Utah vs Virginia on USAspending

The fewest awards, not the smallest dollars

Utah’s 26,509 awards are the lowest count in this batch, well below Oklahoma’s 50,460 and Colorado’s 91,723. The dollar total is still $4.1B, the same headline as Hawaii, which has 75,796 awards. That combination — Hawaii-class dollars on a much shorter action list — is the Utah signature in this comparison set. Virginia still leads by a wide margin on both columns at $110.8B and 1,116,647 actions.

Utah’s Census population is 3,503,613, about 40 percent of Virginia’s 8,811,195. Population does not explain a 1-to-27 dollar gap. Place-of-performance on USAspending.gov attributes a large professional-services stock to Virginia and a smaller, metals-led stock to Utah.

Twenty-six thousand five hundred nine Utah awards are the shortest action file in the assigned 25 pairs. Matching Hawaii’s $4.1B on roughly one-third as many actions (Hawaii has 75,796) is the Utah signature: dollars without a busy modification feed. Virginia’s 1,116,647 awards and $110.8B remain the high-volume, high-dollar book.

Nonferrous metal rolling, drawing, and extruding

Utah’s top industry is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding — the most industrial-process-specific label in this set, distinct from shipyards, aircraft, autos, or insurance. Virginia’s top industry is other computer related services. Specialty metals versus IT services is the industry contrast.

A rolling-and-drawing lead can concentrate dollars in a small number of production awards, which fits 26,509 actions under $4.1B. This page does not name mills or metals, and it does not assign a percentage of $4.1B to that NAICS slice. Top industry is the largest slice only.

Nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding is a process-level manufacturing label, more specific than Illinois’s “all other miscellaneous manufacturing.” It is still only the largest slice of $4.1B. This page does not name mills or metals beyond that description. Virginia’s counterpart label is other computer related services.

Per-capita $199.06 versus $1,344.24

Utah’s spending per capita is $199.06, nearly identical to Hawaii’s $196.71, because both divide a $4.1B stock by a few million people (3,503,613 in Utah, 1,446,146 in Hawaii). Virginia’s $1,344.24 remains far higher. Per-capita is not a household payment.

FY 2026 is the latest year tagged. The $4.1B and $110.8B aggregates are broader obligation stocks, not a single-year metals contract.

$199.06 per capita is $4.1B over 3,503,613 residents. It nearly matches Hawaii’s $196.71 despite Hawaii’s smaller population, because the numerators match at $4.1B. Virginia’s $1,344.24 is $110.8B over 8,811,195. FY 2026 is the latest year, not a single-year metals contract.

How to quote Utah versus Virginia

Lead with the action-file fact: 26,509 versus 1,116,647, then $4.1B versus $110.8B, then the metals-versus-IT industry split, then $199.06 versus $1,344.24 per capita. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not relabel obligations as outlays.

The Utah and Virginia state pages hold agency and recipient tables. Utah is the metals matchup in this comparison wave; other industrial leads are on the comparison index.

Cite USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays. The Utah and Virginia state pages hold agency and recipient lists. This pair is the sparse-action metals matchup against Virginia’s computer-related-services hub.

Limits

No mill names, no commodity list beyond the NAICS description in the packet, no outlay conversion. The facts on this page are obligation totals, award counts, populations, per-capita figures, FY 2026, and the two top-industry labels.

The shortest action file, matched to Hawaii’s dollars

Utah’s 26,509 awards under $4.1B are the defining volume fact in this pair. Hawaii posts the same $4.1B on 75,796 awards. Utah’s 3,503,613 residents and $199.06 per capita sit next to nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding as the top industry. Virginia posts $110.8B, 1,116,647 awards, 8,811,195 residents, $1,344.24 per capita, and other computer related services. Metals versus IT, sparse actions versus a million-plus actions, $4.1B versus $110.8B: those are the three contrasts. Cite USAspending.gov. Obligations are not outlays. FY 2026 is the latest year. The Utah and Virginia state hubs hold agency and recipient detail. Utah’s 26,509 awards remain the volume signature on that $4.1B metals-led book.

Questions

How does Utah federal spending compare with Virginia?

Utah shows $4.1B in USAspending obligations; Virginia shows $110.8B. Utah’s population is 3,503,613 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 Utah have so few federal awards compared with Virginia?

Utah has 26,509 awards in this aggregate, the lowest action count in this comparison set; Virginia has 1,116,647. Utah’s dollar stock is still $4.1B, so a short action list does not mean a near-zero federal book. Award counts measure actions, including modifications, not unique vendors.

What is Utah’s top federal industry vs Virginia?

Utah’s top industry is nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding. 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 Utah’s federal spending per capita compared with Virginia?

Utah’s spending per capita is $199.06. Virginia’s is $1,344.24. Both divide USAspending obligations by Census population (3,503,613 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.