California vs Louisiana

Shipyards on a $4.7B Gulf file

Louisiana’s lead NAICS is ship building and repairing. That yard label sits on $4.7B against California’s $39.5B commercial-construction peak. A shipyard mix is a different federal buying pattern than a facilities mix. The packet names those peaks; it does not give shares or yard lists.

Louisiana files 72,577 awards. California files 639,340. Louisiana’s row count is about 11 percent of California’s; its dollar stock is about 12 percent. The Gulf tape is neither sparse nor California-scale. Use the California and Louisiana state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov.

FY2026 of $1.2B is a heavy Louisiana cut

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $5.3B in California and $1.2B in Louisiana. Louisiana’s latest-year amount is a large slice of $4.7B. Recency is doing more work on the Louisiana side than the stacked total alone shows. California’s $5.3B remains the larger latest-year figure.

Treat FY2026 as a recency slice of obligations, not Treasury cash. Do not divide $5.3B or $1.2B by 639,340 or 72,577 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $135.64 and $268.17 already uses Census denominators of 39,431,263 and 4,597,740.

Questions

Does California or Louisiana have more federal spending?

California leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $39.5B to Louisiana’s $4.7B. Louisiana leads spending per capita, $268.17 versus $135.64, on 4,597,740 residents against California’s 39,431,263. Award counts are 639,340 in California and 72,577 in Louisiana. FY2026 obligations are $5.3B in California and $1.2B in Louisiana.

Is Louisiana’s FY2026 figure large relative to its stock?

Louisiana’s FY2026 obligations are $1.2B on a $4.7B stacked stock. California’s FY2026 obligations are $5.3B on $39.5B. Recency still ranks California first. Louisiana’s latest-year slice is a sizable share of its own stock. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in California and Louisiana?

California’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Louisiana’s is ship building and repairing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $39.5B and $4.7B. Award counts are 639,340 in California and 72,577 in Louisiana. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Are California vs Louisiana figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $39.5B and $4.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $5.3B and $1.2B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($135.64 vs $268.17) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.