Kentucky vs Utah on USAspending: $3.82B vs $4.06B

Kentucky’s busy courier file, Utah’s slightly larger stock

Utah’s $4.06B is about 1.06 times Kentucky’s $3.82B. Population is closer than the award counts: 3,503,613 versus 4,588,372. Spending per capita is $199.06 in Utah and $142.10 in Kentucky, packet figures beside those Census counts. The stacked race is modest. The row-count race is not.

Kentucky’s 140,157 awards versus Utah’s 26,509 is about 5.3 times as many actions on a slightly smaller dollar stock. Courier and express work can generate many rows. Utah’s 26,509 actions on $4.06B are sparse by comparison and still sit beside the hotter per-capita reading.

FY2026 stays close. $697.4M versus $652.0M keeps a slim Utah dollar lead on the latest year, in line with the stacked ranking rather than a reversal. Kentucky’s 4,588,372 residents and 140,157 awards make Utah’s 3,503,613 residents and 26,509 awards look small until $4.06B versus $3.82B and $199.06 versus $142.10 are placed next to them.

Couriers in Kentucky, nonferrous metal in Utah

Kentucky’s lead NAICS is couriers and express delivery services. Utah’s lead NAICS is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Those peaks sit on $3.82B and $4.06B. A courier lead helps explain why Kentucky’s award count is so high relative to its dollars. A metal-rolling lead does not require 140,157 rows.

The 140,157 Kentucky awards and 26,509 Utah awards still include many actions outside those labels. Use the Kentucky and Utah state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

FY2026 stays tight: $697.4M vs $652.0M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $697.4M in Utah and $652.0M in Kentucky. Recency preserves Utah’s stacked dollar lead without opening a large gap. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash.

Do not divide $697.4M or $652.0M by 26,509 or 140,157 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $199.06 and $142.10 already sits beside Census counts of 3,503,613 and 4,588,372 in the packet.

Five times the awards, not five times the dollars

140,157 versus 26,509 is the ranking Kentucky wins in a walk. $3.82B versus $4.06B is the ranking Kentucky loses. $142.10 versus $199.06 is the intensity ranking Kentucky also loses. A courier-heavy file can be loud in rows without leading the obligation stock.

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

How to read Kentucky versus Utah

Read Utah first on stacked dollars ($4.06B vs $3.82B), per capita ($199.06 vs $142.10), and a slim FY2026 lead ($697.4M vs $652.0M). Read Kentucky first on awards (140,157 vs 26,509) and population (4,588,372 vs 3,503,613). Note couriers versus nonferrous metal. All cuts are obligations.

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

A courier file is loud in rows, not in outlays

Kentucky’s $3.82B and Utah’s $4.06B are USAspending.gov obligations. Couriers and express delivery services versus nonferrous metal rolling is the industry split that helps explain 140,157 awards versus 26,509. FY2026’s $652.0M versus $697.4M is a tight recency race Utah still leads. Cash payments are a different series.

Spending per capita of $142.10 and $199.06 sits beside Census counts of 4,588,372 and 3,503,613. A busy courier file can trail on both stock and intensity. Use the Kentucky and Utah hubs for agencies and recipients. The comparison hub holds the paired tables.

Kentucky’s 140,157 awards on $3.82B are the courier-loud file. Utah’s 26,509 awards on $4.06B are the thinner file with $199.06 per capita and $697.4M in FY2026. Couriers versus nonferrous metal rolling is mix. Census counts of 4,588,372 and 3,503,613 sit beside $142.10 and $199.06. All cuts are obligations.

Questions

Does Kentucky or Utah have more federal spending?

Utah leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $4.06B to Kentucky’s $3.82B. Utah also leads spending per capita, $199.06 versus $142.10, on 3,503,613 residents against Kentucky’s 4,588,372. Kentucky has far more awards (140,157 vs 26,509). FY2026 obligations are $652.0M in Kentucky and $697.4M in Utah.

Why does Kentucky have so many more awards than Utah?

Kentucky’s award count is 140,157 against Utah’s 26,509. Kentucky’s top industry is couriers and express delivery services, a category that can generate many actions. Stacked obligations still favor Utah, $4.06B to $3.82B. Spending per capita is $142.10 versus $199.06. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Kentucky and Utah?

Kentucky’s top industry is couriers and express delivery services. Utah’s is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $3.82B and $4.06B. Award counts are 140,157 in Kentucky and 26,509 in Utah.

Are Kentucky vs Utah figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $3.82B and $4.06B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $652.0M and $697.4M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($142.10 vs $199.06) uses Census population where present.