Texas vs Utah on USAspending: $72.7B vs $4.1B

A $4.1B Utah file on 26,509 awards

Texas’s $72.7B stacked stock sits well above Utah’s $4.1B. Census population leans Texas: 31,290,831 versus 3,503,613. Intensity follows. $686.1 per capita versus $199.06 is a wide gap. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $72.7B and $4.1B.

Award volume is thin on the Utah side. 26,509 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 26,509 or 530,634.

Nonferrous metal rolling versus pharmaceutical preparation

Utah’s lead NAICS is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A metal-rolling peak is a first read on Utah’s $4.1B mix. A drug-manufacturing peak is a first read on Texas’s $72.7B mix. Mill work and pharmaceuticals are not the same label.

The 26,509 Utah awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those two industries. Use the Texas and Utah state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.

Utah’s 26,509 awards and $697.4M FY2026 slice sit on 3,503,613 residents. Texas’s 530,634 awards and $21.5B sit on 31,290,831. Nonferrous metal rolling, drawing, and extruding versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast on $4.1B and $72.7B. Cite USAspending.gov.

FY2026: Utah’s $697.4M versus Texas’s $21.5B

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $697.4M in Utah and $21.5B in Texas. Recency preserves Texas’s stacked dollar lead. Utah’s latest-year slice is large relative to its $4.1B stacked stock. Treat the year as a recency slice of obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $697.4M or $21.5B by 26,509 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $199.06 and $686.1 already sits beside Census counts of 3,503,613 and 31,290,831. Cite USAspending.gov for both cuts.

What $199.06 looks like on 3,503,613 residents

Utah’s $4.1B on 3,503,613 people produces $199.06 per capita, cooler than Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. The metal-rolling peak sits on that ratio and on only 26,509 awards. The $697.4M 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 a Mountain West metals peak against a national-scale pharmaceutical file. Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation.

How to read Texas versus Utah

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $4.1B), population (31,290,831 vs 3,503,613), awards (530,634 vs 26,509), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $199.06), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $697.4M). Note pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing versus nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Texas and Utah hubs hold agencies and recipients. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $686.1 and $199.06 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

Nonferrous metal rolling on 26,509 awards

Utah’s nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding peak sits on $4.1B and only 26,509 awards. Texas’s pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing peak sits on $72.7B and 530,634 awards. Population of 3,503,613 versus 31,290,831 and spending per capita of $199.06 versus $686.1 still favor Texas on intensity. FY2026 of $697.4M is large relative to Utah’s $4.1B stacked stock, against Texas’s $21.5B. Mill work and pharmaceuticals are not interchangeable labels.

Cite USAspending.gov. A thin Mountain West award log is not a matched dollar file. Outlays are not in the packet. Use the comparison hub for tables. Use the Texas and Utah hubs for agencies and recipients. Keep $199.06 and $686.1 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios.

Questions

Does Texas or Utah have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Utah’s $4.1B, spending per capita $686.1 to $199.06, awards 530,634 to 26,509, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $697.4M. Population is 31,290,831 in Texas and 3,503,613 in Utah.

What industries lead in Texas and Utah?

Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Utah’s is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $72.7B and $4.1B. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 26,509 in Utah.

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

Utah records 26,509 awards on a $4.1B 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 Texas vs Utah figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $72.7B and $4.1B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $21.5B and $697.4M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($686.1 vs $199.06) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.