Texas vs Vermont on USAspending: $72.7B against $1.0B

Missile and space-vehicle parts on a $1.0B file

Vermont’s lead NAICS is other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. That aerospace-defense label sits on $1.0B against Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak. A parts-and-auxiliary mix can concentrate dollars at a few suppliers. The packet names the peak; it does not name the plants.

Vermont files 12,020 awards. Texas files 530,634. The Vermont tape is small. Use the Vermont and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov.

FY2026 of $47.3M is a thin Vermont cut

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $47.3M in Vermont and $21.5B in Texas. Vermont’s latest-year amount is a small slice of $1.0B. Recency is cooler on the Vermont side than the stacked stock alone suggests. Texas’s $21.5B is a large slice of $72.7B.

Treat FY2026 as a recency slice of obligations, not Treasury cash. Do not divide $47.3M or $21.5B by 12,020 or 530,634 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $72.92 and $686.1 already uses Census counts of 648,493 and 31,290,831.

A 648,493 Census count next to 31 million

Vermont’s 648,493 residents are about 2 percent of Texas’s 31,290,831. Vermont’s $1.0B is about 1 percent of Texas’s $72.7B. Dollars lag population, which is why $72.92 trails $686.1. Vermont is small on people, small on dollars, and cool on intensity relative to Texas.

Keep those per-capita figures labeled as Census-based packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations. They are not outlays per resident. Place-of-performance for missile and space-vehicle parts can sit at a supplier. The packet does not reallocate.

Aerospace parts versus pharmaceutical preparations

The two lead industries are both manufacturing labels and are not the same product. Vermont’s $1.0B missile-and-space-parts peak is a specialty mix. Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak is a different specialty on a much larger stack. The 12,020 and 530,634 rows include many other NAICS codes.

Outlays are a different USAspending.gov series. This page stays on obligations: $72.7B versus $1.0B stacked, and $21.5B versus $47.3M in FY2026.

Missile parts on a thin FY2026 cut

Vermont’s guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-parts peak on $1.0B with 12,020 awards is a specialty aerospace-defense signature. The distinctive recency fact is FY2026 of $47.3M — a thin cut of $1.0B — against Texas’s $21.5B on $72.7B. Vermont’s stacked stock is small. Its latest-year slice is even smaller relative to that stock. Texas’s pharmaceutical-preparation peak sits on a much larger recency cut as well as a much larger stack.

Spending per capita of $72.92 on 648,493 residents trails Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. Vermont is small on people, small on dollars, cool on intensity, and thin on FY2026. Cite USAspending.gov. Outlays are a different series. Place-of-performance for missile and space-vehicle parts can sit at a supplier. The packet does not reallocate.

Use the Vermont and Texas hubs for agencies and recipients. Keep 12,020 versus 530,634 labeled as all-years award counts. The comparison hub holds the $1.0B versus $72.7B tables. Do not divide $47.3M by 12,020 all-years awards. The $72.92 and $686.1 readings already use Census denominators against the stacked stocks.

Vermont’s 12,020 awards on 648,493 residents under $72.92 per capita describe a small aerospace-parts file. FY2026 of $47.3M is a thin cut of $1.0B. Texas’s $72.7B, $21.5B FY2026, 530,634 awards, and $686.1 on 31,290,831 residents remain the scale side. Guided-missile and space-vehicle parts is a mix tag, not cash paid. Cite USAspending.gov obligations only.

How to read Texas versus Vermont

Read Texas first on stacked dollars ($72.7B vs $1.0B), spending per capita ($686.1 vs $72.92), award count (530,634 vs 12,020), and FY2026 ($21.5B vs $47.3M). Read Vermont for the guided-missile and space-vehicle-parts peak and for a thin $47.3M FY2026 slice on $1.0B.

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

Vermont’s 648,493 residents and Texas’s 31,290,831 residents set the $72.92 versus $686.1 denominators on $1.0B versus $72.7B. Award counts of 12,020 versus 530,634 and FY2026 of $47.3M versus $21.5B complete the comparison. Guided missile and space vehicle parts versus pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing remains the mix contrast. Cite USAspending.gov. Outlays are a different series.

Questions

Does Texas or Vermont have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Vermont’s $1.0B. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $72.92, on 31,290,831 residents against Vermont’s 648,493. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 12,020 in Vermont. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $47.3M in Vermont.

What is Vermont’s lead industry versus Texas?

Vermont’s top industry is other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.0B and $72.7B. Award counts are 12,020 in Vermont and 530,634 in Texas.

Why is Vermont’s FY2026 figure so small?

The packet reports $47.3M in FY2026 obligations for Vermont on a $1.0B stacked stock, against $21.5B in Texas on $72.7B. Recency is a thin slice on the Vermont side. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Award counts are 12,020 versus 530,634.

Are Texas vs Vermont figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $72.7B and $1.0B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $21.5B and $47.3M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($686.1 vs $72.92) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.