B and 58,316 awards is a different file shape from Kansas’s computer systems design services peak on $2.91B and 71,423 awards. Kansas generates more actions on fewer dollars. Indiana generates fewer actions on more dollars. That inversion is in the packet. What is not in the packet is a claim about which state employs more people in those industries or which projects those awards fund.

Indiana’s 6,924,275 residents versus Kansas’s 2,970,606 explain why a 1.31-times dollar lead ($3.83B vs $2.91B) becomes only $80.53 versus $67.40 per capita. FY2026 obligations of $557.6M versus $200.2M restore a wider dollar gap in the latest year. Keep every cut labeled as USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Use the Indiana and Kansas hubs for agencies and recipients.

Questions

Does Indiana or Kansas have more federal spending?

Indiana leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.83B to Kansas’s $2.91B. Indiana also leads spending per capita, $80.53 versus $67.40, on 6,924,275 residents against Kansas’s 2,970,606. Kansas has more awards (71,423 vs 58,316). FY2026 obligations are $557.6M in Indiana and $200.2M in Kansas.

Why is Indiana only slightly ahead per capita?

Indiana’s $3.83B sits on 6,924,275 residents; Kansas’s $2.91B sits on 2,970,606. The larger population offsets much of the dollar lead, leaving $80.53 versus $67.40. Those ratios are packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays per resident. Cite only the packet ratios; do not treat them as cash per resident or as a forecast.

What industries lead in Indiana and Kansas?

Indiana’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Kansas’s is computer systems design services. Those labels sit on $3.83B and $2.91B. Award counts are 58,316 in Indiana and 71,423 in Kansas. Both mixes are USAspending.gov obligations. Those NAICS labels are the largest slices on the stacked stocks, not complete industrial profiles.

Are Indiana vs Kansas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.83B and $2.91B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $557.6M and $200.2M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($80.53 vs $67.40) uses Census population where present. Spending per capita uses Census population where present and should not be read as cash per resident.