Indiana vs Utah on USAspending: $3.83B vs $4.06B

Indiana’s extra people do not buy the dollar lead

Utah’s $4.06B is about 1.06 times Indiana’s $3.83B. Population runs hard the other way: Indiana’s 6,924,275 versus Utah’s 3,503,613, about 1.98 times. People outrun dollars by a wide margin, which is the setup for Utah’s $199.06 per capita against Indiana’s $80.53. Cite those ratios as packet figures beside the Census counts.

Award counts follow Indiana’s headcount more than Utah’s dollars. 58,316 versus 26,509 is about 2.2 times as many rows on a slightly smaller stock. Indiana’s file is busier. Utah’s 26,509 actions on $4.06B are fewer and still sit beside the hotter per-capita reading.

FY2026 keeps Utah ahead on dollars, $697.4M versus $557.6M. Stock, intensity, and recency all lean Utah; population and award volume lean Indiana. Indiana’s 6,924,275 residents are almost double Utah’s 3,503,613, yet $3.83B still trails $4.06B and $80.53 still trails $199.06, which is the inversion this pair is built on.

Commercial construction versus nonferrous metal

Indiana’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Utah’s lead NAICS is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Those peaks sit on $3.83B and $4.06B. A construction lead is a first filter on the Indiana mix; a metal-rolling lead is a first filter on the Utah mix.

The 58,316 Indiana awards and 26,509 Utah awards include many actions outside those labels. Use the Indiana and Utah state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

FY2026: Utah’s $697.4M versus Indiana’s $557.6M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $697.4M in Utah and $557.6M in Indiana. Recency preserves Utah’s stacked dollar lead. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash.

Do not divide $697.4M or $557.6M by 26,509 or 58,316 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $199.06 and $80.53 already sits beside Census counts of 3,503,613 and 6,924,275 in the packet.

6.9 million residents and an $80.53 reading

Indiana’s 6,924,275 residents dwarf Utah’s 3,503,613, and Indiana still trails on $3.83B versus $4.06B. The per-person ranking follows that inversion: $80.53 versus $199.06. Headcount is not the engine of intensity here.

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 Utah

Read Utah first on stacked dollars ($4.06B vs $3.83B), per capita ($199.06 vs $80.53), and FY2026 ($697.4M vs $557.6M). Read Indiana first on awards (58,316 vs 26,509) and population (6,924,275 vs 3,503,613). Note construction versus nonferrous metal. All cuts are obligations.

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

Twice the people, not twice the obligations

Indiana’s $3.83B and Utah’s $4.06B are USAspending.gov obligations. Census counts of 6,924,275 and 3,503,613 are the ranking Indiana wins. Spending per capita of $80.53 and $199.06 is the ranking Utah wins. Commercial and institutional building construction versus nonferrous metal rolling is the industry split. FY2026’s $557.6M versus $697.4M stays with Utah on recency.

Award counts of 58,316 and 26,509 follow Indiana’s headcount more than Utah’s dollars. Use the Indiana and Utah hubs for agencies and recipients. None of these figures is an outlay. The comparison hub is the paired obligation view.

Indiana’s 58,316 awards and 6,924,275 residents look larger. Utah’s $4.06B versus $3.83B, $199.06 versus $80.53 per capita, and $697.4M versus $557.6M in FY2026 say otherwise on stock, intensity, and recency. Construction versus nonferrous metal rolling is mix. Treat the ratios as packet figures beside those Census counts.

Questions

Does Indiana or Utah have more federal spending?

Utah leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $4.06B to Indiana’s $3.83B. Utah also leads spending per capita, $199.06 versus $80.53, on 3,503,613 residents against Indiana’s 6,924,275. Indiana has more awards (58,316 vs 26,509). FY2026 obligations are $557.6M in Indiana and $697.4M in Utah.

Why is Utah’s per-capita figure higher than Indiana’s?

The packet reports $199.06 per capita in Utah on 3,503,613 residents and $80.53 in Indiana on 6,924,275. Indiana has more people and more awards (58,316 vs 26,509), but the stacked stocks are $3.83B versus $4.06B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Indiana and Utah?

Indiana’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Utah’s is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.83B and $4.06B. Award counts are 58,316 in Indiana and 26,509 in Utah.

Are Indiana vs Utah figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.83B and $4.06B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $557.6M and $697.4M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($80.53 vs $199.06) uses Census population where present.