Oklahoma vs Texas on USAspending: $5.5B vs $72.7B

Neighboring states, a thin 50,460-award Oklahoma log

Texas’s $72.7B stacked stock sits well above Oklahoma’s $5.5B. Census population leans Texas: 31,290,831 versus 4,095,393. Intensity still favors Texas, but Oklahoma’s $205.98 per capita is hotter than several other Texas peers in this slice. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $72.7B and $5.5B.

Award volume is thin on the Oklahoma side. 50,460 awards versus 530,634 is a much thinner action log. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 50,460 or 530,634.

Aircraft parts versus pharmaceutical preparation

Oklahoma’s lead NAICS is other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. An aircraft-parts peak is a first read on Oklahoma’s $5.5B mix. A drug-manufacturing peak is a first read on Texas’s $72.7B mix. Aerospace hardware and pharmaceuticals are not the same label.

The 50,460 Oklahoma awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Oklahoma and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Oklahoma’s 50,460 awards and $843.6M FY2026 slice sit on 4,095,393 residents. Texas’s 530,634 awards and $21.5B sit on 31,290,831. Other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast on $5.5B and $72.7B. Cite USAspending.gov for both neighbors.

FY2026: Oklahoma’s $843.6M versus Texas’s $21.5B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $843.6M in Oklahoma and $21.5B in Texas. Recency preserves Texas’s stacked dollar lead. Oklahoma’s latest-year slice is large relative to its $5.5B stacked stock. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $843.6M or $21.5B by 50,460 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $205.98 and $686.1 already sits beside Census counts of 4,095,393 and 31,290,831. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts.

What $205.98 looks like on 4,095,393 residents

Oklahoma’s $5.5B on 4,095,393 people produces $205.98 per capita, cooler than Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. The aircraft-parts peak sits on that ratio and on only 50,460 awards. The $843.6M 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 two neighboring states as a scale-and-mix contrast. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Oklahoma versus Texas

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $5.5B), population (31,290,831 vs 4,095,393), awards (530,634 vs 50,460), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $205.98), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $843.6M). Note other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Oklahoma and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $205.98 and $686.1 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

A thin 50,460-award neighbor file

Oklahoma’s other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing peak sits on $5.5B and only 50,460 awards. Texas’s pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing peak sits on $72.7B and 530,634 awards. Population of 4,095,393 versus 31,290,831 and spending per capita of $205.98 versus $686.1 still favor Texas on intensity. FY2026 of $843.6M is large relative to Oklahoma’s $5.5B stacked stock, against Texas’s $21.5B. Neighbors do not produce neighboring award logs.

Cite USAspending.gov. A thin award log is not a matched dollar file. Outlays are not in the packet. The comparison hub holds the tables. The Oklahoma and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Do not divide $5.5B or $72.7B by 50,460 or 530,634.

Questions

Does Oklahoma or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Oklahoma’s $5.5B, spending per capita $686.1 to $205.98, awards 530,634 to 50,460, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $843.6M. Population is 4,095,393 in Oklahoma and 31,290,831 in Texas.

What industries lead in Oklahoma and Texas?

Oklahoma’s top industry is other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $5.5B and $72.7B. Award counts are 50,460 in Oklahoma and 530,634 in Texas.

Is Oklahoma’s award count thin relative to its dollar file?

Oklahoma records 50,460 awards on a $5.5B stacked stock. Texas records 530,634 awards on $72.7B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Row count is not average award size. The packet does not publish a mean.

Are Oklahoma vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $5.5B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $843.6M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($205.98 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.