California vs Georgia

An aircraft-manufacturing peak on $9.7B

Georgia’s lead NAICS is aircraft manufacturing. That aerospace label sits on $9.7B against California’s $39.5B commercial-construction peak. The pair is a plane-building mix versus a facilities mix, and a $9.7B stock versus a $39.5B stock. The packet names the peaks; it does not give shares or plant lists.

Georgia files 278,028 awards. California files 639,340. Georgia’s row count is about 43 percent of California’s, while its dollar stock is about 25 percent. The Georgia tape is busy relative to dollars. Cite USAspending.gov.

Georgia’s $9.7B aircraft-manufacturing stock on 11,180,878 residents is a busy 278,028-row aerospace file; California’s $39.5B construction-led stock on 39,431,263 residents remains larger in dollars and warmer at $135.64 versus $95.66. FY2026 of $1.1B versus $5.3B does not reorder that ranking.

Four times the people, four times the dollars — almost

California’s 39,431,263 residents are about 3.5 times Georgia’s 11,180,878. California’s $39.5B is about 4.1 times Georgia’s $9.7B. The multiples are close, which is why per capita of $135.64 versus $95.66 is a moderate intensity gap rather than a inversion. California leads on both scale and intensity.

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 aircraft manufacturing can sit at an assembly line. The packet does not reallocate suppliers.

Questions

Does California or Georgia have more federal spending?

California leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $39.5B to Georgia’s $9.7B. California also leads spending per capita, $135.64 versus $95.66, on 39,431,263 residents against Georgia’s 11,180,878. Award counts are 639,340 in California and 278,028 in Georgia. FY2026 obligations are $5.3B in California and $1.1B in Georgia.

What is Georgia’s lead industry versus California?

Georgia’s top industry is aircraft manufacturing. California’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $9.7B and $39.5B. Award counts are 278,028 in Georgia and 639,340 in California. The figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Does Georgia have a high award count relative to its dollars?

Georgia files 278,028 awards on $9.7B against California’s 639,340 on $39.5B. Georgia’s row share is larger than its dollar share. Spending per capita is $95.66 versus $135.64. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.

Are California vs Georgia figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $39.5B and $9.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $5.3B and $1.1B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($135.64 vs $95.66) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.