Oklahoma vs Virginia on USAspending

A short action list under a $5.5B stock

Oklahoma’s 50,460 awards are among the thinnest action files in this batch, ahead of only Utah. The dollar total is still $5.5B, which implies fewer, larger awards rather than a modification-heavy services market. Virginia remains in another band on both metrics: $110.8B and 1,116,647 actions.

Population explains part of the dollar gap — 4,095,393 versus 8,811,195 is roughly 1-to-2.15 — and not most of it. $5.5B versus $110.8B is roughly 1-to-20. Place-of-performance on USAspending.gov, not Oklahoma’s energy economy, is what this row measures.

Fifty thousand four hundred sixty Oklahoma awards are a sparse feed. $5.5B is not a sparse dollar stock in isolation; it is sparse next to $110.8B. The combination is the point: a short action list can still support billions in recorded obligations when the leading work is production-like rather than modification-like. Virginia’s 1,116,647 awards under $110.8B remain the high-volume, high-dollar book.

Aircraft parts, same family as Connecticut

Oklahoma’s top industry is other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing, the same leading description Connecticut carries on a $7.5B stock. Virginia’s top industry is other computer related services. Aerospace parts versus IT services is the industry contrast.

A parts-manufacturing lead on 50,460 actions is consistent with production lots rather than a million-plus task-order file. This page does not name depots or suppliers and does not assign a percentage of $5.5B to aircraft parts. Top industry is the largest slice only.

Other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing matches Connecticut’s top industry. Oklahoma’s $5.5B and 50,460 awards sit below Connecticut’s $7.5B and 94,990 awards, in the same parts family, against the same Virginia other computer related services lead. This page does not name depots. It reports the NAICS description next to the published columns.

Per-capita $205.98 versus $1,344.24

Oklahoma’s spending per capita is $205.98 — higher than several larger states in this set because $5.5B is divided by 4.1 million people rather than by 11 million. Virginia’s $1,344.24 still leads by a wide margin. Per-capita is not a royalty payment and not a household benefit.

FY 2026 is the latest year tagged. The $5.5B and $110.8B aggregates are broader obligation stocks, not a single-year parts budget.

$205.98 per capita is $5.5B over 4,095,393 residents — higher than several larger states because the denominator is smaller. Virginia’s $1,344.24 is still several times higher. FY 2026 is the latest year tag, not a single-year parts appropriation. Per-capita is not an energy royalty.

How to read Oklahoma versus Virginia

Emphasize the action-file contrast (50,460 vs 1,116,647) next to the dollar contrast ($5.5B vs $110.8B). Oklahoma is not empty of federal work; it is sparse on actions and still an order of magnitude below Virginia on dollars. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep outlays out of the comparison.

The Oklahoma and Virginia state pages hold agency and recipient tables. Other aircraft-parts pairs, including Connecticut, are on the comparison index.

Cite USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays, and not private energy output. The Oklahoma and Virginia state hubs hold agency and recipient tables. This pair is the sparse-action aircraft-parts matchup against Virginia’s contractor-hub stock.

Boundaries

No energy-sector mixing, no named manufacturers, no outlay conversion. The packet’s facts are obligation totals, award counts, populations, per-capita figures, FY 2026, and the two top-industry labels.

Sparse actions, still $5.5B

Oklahoma’s 50,460 awards are easy to misread as “almost no federal work.” $5.5B says otherwise. 4,095,393 residents and $205.98 per capita put that stock in a mid-small-state band. Other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing is the leading slice. Virginia’s 1,116,647 awards, $110.8B, 8,811,195 residents, $1,344.24 per capita, and other computer related services lead remain the hub side of the row. A short action file can still hold billions when awards are production-like. This page does not invent an average award size. Cite USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays or energy output. FY 2026 is the latest year. Use the Oklahoma and Virginia state pages next. Oklahoma’s 50,460 awards and $205.98 per capita are the volume and intensity checks on the $5.5B aircraft-parts total.

Questions

How does Oklahoma federal spending compare with Virginia?

Oklahoma shows $5.5B in USAspending obligations; Virginia shows $110.8B. Oklahoma’s population is 4,095,393 versus 8,811,195 in Virginia. Totals are obligations, not Treasury outlays. FY 2026 is the latest year in the pair. Figures come from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending.gov award records. They are obligations — recorded commitments — not Treasury outlays, and FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison.

Why does Oklahoma have so few federal awards?

Oklahoma has 50,460 awards in this aggregate; Virginia has 1,116,647. Oklahoma’s dollar stock is still $5.5B, so a short action list does not mean a near-zero federal book. Award counts include modifications and measure actions, not unique vendors. Figures come from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending.gov award records. They are obligations — recorded commitments — not Treasury outlays, and FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison.

What is Oklahoma’s top federal industry versus Virginia?

Oklahoma’s top industry is other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Virginia’s is other computer related services. Those NAICS descriptions are the leading slices in SpendingVault’s aggregates, not a complete list of either state’s federal awards. Figures come from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending.gov award records. They are obligations — recorded commitments — not Treasury outlays, and FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison.

What is Oklahoma’s federal spending per capita vs Virginia?

Oklahoma’s spending per capita is $205.98. Virginia’s is $1,344.24. Both divide USAspending obligations by Census population (4,095,393 and 8,811,195). Per-capita is a scaling statistic, not a payment to residents. Figures come from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending.gov award records. They are obligations — recorded commitments — not Treasury outlays, and FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison.