Nevada vs Texas on USAspending: $2.9B against $72.7B

A desert-state $2.9B file next to a $72.7B file

Nevada’s $2.9B is about 4 percent of Texas’s $72.7B. Nevada’s 3,267,467 residents are about 10 percent of Texas’s 31,290,831. Dollars lag population, which is why Nevada’s $171.84 per capita trails Texas’s $686.1. The ranking is the same on stock and on intensity. The multiples differ.

Nevada files 45,442 awards. Texas files 530,634. Nevada’s row count is about 9 percent of Texas’s, close to the population share and well above the dollar share. The Nevada tape is not sparse for a $2.9B stock. It is sparse compared with Texas’s 530,634-row file.

Automobile manufacturing as Nevada’s peak

Nevada’s lead NAICS is automobile manufacturing. Texas’s lead NAICS is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Two manufacturing peaks, two products. An auto-manufacturing label on $2.9B is a first read of Nevada’s mix. A pharmaceutical-preparation label on $72.7B is a first read of Texas’s mix. Neither is a plant census.

The 45,442 Nevada awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those manufacturing labels. Use the Nevada and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not treat the peaks as outlay categories.

FY2026: $561.5M is a large Nevada slice

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $561.5M in Nevada and $21.5B in Texas. Nevada’s latest-year amount is a heavy cut of its $2.9B stock — recency is doing more work on the Nevada side of this pair than the stacked total alone shows. Texas’s $21.5B remains the larger latest-year figure by a wide margin.

Treat FY2026 as a recency slice of obligations, not Treasury cash. Do not divide $561.5M or $21.5B by 45,442 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $171.84 and $686.1 already uses Census counts of 3,267,467 and 31,290,831.

What $171.84 per capita does and does not mean

Nevada’s $171.84 on 3,267,467 residents is warmer than several Plains and Pacific states in this slice, and still far cooler than Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. The figure is stacked USAspending.gov obligations divided by Census population where present. It is not cash paid per resident and not a claim about who received the money.

Place-of-performance for auto manufacturing can sit at a plant while suppliers sit in other states. The packet does not reallocate. Keep $2.9B and $72.7B labeled as obligations.

Auto manufacturing on a $2.9B desert stock

Nevada’s automobile-manufacturing peak on $2.9B is a plant-mix signature, not a claim that Nevada builds cars at Texas scale. Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak is a different manufacturing family on a different stack. Nevada’s 45,442 awards versus Texas’s 530,634 show a thinner tape. Nevada’s $561.5M FY2026 slice on $2.9B shows that recency is a large share of Nevada’s own stock even while Texas’s $21.5B dwarfs it.

Census counts of 3,267,467 and 31,290,831 set the per-capita denominators. Nevada’s $171.84 trails Texas’s $686.1. The desert-state file is warmer than several Plains pairings in this slice and still far cooler than Texas. Keep those figures labeled as USAspending.gov obligations divided by Census population where present. They are not outlays per resident.

Place-of-performance for automobile manufacturing can sit at an assembly plant while parts suppliers sit elsewhere. The packet does not reallocate. Use the Nevada and Texas hubs for agencies and recipients. The comparison hub holds the $2.9B versus $72.7B tables. Award counts of 45,442 and 530,634 are all-years totals, not FY2026 row counts.

Nevada’s $561.5M FY2026 slice on $2.9B is large for Nevada and small next to Texas’s $21.5B. Automobile manufacturing on 45,442 awards is a plant mix, not a Texas-scale manufacturing file. Spending per capita of $171.84 on 3,267,467 residents trails $686.1 on 31,290,831. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $2.9B and $72.7B labeled as obligations, not outlays.

How to read Nevada versus Texas

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $2.9B), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $171.84), award count (530,634 vs 45,442), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $561.5M). Read Nevada for the automobile-manufacturing peak and for a $561.5M FY2026 slice that is large relative to $2.9B.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Nevada and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different USAspending.gov series and are not in this packet.

Questions

Does Nevada or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Nevada’s $2.9B. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $171.84, on 31,290,831 residents against Nevada’s 3,267,467. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 45,442 in Nevada. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $561.5M in Nevada.

Is Nevada’s FY2026 figure large relative to its stock?

Nevada’s FY2026 obligations are $561.5M on a $2.9B stacked stock. Texas’s FY2026 obligations are $21.5B on $72.7B. Recency still ranks Texas first. Nevada’s latest-year slice is a sizable share of its own stock. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Nevada and Texas?

Nevada’s top industry is automobile manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $2.9B and $72.7B. Award counts are 45,442 in Nevada and 530,634 in Texas. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Are Nevada vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.9B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $561.5M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($171.84 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.