Maine vs Vermont on USAspending: $776.4M vs $1.0B

A smaller Census file that still holds $1.0B

Vermont’s $1.0B stacked stock sits above Maine’s $776.4M even though Vermont’s Census count is 648,493 and Maine’s is 1,405,012. Intensity follows that inversion. $72.92 per capita in Vermont is more than double Maine’s $35.09. Cite those packet ratios as stacked USAspending.gov obligations beside Census population, not as a restatement of the two headline stocks.

Award volume does not follow the dollar ranking. Maine’s 26,048 awards versus Vermont’s 12,020 is a thicker action log on the smaller stock. Row count is not average award size. Do not divide $776.4M by 26,048 or $1.0B by 12,020. Cite USAspending.gov for both the dollar file and the award file.

Building-equipment contractors versus guided-missile parts

Maine’s lead NAICS is other building equipment contractors. Vermont’s is other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Those labels are first filters on $776.4M and $1.0B, not a claim that every award in either state sits in that industry. A contractor peak is a construction-adjacent read on Maine. A missile-and-space-parts peak is a manufacturing read on Vermont.

The 26,048 Maine awards and 12,020 Vermont awards include many actions outside those two labels. Use the Maine and Vermont state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

FY2026: Maine’s $49.3M versus Vermont’s $47.3M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $49.3M in Maine and $47.3M in Vermont. Recency does not preserve Vermont’s stacked dollar lead. The latest-year cut is a thin slice of obligations still in progress, not cash already paid by Treasury. Treat $49.3M and $47.3M as a recency ranking, not as proof that the $776.4M and $1.0B stocks will finish the year in that order.

Do not divide $49.3M or $47.3M by 26,048 or 12,020 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $35.09 and $72.92 already sits beside Census counts of 1,405,012 and 648,493. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked cut and the FY2026 cut.

What $72.92 per resident looks like on 648,493 people

Vermont’s $1.0B on 648,493 people produces $72.92 per capita. Maine’s $776.4M on 1,405,012 people produces $35.09. The hotter ratio belongs to the smaller Census file. The missile-and-space-parts peak sits on that hotter ratio and on 12,020 awards. The $47.3M FY2026 slice is the recency cut on the larger stacked stock.

Maine’s contractor peak, 26,048 awards, and $49.3M latest-year amount remain the thicker action log. Read New England neighbors as a shared geography, not as matched obligation files. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Maine versus Vermont

Read Vermont first on stacked dollars ($1.0B vs $776.4M) and spending per capita ($72.92 vs $35.09). Read Maine first on awards (26,048 vs 12,020), population (1,405,012 vs 648,493), and the FY2026 slice ($49.3M vs $47.3M). Note other building equipment contractors versus other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Maine and Vermont hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $35.09 and $72.92 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios, not as cash paid per resident.

What this pair does not measure

Maine versus Vermont is a stacked-obligation comparison, not a cash-flow comparison. $776.4M and $1.0B are USAspending.gov commitments. $49.3M and $47.3M are the FY2026 recency cut of the same series. $35.09 and $72.92 are Census-based obligation ratios on 1,405,012 and 648,493 residents. None of those figures is an outlay, a per-award mean, or a forecast. Vermont’s guided-missile-and-space-parts peak and Maine’s building-equipment-contractor peak are first filters on those stocks, not a claim that every one of the 12,020 or 26,048 awards sits in the lead industry.

Use the comparison hub for the side-by-side tables. Use the Maine hub for agencies and recipients on the $776.4M file. Use the Vermont hub for the $1.0B file. If a later extract restates these stocks, keep the labels: obligations, not outlays; stacked all-years versus FY2026; Census population where present. Do not collapse 26,048 and 12,020 into a single “typical award.” Cite USAspending.gov for every dollar figure on this page.

Questions

Does Maine or Vermont have more federal spending?

Vermont leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $1.0B to Maine’s $776.4M and leads spending per capita $72.92 to $35.09. Maine leads award volume 26,048 to 12,020 and slightly leads FY2026 obligations $49.3M to $47.3M. Population is 1,405,012 in Maine and 648,493 in Vermont.

What industries lead in Maine and Vermont?

Maine’s top industry is other building equipment contractors. Vermont’s is other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $776.4M and $1.0B. Award counts are 26,048 in Maine and 12,020 in Vermont.

Why is Vermont’s per-capita figure higher?

The packet reports $72.92 per capita in Vermont on 648,493 residents and $35.09 in Maine on 1,405,012. Stacked stocks are $1.0B versus $776.4M. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations divided by Census population where present, not Treasury outlays per resident.

Are Maine vs Vermont figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $776.4M and $1.0B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $49.3M and $47.3M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($35.09 vs $72.92) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.