Louisiana vs North Carolina on USAspending: $4.71B vs $6.34B

North Carolina’s busier file, Louisiana’s denser dollars

North Carolina’s $6.34B is about 1.35 times Louisiana’s $4.71B. Population is about 2.40 times: 11,046,024 versus 4,597,740. People outrun dollars, which is why North Carolina’s per-capita figure compresses to $66.77 while Louisiana’s expands to $268.17. The Gulf file carries more obligation per resident on a smaller stacked stock.

Award counts make the contrast starker. 429,746 North Carolina awards versus 72,577 Louisiana awards is about 5.9 times as many rows on only 1.35 times the dollars. North Carolina’s file is dense with actions. Louisiana’s 72,577 rows on $4.71B are fewer. The packet reports per capita against Census counts, not against those action totals.

Stacked dollars and award volume belong to North Carolina. Intensity belongs to Louisiana. FY2026, next, also belongs to Louisiana on dollars.

Ship building versus pharmaceutical preparations

Louisiana’s top industry is ship building and repairing. North Carolina’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those NAICS peaks sit on $4.71B and $6.34B. A shipyard lead is not a claim that every Louisiana award is a hull. A pharma lead is not a claim that every Carolina award is a tablet line.

The 72,577 Louisiana awards and 429,746 North Carolina awards include many actions outside those labels. Use the Louisiana and North Carolina state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes.

FY2026: Louisiana’s $1.23B versus North Carolina’s $737.5M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $1.23B in Louisiana and $737.5M in North Carolina. Recency flips the dollar ranking that the stacked $4.71B versus $6.34B still assigns to North Carolina. Louisiana’s latest-year booking is larger even though its multi-year stock is smaller. Treat FY2026 as a recency slice, not as a Treasury payment total.

Do not divide $1.23B or $737.5M by 72,577 or 429,746 all-years awards. Per capita of $268.17 and $66.77 already uses 4,597,740 and 11,046,024 residents against the stacked stocks.

Eleven million residents and a $66.77 reading

North Carolina’s 11,046,024 residents are the larger Census count, and $6.34B is the larger obligation stock. The per-person ranking still belongs to Louisiana at $268.17 versus $66.77. Headcount is not intensity. Award volume of 429,746 versus 72,577 is also not intensity; it is a count of actions in the file.

Keep $268.17 and $66.77 labeled as stacked USAspending.gov obligations divided by Census counts. They are not outlays per resident.

How to read Louisiana versus North Carolina

Read North Carolina first on stock ($6.34B, 429,746 awards, 11,046,024 people). Read Louisiana first on intensity ($268.17 vs $66.77) and on FY2026 ($1.23B vs $737.5M). Note ship building versus pharmaceutical preparations. All of those cuts are obligations.

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

Shipyards versus pharma lines, still not outlays

Louisiana’s $4.71B and North Carolina’s $6.34B are USAspending.gov obligations. Ship building and repairing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing is the industry split. FY2026’s $1.23B versus $737.5M is the recency ranking Louisiana wins. Cash payments are a different series.

Spending per capita of $268.17 and $66.77 sits beside Census counts of 4,597,740 and 11,046,024. Award counts of 72,577 and 429,746 show how thick the Carolina action file is on a modest dollar lead. Use the Louisiana and North Carolina hubs for agencies and recipients. The comparison hub holds the paired tables.

North Carolina’s 429,746 awards on $6.34B are the busy file. Louisiana’s 72,577 awards on $4.71B are the thinner file with $268.17 per capita and $1.23B in FY2026. Ship building versus pharmaceutical preparations is mix. Census counts of 4,597,740 and 11,046,024 sit beside those packet ratios. None of the cuts is an outlay.

Questions

Does Louisiana or North Carolina have more federal spending?

North Carolina leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $6.34B to Louisiana’s $4.71B. Louisiana leads spending per capita, $268.17 versus $66.77, on 4,597,740 residents against North Carolina’s 11,046,024. North Carolina has far more awards (429,746 vs 72,577). FY2026 obligations are $1.23B in Louisiana and $737.5M in North Carolina.

Why is Louisiana’s per-capita federal spending higher?

The packet reports $268.17 per capita in Louisiana on 4,597,740 residents and $66.77 in North Carolina on 11,046,024. North Carolina has more people and far more awards (429,746 vs 72,577). Stacked obligations are $4.71B versus $6.34B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Louisiana and North Carolina?

Louisiana’s top industry is ship building and repairing. North Carolina’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $4.71B and $6.34B. Award counts are 72,577 in Louisiana and 429,746 in North Carolina.

Are Louisiana vs North Carolina figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $4.71B and $6.34B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $1.23B and $737.5M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($268.17 vs $66.77) uses Census population against those obligations.