Kansas vs Tennessee on USAspending: $2.91B vs $3.58B

Tennessee’s stock lead, Kansas’s row lead

Tennessee’s $3.58B is the larger stacked total. Kansas’s $2.91B sits on a much smaller Census count: 2,970,606 versus 7,227,750. Tennessee still posts the higher per-capita reading, $97.50 versus $67.40. People and dollars run in the same direction on this pair; intensity still favors Tennessee.

Award counts favor Kansas, 71,423 versus 63,616. Kansas’s file is busier in rows on a smaller stock. Tennessee’s 63,616 actions on $3.58B are fewer and sit beside the $97.50 reading on 7,227,750 residents.

FY2026 opens a wide recency gap: $704.7M in Tennessee versus $200.2M in Kansas. That latest-year cut is a slice of the obligation series. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks and the FY2026 amounts.

Computer systems design versus couriers

Kansas’s lead NAICS is computer systems design services. Tennessee’s lead NAICS is couriers and express delivery services. Those peaks sit on $2.91B and $3.58B. A systems-design lead is a first filter on the Kansas mix; a courier lead is a first filter on the Tennessee mix.

The 71,423 Kansas awards and 63,616 Tennessee awards include many actions outside those labels. Use the Kansas and Tennessee state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

FY2026: $200.2M in Kansas, $704.7M in Tennessee

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $200.2M in Kansas and $704.7M in Tennessee. Recency widens Tennessee’s stacked dollar lead. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash.

Do not divide $200.2M or $704.7M by 71,423 or 63,616 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $67.40 and $97.50 already sits beside Census counts of 2,970,606 and 7,227,750 in the packet.

More than twice the people in Tennessee

Tennessee’s 7,227,750 residents more than double Kansas’s 2,970,606. Tennessee leads on $3.58B versus $2.91B and on $97.50 versus $67.40 per capita. Award volume of 71,423 versus 63,616 is Kansas’s win on rows.

Keep those per-capita figures labeled as Census-based packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations. They are not outlays per resident. The comparison hub holds the side-by-side tables.

Tennessee’s recency spike on a $3.58B stock

Tennessee’s FY2026 of $704.7M against Kansas’s $200.2M is the widest recency gap in this pair. The all-years stocks are closer: $3.58B versus $2.91B. Both cuts are USAspending.gov obligations. Neither is an outlay.

Kansas still files more awards, 71,423 versus 63,616, on the smaller stock. Computer systems design services lead Kansas. Couriers and express delivery services lead Tennessee. Those labels describe mix on $2.91B and $3.58B.

Tennessee’s 7,227,750 residents more than double Kansas’s 2,970,606. Spending per capita still favors Tennessee, $97.50 versus $67.40. Headcount and dollars run together here; the award file is the Kansas exception.

A $704.7M versus $200.2M latest-year gap can look like a different race than $3.58B versus $2.91B. It is the same obligation series, sliced. Cite both. Do not treat FY2026 as cash paid or as a full-year substitute for the stacked stock.

Spending per capita of $97.50 and $67.40 already uses Census counts of 7,227,750 and 2,970,606. Award counts of 63,616 and 71,423 stay all-years row totals. The comparison hub holds the side-by-side tables.

How to read Kansas versus Tennessee

Read Tennessee first on stacked dollars ($3.58B vs $2.91B), population (7,227,750 vs 2,970,606), spending per capita ($97.50 vs $67.40), and FY2026 ($704.7M vs $200.2M). Read Kansas first on awards (71,423 vs 63,616). Note computer systems design versus couriers.

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

Questions

Does Kansas or Tennessee have more federal spending?

Tennessee leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $3.58B to Kansas’s $2.91B. Tennessee also leads spending per capita, $97.50 versus $67.40, on 7,227,750 residents against Kansas’s 2,970,606. Kansas has more awards (71,423 vs 63,616). FY2026 obligations are $200.2M in Kansas and $704.7M in Tennessee.

Why is Tennessee’s FY2026 figure so much larger?

The packet reports FY2026 obligations of $704.7M in Tennessee and $200.2M in Kansas. Stacked stocks are $3.58B versus $2.91B. Spending per capita is $97.50 versus $67.40. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. The latest year is a recency slice, not cash paid.

What industries lead in Kansas and Tennessee?

Kansas’s top industry is computer systems design services. Tennessee’s is couriers and express delivery services. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $2.91B and $3.58B. Award counts are 71,423 in Kansas and 63,616 in Tennessee.

Are Kansas vs Tennessee figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.91B and $3.58B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $200.2M and $704.7M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($67.40 vs $97.50) uses Census population where present.