Texas vs District of Columbia on USAspending: $72.7B vs $19.9B

D.C.’s $3,166.95 per person against Texas’s $686.10

The District of Columbia’s spending per capita is $3166.95 against $686.10 in the paired state. A small Census count — 702,250 in the District versus 31,290,831 in the state — produces an intensity reading that no large-state file matches in this pair. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award.

Stacked stock still matters. Texas holds $72.7B; District of Columbia holds $19.9B. The District can trail or lead that stock while leading intensity. Place of performance in the capital is not a state economy in miniature. It is a dense award geography on a small population denominator.

A capital file of 95,844 awards vs 530,634 in Texas

Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 95,844 in District of Columbia. The District’s row file is smaller. The paired state’s row file is larger. Neither count is an outlay. The District’s 95,844 awards on $19.9B are a dense capital file, not a small leftover next to Texas’s $72.7B.

Administrative management and general management consulting services as the District peak is a services-heavy capital mix. Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing as the Texas peak is a production mix on a much larger Census count. Intensity uses Census population against stacked obligations. It is not personal income and it is not a city-versus-state verdict.

Consulting services versus pharmaceutical manufacturing

Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. District of Columbia’s top industry is administrative management and general management consulting services. Administrative and consulting work often peaks in the District; the paired state’s peak is a different NAICS bar on a different dollar stock. Each label is the tallest slice, not the whole $72.7B or $19.9B file.

Use the comparison hub for the side-by-side tables, then the Texas and District of Columbia state hubs for agencies and recipients. Mix does not erase the per-capita gap, and the per-capita gap does not erase the stacked-dollar ranking.

FY2026: $21.5B in Texas, $2.2B in the District

FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $2.2B in District of Columbia. Recency is a single-year cut of the same obligations series. Do not annualize it. Do not divide it by 530,634 or 95,844 all-years awards.

Per capita of $686.10 and $3166.95 stays on the stacked totals and the Census counts of 31,290,831 and 702,250. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays. Cash payments can lag award dates. Headquarters can differ from the state coded on the award.

Stock in Texas, intensity in the District

Read this pair as a stock-versus-intensity split: $72.7B versus $19.9B on dollars, $686.10 versus $3166.95 on per person, 530,634 versus 95,844 on awards. The District’s small population is the denominator that makes intensity look extreme. The paired state’s larger population is the denominator that makes intensity look milder even on a bigger stock.

Use the comparison hub for the side-by-side tables, then the Texas and District of Columbia state hubs for agencies and recipients. FY2026 ($21.5B vs $2.2B) is recency. pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing versus administrative management and general management consulting services is mix. None of those cuts are Treasury outlays.

A 702,250-person denominator changes the ratio

The District’s $3,166.95 per capita on 702,250 residents is arithmetic on $19.9B. Texas’s $686.10 on 31,290,831 residents is arithmetic on $72.7B. The capital’s small Census count is the intensity engine. Texas’s large Census count is the stock engine. Award counts of 95,844 versus 530,634 follow the same split: denser geography, fewer rows, still $19.9B.

FY2026’s $2.2B versus $21.5B is recency. Administrative management and general management consulting services versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing is mix. Both cuts are USAspending.gov obligations. Neither is an outlay. Use the Texas and District of Columbia hubs for the underlying agencies and recipients.

Texas versus District of Columbia on USAspending.gov is $72.7B versus $19.9B in stacked obligations, 530,634 versus 95,844 awards, 31,290,831 versus 702,250 residents, $686.10 versus $3166.95 per capita, and $21.5B versus $2.2B in FY2026. Top industries remain pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing and administrative management and general management consulting services. Those cuts are the packet.

Do not divide FY2026 dollars by all-years award counts. Do not treat $686.10 and $3166.95 as household income. Do not treat pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing or administrative management and general management consulting services as a complete industrial census. Place of performance can differ from headquarters. Cash outlays can lag. After the comparison table, the Texas and District of Columbia state hubs hold agencies and recipients.

Questions

Which has more federal spending, Texas or District of Columbia?

Texas shows $72.7B in USAspending.gov obligations; District of Columbia shows $19.9B. Award counts are 530,634 and 95,844. Populations are 31,290,831 and 702,250. Spending per capita is $686.10 versus $3166.95. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B and $2.2B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

What industries lead Texas and District of Columbia federal awards?

Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. District of Columbia’s top industry is administrative management and general management consulting services. Those slices sit on $72.7B and $19.9B in USAspending.gov obligations and on 530,634 versus 95,844 awards. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award.

How do Texas and District of Columbia compare on spending per capita?

Spending per capita is $686.10 in Texas on 31,290,831 residents and $3166.95 in District of Columbia on 702,250 residents. Those ratios use stacked USAspending.gov obligations of $72.7B and $19.9B, not FY2026 alone and not GDP. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Are Texas vs District of Columbia figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $72.7B and $19.9B stacked totals, and FY2026 amounts of $21.5B and $2.2B, are USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Award counts are 530,634 and 95,844. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.