Michigan vs Texas on USAspending: $8.4B vs $72.7B

A thick award log on an $8.4B stock

Texas’s $72.7B stacked stock sits well above Michigan’s $8.4B. Census population leans Texas: 31,290,831 versus 10,140,459. Intensity follows. $686.1 per capita versus $175.18 is a wide gap. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $72.7B and $8.4B.

Award volume is the ranking that stays relatively tight. Michigan’s 416,538 awards versus Texas’s 530,634 is a much closer row count than the dollar gap. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 416,538 or 530,634.

Automobile manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation

Michigan’s lead NAICS is automobile manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. An auto-manufacturing peak is a first read on Michigan’s $8.4B mix. A drug-manufacturing peak is a first read on Texas’s $72.7B mix. Vehicles and pharmaceuticals are not the same label.

The 416,538 Michigan awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Michigan and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Michigan’s 416,538 awards and $1.8B FY2026 slice sit on 10,140,459 residents. Texas’s 530,634 awards and $21.5B sit on 31,290,831. Automobile manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast on $8.4B and $72.7B. The closer award counts do not close the dollar gap. Cite USAspending.gov.

FY2026: Michigan’s $1.8B versus Texas’s $21.5B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $1.8B in Michigan and $21.5B in Texas. Recency preserves Texas’s stacked dollar lead. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $1.8B or $21.5B by 416,538 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $175.18 and $686.1 already sits beside Census counts of 10,140,459 and 31,290,831. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts. Michigan’s $8.4B stacked stock remains the smaller all-years file beside Texas’s $72.7B.

What $175.18 looks like on 10,140,459 residents

Michigan’s $8.4B on 10,140,459 people produces $175.18 per capita, cooler than Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. The automobile-manufacturing peak sits on that cooler ratio and on 416,538 awards. The $1.8B 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 a Midwest auto peak against a national-scale pharmaceutical file. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Michigan versus Texas

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $8.4B), population (31,290,831 vs 10,140,459), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $175.18), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $1.8B). Award volume is closer: 530,634 versus 416,538. Note automobile manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Michigan and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $175.18 and $686.1 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

An auto peak with a thick award log

Michigan’s automobile manufacturing peak sits on $8.4B and 416,538 awards. Texas’s pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing peak sits on $72.7B and 530,634 awards. The row counts are closer than the dollar files. Population of 10,140,459 versus 31,290,831 and spending per capita of $175.18 versus $686.1 still favor Texas on intensity. FY2026 of $1.8B versus $21.5B preserves the stacked ranking.

Cite USAspending.gov. A thick Midwest award log is not a matched dollar file. Outlays are not in the packet. The comparison hub holds the tables. The Michigan and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Do not invent a mean from 416,538 or 530,634.

Questions

Does Michigan or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Michigan’s $8.4B, spending per capita $686.1 to $175.18, awards 530,634 to 416,538, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $1.8B. Population is 10,140,459 in Michigan and 31,290,831 in Texas.

What industries lead in Michigan and Texas?

Michigan’s top industry is automobile manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $8.4B and $72.7B. Award counts are 416,538 in Michigan and 530,634 in Texas.

Are Michigan and Texas closer on awards than on dollars?

Yes. Award counts are 416,538 in Michigan and 530,634 in Texas. Stacked stocks are $8.4B versus $72.7B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Row count is not average award size.

Are Michigan vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $8.4B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $1.8B and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($175.18 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.