West Virginia vs Wyoming on USAspending: $1.7B vs $598.9M

Wyoming’s hotter ratio on a $598.9M stock

West Virginia wins the stacked ranking $1.7B to $598.9M. Wyoming wins the intensity ranking $126.96 to $113.44. That inversion is the pair. Wyoming’s 587,618 residents versus West Virginia’s 1,769,979 is the Census gap behind the hotter small-state ratio. Cite USAspending.gov.

Award volume still favors West Virginia, 14,302 versus 9,330. Wyoming’s thinner log sits on the hotter per-capita reading, not on the larger stock. Row count is not average award size. Do not invent a mean from 14,302 or 9,330.

FY2026 follows the larger stock: $200.8M versus $74.6M. Recency does not hand Wyoming the latest-year lead. Treat both amounts as obligation slices. Outlays are omitted.

Ammunition manufacturing versus building construction

West Virginia’s lead NAICS is ammunition (except small arms) manufacturing. Wyoming’s is commercial and institutional building construction. An ammunition peak on $1.7B and a construction peak on $598.9M are different mixes. Ammunition manufacturing is a first read on West Virginia. Building construction is a first read on Wyoming.

Use the West Virginia and Wyoming state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed. Wyoming’s construction peak sits beside $126.96 per capita; West Virginia’s ammunition peak sits beside $1.7B.

FY2026: $200.8M versus $74.6M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $200.8M in West Virginia and $74.6M in Wyoming. Recency preserves West Virginia’s stacked lead even while Wyoming holds the hotter per-capita reading. Treat the year as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $200.8M or $74.6M by 14,302 or 9,330 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $113.44 and $126.96 already sits beside Census counts of 1,769,979 and 587,618. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks ($1.7B vs $598.9M) and the latest-year amounts.

A small-state ratio that does not seize the stacked ranking

Wyoming’s $126.96 on 587,618 residents is hotter than West Virginia’s $113.44, and still sits on a $598.9M stock. Intensity is not a substitute for the all-years total. West Virginia’s $1.7B remains the larger obligation file.

Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation. Cite USAspending.gov. Read stock and ratio as separate cuts.

How to read West Virginia versus Wyoming

Read the comparison hub for the tables and the West Virginia and Wyoming hubs for agencies and recipients. Stacked stocks are $1.7B versus $598.9M. FY2026 obligations are $200.8M versus $74.6M. Awards are 14,302 versus 9,330. Population is 1,769,979 versus 587,618. Spending per capita is $113.44 versus $126.96. Lead industries are ammunition (except small arms) manufacturing versus commercial and institutional building construction. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep every dollar figure labeled as an obligation.

Obligations, outlays, and the packet's cuts

West Virginia versus Wyoming is an inversion pair: the larger ammunition-led stock against a smaller construction-led file with the hotter $126.96 per-capita reading. West Virginia's packet cuts are $1.7B stacked, $200.8M in FY2026, 14,302 awards, 1,769,979 residents, and $113.44 per capita, with ammunition (except small arms) manufacturing as the lead NAICS. Wyoming's packet cuts are $598.9M stacked, $74.6M in FY2026, 9,330 awards, 587,618 residents, and $126.96 per capita, with commercial and institutional building construction as the lead NAICS. An obligation is a commitment recorded in USAspending.gov. An outlay is cash paid later and is not in this packet. Do not invent average award size from 14,302 or 9,330. Use the comparison hub for the tables. The West Virginia and Wyoming state hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $113.44 and $126.96 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Keep $1.7B and $598.9M labeled as stacked obligation stocks, not as FY2026 cash and not as outlays. Recency slices of $200.8M and $74.6M remain obligation cuts for fiscal year 2026. Population figures are Census counts. ammunition (except small arms) manufacturing and commercial and institutional building construction remain mix labels, not proofs of a typical award and not substitutes for the stacked ranking of $1.7B versus $598.9M. FY2026 amounts of $200.8M and $74.6M should not be divided by all-years award counts of 14,302 and 9,330. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks, the latest-year slice, and the Census-based ratios.

Questions

Does West Virginia or Wyoming have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $1.7B in West Virginia and $598.9M in Wyoming. Spending per capita is $113.44 versus $126.96 on 1,769,979 and 587,618 residents. Award counts are 14,302 versus 9,330. FY2026 obligations are $200.8M in West Virginia and $74.6M in Wyoming. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in West Virginia and Wyoming?

West Virginia's top industry is ammunition (except small arms) manufacturing. Wyoming's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.7B and $598.9M. Award counts are 14,302 in West Virginia and 9,330 in Wyoming. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

How do West Virginia and Wyoming compare on a per-capita basis?

The packet reports $113.44 per capita in West Virginia on 1,769,979 residents and $126.96 in Wyoming on 587,618 residents. Stacked stocks are $1.7B versus $598.9M. Award counts are 14,302 versus 9,330. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $200.8M versus $74.6M.

Are West Virginia vs Wyoming figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $1.7B and $598.9M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $200.8M and $74.6M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($113.44 vs $126.96) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.