Indiana vs South Carolina on USAspending: $3.83B vs $3.85B

Two Midwest-to-South files that refuse to separate on dollars

South Carolina’s $3.85B is about 1.01 times Indiana’s $3.83B. Population favors Indiana, 6,924,275 versus 5,478,831, about 1.26 times. Intensity stays bunched with the stocks: $80.53 in Indiana and $83.98 in South Carolina. Cite those ratios as packet figures beside the Census counts. This pair is a same-direction photo finish on dollars and per capita.

Award counts are the ranking that stretches. South Carolina’s 129,440 awards versus Indiana’s 58,316 is about 2.2 times as many rows on essentially the same dollar stock. The Carolina file is busier. Indiana’s 58,316 actions on $3.83B are fewer.

FY2026 is the cut that actually flips. $557.6M in Indiana versus $460.1M in South Carolina hands Indiana the latest-year dollar lead even while South Carolina keeps the hair-thin stacked lead.

Construction in Indiana, biological products in South Carolina

Indiana’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. South Carolina’s lead NAICS is biological product (except diagnostic) manufacturing. Those peaks sit on $3.83B and $3.85B. The industry split is sharper than the dollar split.

The 58,316 Indiana awards and 129,440 South Carolina awards include many actions outside those labels. Use the Indiana and South Carolina state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

FY2026 flips: Indiana’s $557.6M versus South Carolina’s $460.1M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $557.6M in Indiana and $460.1M in South Carolina. Recency is the ranking Indiana wins. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash and not as a claim that the stacked near-tie has been overturned for good.

Do not divide $557.6M or $460.1M by 58,316 or 129,440 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $80.53 and $83.98 already sits beside Census counts of 6,924,275 and 5,478,831 in the packet.

Indiana’s extra people, South Carolina’s extra rows

6,924,275 versus 5,478,831 is a moderate population gap. 58,316 versus 129,440 is a large award-count gap in the other direction. $3.83B versus $3.85B and $80.53 versus $83.98 stay bunched. People and rows do not have to move with dollars.

Keep those per-capita figures labeled as Census-based packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations. They are not outlays per resident.

How to read Indiana versus South Carolina

Read the stacked stocks and per-capita pair as near-ties ($3.83B vs $3.85B, $80.53 vs $83.98). Read South Carolina first on awards (129,440 vs 58,316). Read Indiana first on population (6,924,275 vs 5,478,831) and on FY2026 ($557.6M vs $460.1M). Note construction versus biological products. All cuts are obligations.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Indiana and South Carolina hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series.

A stacked near-tie that FY2026 actually flips

Indiana’s $3.83B and South Carolina’s $3.85B are USAspending.gov obligations. Spending per capita of $80.53 and $83.98 is also close. FY2026’s $557.6M versus $460.1M is the ranking Indiana wins. Commercial and institutional building construction versus biological product manufacturing is the industry split. None of those cuts is an outlay.

Award counts of 58,316 and 129,440 go to South Carolina. Census counts of 6,924,275 and 5,478,831 go to Indiana. Use the Indiana and South Carolina hubs for agencies and recipients. The comparison hub holds the side-by-side tables.

South Carolina’s 129,440 awards on $3.85B versus Indiana’s 58,316 awards on $3.83B is the row gap. FY2026 of $460.1M versus $557.6M is the recency ranking Indiana wins. Per capita of $83.98 versus $80.53 stays close. Construction versus biological products is mix. Census counts of 5,478,831 and 6,924,275 sit beside those packet ratios.

Questions

Does Indiana or South Carolina have more federal spending?

South Carolina leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.85B to Indiana’s $3.83B — a near-tie. Spending per capita is also close, $83.98 versus $80.53, on 5,478,831 residents against Indiana’s 6,924,275. South Carolina has more awards (129,440 vs 58,316). FY2026 obligations are $557.6M in Indiana and $460.1M in South Carolina.

Are Indiana and South Carolina close on spending per capita?

Yes. The packet reports $80.53 per capita in Indiana on 6,924,275 residents and $83.98 in South Carolina on 5,478,831. Stacked stocks are $3.83B versus $3.85B. Award counts are 58,316 versus 129,440. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Indiana and South Carolina?

Indiana’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. South Carolina’s is biological product (except diagnostic) manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.83B and $3.85B. Award counts are 58,316 in Indiana and 129,440 in South Carolina.

Are Indiana vs South Carolina figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.83B and $3.85B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $557.6M and $460.1M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($80.53 vs $83.98) uses Census population where present.