Montana vs North Dakota on USAspending: $1.2B vs $700.4M

The same construction peak, a threefold Montana ratio

A shared lead NAICS invites a copy-paste comparison. Neighboring Montana and North Dakota refuse it. Commercial and institutional building construction leads both files, yet Montana’s $187.18 per capita is about three times North Dakota’s $63.75. Same mix label, different ratio. Cite USAspending.gov.

North Dakota’s 7,218 awards on $700.4M are a thin construction log. Montana’s 21,487 awards on $1.2B are thicker and hotter. Thin is not empty. Row count is not average award size. Do not invent a mean from 21,487 or 7,218.

FY2026 of $212.9M versus $50.8M follows Montana. Recency agrees with intensity. Treat both amounts as obligation slices. Outlays are omitted. Census counts of 1,137,233 versus 796,568 belong with those ratios on USAspending.gov obligations.

Shared construction labels are not shared files

Commercial and institutional building construction is a first read on both mixes, not proof that Montana and North Dakota obligated the same work. Use the Montana and North Dakota state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed.

North Dakota’s cooler $63.75 reading on a shared construction peak is the distinctive cut. Montana’s $187.18 reading on the same label is the hotter cut. Mix sameness is not file sameness.

FY2026: $212.9M versus $50.8M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $212.9M in Montana and $50.8M in North Dakota. Recency follows Montana’s hotter construction-led file; a shared NAICS does not close FY2026. Treat the year as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $212.9M or $50.8M by 21,487 or 7,218 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $187.18 and $63.75 already sits beside Census counts of 1,137,233 and 796,568. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks ($1.2B vs $700.4M) and the latest-year amounts.

Neighbors with the same NAICS and unmatched intensity

Regional neighborhood and a shared construction peak do not produce matched ratios. Montana’s $1.2B, 21,487 awards, $187.18 per capita, and $212.9M FY2026 slice remain the hotter, larger file.

Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation. Cite USAspending.gov. Read the shared label as mix, not as a matched ranking.

How to read Montana versus North Dakota

Read the comparison hub for the tables and the Montana and North Dakota hubs for agencies and recipients. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $700.4M. FY2026 obligations are $212.9M versus $50.8M. Awards are 21,487 versus 7,218. Population is 1,137,233 versus 796,568. Spending per capita is $187.18 versus $63.75. Lead industries are commercial and institutional building construction versus commercial and institutional building construction. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep every dollar figure labeled as an obligation.

Obligations, outlays, and the packet's cuts

Montana versus North Dakota is a same-industry neighbors pair: construction-led files at $1.2B and $700.4M with unmatched intensity of $187.18 versus $63.75. Montana's packet cuts are $1.2B stacked, $212.9M in FY2026, 21,487 awards, 1,137,233 residents, and $187.18 per capita, with commercial and institutional building construction as the lead NAICS. North Dakota's packet cuts are $700.4M stacked, $50.8M in FY2026, 7,218 awards, 796,568 residents, and $63.75 per capita, with commercial and institutional building construction as the lead NAICS. An obligation is a commitment recorded in USAspending.gov. An outlay is cash paid later and is not in this packet. Do not invent average award size from 21,487 or 7,218. Use the comparison hub for the tables. The Montana and North Dakota state hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $187.18 and $63.75 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Keep $1.2B and $700.4M labeled as stacked obligation stocks, not as FY2026 cash and not as outlays. Recency slices of $212.9M and $50.8M remain obligation cuts for fiscal year 2026. Population figures are Census counts. commercial and institutional building construction and commercial and institutional building construction remain mix labels, not proofs of a typical award and not substitutes for the stacked ranking of $1.2B versus $700.4M. FY2026 amounts of $212.9M and $50.8M should not be divided by all-years award counts of 21,487 and 7,218. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks, the latest-year slice, and the Census-based ratios. Keep 21,487 and 7,218 labeled as all-years award totals rather than as FY2026 denominators. Outlays remain unpublished.

Questions

Does Montana or North Dakota have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $1.2B in Montana and $700.4M in North Dakota. Spending per capita is $187.18 versus $63.75 on 1,137,233 and 796,568 residents. Award counts are 21,487 versus 7,218. FY2026 obligations are $212.9M in Montana and $50.8M in North Dakota. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Montana and North Dakota?

Montana's top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. North Dakota's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.2B and $700.4M. Award counts are 21,487 in Montana and 7,218 in North Dakota. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

How do Montana and North Dakota compare on a per-capita basis?

The packet reports $187.18 per capita in Montana on 1,137,233 residents and $63.75 in North Dakota on 796,568 residents. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $700.4M. Award counts are 21,487 versus 7,218. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $212.9M versus $50.8M.

Are Montana vs North Dakota figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $1.2B and $700.4M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $212.9M and $50.8M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($187.18 vs $63.75) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.