Rhode Island vs Texas on USAspending: $880.6M against $72.7B

A confectionery peak on an $880.6M New England file

Rhode Island’s lead NAICS is nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing. That food-manufacturing label is unusual among Texas pairings in this slice, which more often show construction, aerospace, or logistics peaks. It sits on $880.6M against Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak. The packet names the peaks; it does not give shares or plant lists.

Rhode Island files 11,923 awards. Texas files 530,634. The smallest state’s tape is thin. Use the Rhode Island and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. A confectionery peak is a mix tag, not a claim that every Rhode Island award is candy.

Rhode Island’s $880.6M confectionery-manufacturing stock on 1,112,308 residents is a small New England food-mix file; Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation stock on 31,290,831 residents is a manufacturing-scale file. FY2026 of $79.5M versus $21.5B does not reorder that ranking.

Below a billion dollars against $72.7B

Rhode Island’s $880.6M is the first stock in this slice that prints in millions rather than billions in the lede. Texas’s $72.7B is about eighty-three times larger. Population is 1,112,308 versus 31,290,831, about twenty-eight times. Dollars outrun headcount, which is why $71.48 trails $686.1.

Keep those figures labeled as USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are a different series. The $880.6M stock is still a real statewide aggregate. It is not Texas scale.

FY2026: $79.5M versus $21.5B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $79.5M in Rhode Island and $21.5B in Texas. Rhode Island’s latest-year amount is a modest slice of $880.6M. Texas’s $21.5B is a large slice of $72.7B. Recency restates Texas’s lead.

Do not divide $79.5M or $21.5B by 11,923 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $71.48 and $686.1 already uses Census denominators of 1,112,308 and 31,290,831. FY2026 is obligations, not Treasury cash.

Food manufacturing versus drug manufacturing

Nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing and pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing are both manufacturing labels and are not the same federal buying pattern. Rhode Island’s $880.6M confectionery peak is a specialty mix. Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak is a different specialty on a much larger stack. The 11,923 and 530,634 rows include many other NAICS codes.

Place-of-performance for confectionery manufacturing can sit at a plant. The packet does not reallocate suppliers. Outlays are not listed.

Confectionery manufacturing is still an obligation mix

Rhode Island’s nonchocolate-confectionery-manufacturing peak on $880.6M is the odd food-manufacturing label in this Texas slice. Distinctiveness is not scale. Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak remains the large manufacturing file. Rhode Island’s 11,923 awards versus Texas’s 530,634 remain a thin tape. Spending per capita of $71.48 on 1,112,308 residents trails Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831.

FY2026 of $79.5M versus $21.5B restates Texas’s recency lead. Rhode Island’s latest-year amount is a modest slice of $880.6M. Cite USAspending.gov. Outlays are not listed. A confectionery peak is a mix tag. It does not mean every Rhode Island award is candy, and it does not mean Texas books confectionery dollars.

Place-of-performance for confectionery manufacturing can sit at a plant. The packet does not reallocate. Use the Rhode Island and Texas hubs for agencies and recipients. The comparison hub holds the $880.6M versus $72.7B tables. Keep 11,923 versus 530,634 labeled as all-years award counts, not as a single fiscal year’s actions.

Rhode Island’s 11,923 awards on 1,112,308 residents under $71.48 per capita describe a small food-manufacturing mix on $880.6M. Nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing is a distinctive label. It does not compete with Texas’s $72.7B, $686.1 on 31,290,831 residents, 530,634 awards, or $21.5B FY2026. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep every dollar labeled as an obligation.

How to read Rhode Island versus Texas

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $880.6M), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $71.48), award count (530,634 vs 11,923), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $79.5M). Read Rhode Island for the nonchocolate-confectionery peak — a food-manufacturing mix against Texas’s pharmaceutical-preparation peak.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Rhode Island and Texas hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are not listed.

Rhode Island’s 1,112,308 residents and Texas’s 31,290,831 residents set the $71.48 versus $686.1 denominators on $880.6M versus $72.7B. Award counts of 11,923 versus 530,634 and FY2026 of $79.5M versus $21.5B complete the comparison. Nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep every dollar labeled as an obligation.

Questions

Does Rhode Island or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Rhode Island’s $880.6M. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $71.48, on 31,290,831 residents against Rhode Island’s 1,112,308. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 11,923 in Rhode Island. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $79.5M in Rhode Island.

What is Rhode Island’s lead industry versus Texas?

Rhode Island’s top industry is nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $880.6M and $72.7B. Award counts are 11,923 in Rhode Island and 530,634 in Texas. The figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Why is Rhode Island’s per-capita figure so low?

The packet reports $71.48 per capita in Rhode Island on 1,112,308 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $880.6M versus $72.7B, a larger multiple than the population gap. Award counts are 11,923 versus 530,634. The packet lists USAspending.gov obligations only.

Are Rhode Island vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $880.6M and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $79.5M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($71.48 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.