Louisiana vs Texas on USAspending: $4.7B vs $72.7B

Gulf neighbors, a recency-heavy $1.2B Louisiana slice

Texas’s $72.7B stacked stock sits well above Louisiana’s $4.7B. Census population leans Texas: 31,290,831 versus 4,597,740. Intensity still favors Texas, but Louisiana’s $268.17 per capita is hotter than several other Texas peers in this slice. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $72.7B and $4.7B.

Award volume follows Texas, 530,634 versus 72,577. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 530,634 or 72,577.

Ship building and repairing versus pharmaceutical preparation

Louisiana’s lead NAICS is ship building and repairing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A shipyard peak is a first read on Louisiana’s $4.7B mix. A drug-manufacturing peak is a first read on Texas’s $72.7B mix. Hulls and pharmaceuticals are not the same label.

The 72,577 Louisiana awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Louisiana and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Louisiana’s 72,577 awards and $1.2B FY2026 slice sit on 4,597,740 residents. Texas’s 530,634 awards and $21.5B sit on 31,290,831. Ship building and repairing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast on $4.7B and $72.7B. $268.17 versus $686.1 is the intensity ranking on two Gulf neighbors. Cite USAspending.gov.

FY2026: Louisiana’s $1.2B versus Texas’s $21.5B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $1.2B in Louisiana and $21.5B in Texas. Recency preserves Texas’s stacked dollar lead. Louisiana’s $1.2B latest-year slice is large relative to its $4.7B stacked stock. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $1.2B or $21.5B by 72,577 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $268.17 and $686.1 already sits beside Census counts of 4,597,740 and 31,290,831. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts.

What $268.17 looks like on 4,597,740 residents

Louisiana’s $4.7B on 4,597,740 people produces $268.17 per capita, cooler than Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. The shipyard peak sits on that ratio and on 72,577 awards. The $1.2B FY2026 slice is the recency cut on the smaller stock.

Texas’s pharmaceutical peak, 530,634 awards, and $21.5B latest-year amount remain the larger file. Read two Gulf neighbors as a scale-and-mix contrast. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Louisiana versus Texas

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $4.7B), population (31,290,831 vs 4,597,740), awards (530,634 vs 72,577), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $268.17), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $1.2B). Note ship building and repairing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Louisiana and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $268.17 and $686.1 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

A shipyard peak with a recency-heavy $1.2B slice

Louisiana’s ship building and repairing peak sits on $4.7B stacked and $1.2B in FY2026. That latest-year slice is large relative to the all-years file. Texas’s pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing peak sits on $72.7B stacked and $21.5B in FY2026. Population of 4,597,740 versus 31,290,831 and spending per capita of $268.17 versus $686.1 still favor Texas on intensity. Award counts are 72,577 versus 530,634. Gulf neighbors do not produce neighboring obligation files.

Cite USAspending.gov. Recency is a slice of obligations, not Treasury cash. Outlays are not in the packet. Use the comparison hub for tables. Use the Louisiana and Texas hubs for agencies and recipients. Keep $268.17 and $686.1 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

Questions

Does Louisiana or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Louisiana’s $4.7B, spending per capita $686.1 to $268.17, awards 530,634 to 72,577, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $1.2B. Population is 4,597,740 in Louisiana and 31,290,831 in Texas.

What industries lead in Louisiana and Texas?

Louisiana’s top industry is ship building and repairing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $4.7B and $72.7B. Award counts are 72,577 in Louisiana and 530,634 in Texas.

Is Louisiana’s FY2026 slice large relative to its stacked stock?

Fiscal year 2026 obligations in Louisiana are $1.2B against a $4.7B stacked stock. Texas’s FY2026 slice is $21.5B against $72.7B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Recency is a slice, not a restatement of the all-years file.

Are Louisiana vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $4.7B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $1.2B and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($268.17 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.