Montana vs Rhode Island on USAspending: $1.2B vs $880.6M

Similar headcount, unmatched construction-versus-confectionery intensity

Montana and Rhode Island sit within about 25,000 people of each other. That is close enough to make per capita the honest ranking. Montana’s $187.18 versus Rhode Island’s $71.48 is that ranking. The $1.2B versus $880.6M stocks follow intensity, not a hidden Census gap. Cite USAspending.gov.

Award volume favors Montana, 21,487 versus 11,923, without a large population excuse. Rhode Island’s confectionery peak sits on the cooler ratio and the smaller stock. Row count is not average award size. Do not invent a mean from 21,487 or 11,923.

FY2026 of $212.9M versus $79.5M follows Montana. Recency agrees with intensity. Treat both amounts as obligation slices. Outlays are omitted.

Building construction versus nonchocolate confectionery

Montana’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Rhode Island’s is nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing. A construction peak on $1.2B and a confectionery peak on $880.6M are different mixes on similar Census counts.

Use the Montana and Rhode Island state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed. Similar population does not make those labels interchangeable.

FY2026: $212.9M versus $79.5M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $212.9M in Montana and $79.5M in Rhode Island. Recency follows Montana’s hotter ratio on a near-matched Census pair. Treat the year as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $212.9M or $79.5M by 21,487 or 11,923 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $187.18 and $71.48 already sits beside Census counts of 1,137,233 and 1,112,308. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks ($1.2B vs $880.6M) and the latest-year amounts.

Why Rhode Island’s similar Census count does not heat the ratio

A smaller-or-similar Census count sometimes produces a hot per-capita reading. Rhode Island’s $71.48 on 1,112,308 residents does not, at least not against Montana’s $187.18 on 1,137,233. The confectionery peak sits on the cooler reading.

Montana’s construction-led $1.2B file, 21,487 awards, and $212.9M FY2026 slice remain the hotter, larger file. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep every dollar figure labeled as an obligation.

How to read Montana versus Rhode Island

Read the comparison hub for the tables and the Montana and Rhode Island hubs for agencies and recipients. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $880.6M. FY2026 obligations are $212.9M versus $79.5M. Awards are 21,487 versus 11,923. Population is 1,137,233 versus 1,112,308. Spending per capita is $187.18 versus $71.48. Lead industries are commercial and institutional building construction versus nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing. 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 Rhode Island is a similar-population pair that still splits hard on intensity: $187.18 construction-led versus $71.48 confectionery-led on Census counts that nearly match. 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. Rhode Island's packet cuts are $880.6M stacked, $79.5M in FY2026, 11,923 awards, 1,112,308 residents, and $71.48 per capita, with nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing 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 11,923. Use the comparison hub for the tables. The Montana and Rhode Island state hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $187.18 and $71.48 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Keep $1.2B and $880.6M labeled as stacked obligation stocks, not as FY2026 cash and not as outlays. Recency slices of $212.9M and $79.5M remain obligation cuts for fiscal year 2026. Population figures are Census counts. commercial and institutional building construction and nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing remain mix labels, not proofs of a typical award and not substitutes for the stacked ranking of $1.2B versus $880.6M. FY2026 amounts of $212.9M and $79.5M should not be divided by all-years award counts of 21,487 and 11,923. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks, the latest-year slice, and the Census-based ratios. Keep 21,487 and 11,923 labeled as all-years award totals rather than as FY2026 denominators. Outlays remain unpublished.

Questions

Does Montana or Rhode Island have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $1.2B in Montana and $880.6M in Rhode Island. Spending per capita is $187.18 versus $71.48 on 1,137,233 and 1,112,308 residents. Award counts are 21,487 versus 11,923. FY2026 obligations are $212.9M in Montana and $79.5M in Rhode Island. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Montana and Rhode Island?

Montana's top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Rhode Island's is nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.2B and $880.6M. Award counts are 21,487 in Montana and 11,923 in Rhode Island. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

How do Montana and Rhode Island compare on a per-capita basis?

The packet reports $187.18 per capita in Montana on 1,137,233 residents and $71.48 in Rhode Island on 1,112,308 residents. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $880.6M. Award counts are 21,487 versus 11,923. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $212.9M versus $79.5M.

Are Montana vs Rhode Island figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $1.2B and $880.6M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $212.9M and $79.5M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($187.18 vs $71.48) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.