Missouri vs Texas on USAspending: aircraft vs pharmaceuticals

Aircraft manufacturing in Missouri, pharmaceuticals in Texas

Missouri’s largest industry slice is aircraft manufacturing. Texas’s largest industry slice is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those peaks sit on $10.4B and $72.7B in USAspending.gov obligations. They are different NAICS headlines, not a shared production line. A lead label does not describe every one of 300,867 or 530,634 awards.

Missouri’s 300,867 awards on $10.4B are a mid-size row file with an aircraft-manufacturing peak, not a scaled-down copy of Texas. Mix is the first fact worth holding in this pair because the two files do not wear the same industrial tag. Scale still follows: $10.4B versus $72.7B remains the stacked scoreboard.

$10.4B vs $72.7B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award. Missouri has 6,245,466 residents and $262.46 per capita. Texas has 31,290,831 residents and $686.10 per capita. People and intensity can disagree with the dollar ranking and with each other. The table reports all three.

Aircraft manufacturing can concentrate large airframe awards inside 300,867 Missouri actions. Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing can concentrate production awards inside 530,634 Texas actions. The peaks differ. The stacks differ more. Award counts of 300,867 and 530,634 add a fourth ranking. A construction peak, a manufacturing peak, or a services peak can live on busy or sparse row files. The NAICS tag does not encode row volume.

FY2026: $1.6B vs $21.5B

FY2026 obligations are $1.6B in Missouri and $21.5B in Texas. Recency can track the stacked $10.4B versus $72.7B gap or it can shift. Either way it is still obligations, not outlays, and it should not be divided by all-years award counts.

Per capita of $262.46 and $686.10 uses 6,245,466 and 31,290,831 against the stacked stock. FY2026 is a different cut. Keep them separate.

$262.46 per person is not a small-state remainder

After the industry tags, return to the scoreboard: $10.4B versus $72.7B, 300,867 versus 530,634 awards, $262.46 versus $686.10 per person. Those numbers do not argue for or against aircraft manufacturing or pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. They locate two statewide files on USAspending.gov.

Use the comparison hub for the side-by-side tables, then the Missouri and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Place of performance can differ from headquarters. That caveat applies to both peaks equally.

How to read Missouri against Texas

Read mix first (aircraft manufacturing vs pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing), then stock ($10.4B vs $72.7B), then intensity ($262.46 vs $686.10), then rows (300,867 vs 530,634), then FY2026 ($1.6B vs $21.5B). That order is a reading path, not a ranking of importance.

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award. Use the comparison hub for the side-by-side tables, then the Missouri and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients.

Aircraft on $10.4B is still a mid-size statewide file

Missouri’s $10.4B, 300,867 awards, and $262.46 per capita on 6,245,466 residents are a coherent mid-size profile. Texas’s $72.7B, 530,634 awards, and $686.10 on 31,290,831 residents are a heavier profile. Aircraft manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing is mix. FY2026’s $1.6B versus $21.5B is recency.

Do not flatten Missouri into “not Texas.” The comparison exists because the two files share a table, not because one is a scaled copy of the other. Both cuts are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. The Missouri and Texas hubs hold the detail.

Missouri versus Texas on USAspending.gov is $10.4B versus $72.7B in stacked obligations, 300,867 versus 530,634 awards, 6,245,466 versus 31,290,831 residents, $262.46 versus $686.10 per capita, and $1.6B versus $21.5B in FY2026. Top industries remain aircraft manufacturing and pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those cuts are the packet.

Do not divide FY2026 dollars by all-years award counts. Do not treat $262.46 and $686.10 as household income. Do not treat aircraft manufacturing or pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing as a complete industrial census. Place of performance can differ from headquarters. Cash outlays can lag. After the comparison table, the Missouri and Texas state hubs hold agencies and recipients.

Questions

Which has more federal spending, Missouri or Texas?

Missouri shows $10.4B in USAspending.gov obligations; Texas shows $72.7B. Award counts are 300,867 and 530,634. Populations are 6,245,466 and 31,290,831. Spending per capita is $262.46 versus $686.10. FY2026 obligations are $1.6B and $21.5B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

What industries lead Missouri and Texas federal awards?

Missouri’s top industry is aircraft manufacturing. Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those slices sit on $10.4B and $72.7B in USAspending.gov obligations and on 300,867 versus 530,634 awards. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award.

How do Missouri and Texas compare on spending per capita?

Spending per capita is $262.46 in Missouri on 6,245,466 residents and $686.10 in Texas on 31,290,831 residents. Those ratios use stacked USAspending.gov obligations of $10.4B and $72.7B, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Missouri vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $10.4B and $72.7B stacked totals, and FY2026 amounts of $1.6B and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Award counts are 300,867 and 530,634. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.