California vs Ohio

Engine parts on an $8.1B Midwest file

Ohio’s lead NAICS is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. That propulsion-manufacturing label sits on $8.1B against California’s $39.5B commercial-construction peak. A jet-engine mix is a different federal buying pattern than a facilities mix. The packet names the peaks; it does not give shares.

Ohio files 168,038 awards. California files 639,340. Ohio’s row count is about 26 percent of California’s; its dollar stock is about 21 percent. The Midwest tape is neither sparse nor California-scale. Use the California and Ohio state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov.

Ohio’s $8.1B engine-parts stock on 11,883,304 residents is a large Census file with a cool $61.66 reading; California’s $39.5B construction-led stock on 39,431,263 residents carries $135.64. FY2026 of $732.7M versus $5.3B does not reorder that ranking.

A $61.66 reading on 11.9 million people

Ohio’s 11,883,304 residents are about 30 percent of California’s 39,431,263. Ohio’s $8.1B is about 21 percent of California’s $39.5B. Dollars lag population, which is why $61.66 trails $135.64. Ohio is a large Census file with a cooler obligation load per resident than California.

Keep those per-capita figures labeled as Census-based packet figures on USAspending.gov obligations. They are not outlays per resident. An engine-parts peak does not by itself set statewide intensity when the stacked stock is $8.1B.

Questions

Does California or Ohio have more federal spending?

California leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $39.5B to Ohio’s $8.1B. California also leads spending per capita, $135.64 versus $61.66, on 39,431,263 residents against Ohio’s 11,883,304. Award counts are 639,340 in California and 168,038 in Ohio. FY2026 obligations are $5.3B in California and $732.7M in Ohio.

What is Ohio’s lead industry versus California?

Ohio’s top industry is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. California’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $8.1B and $39.5B. Award counts are 168,038 in Ohio and 639,340 in California. The figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Why is Ohio’s per-capita figure lower than California’s?

The packet reports $61.66 per capita in Ohio on 11,883,304 residents and $135.64 in California on 39,431,263. Stacked stocks are $8.1B versus $39.5B, a larger multiple than the population gap runs in Ohio’s favor. Award counts are 168,038 versus 639,340.

Are California vs Ohio figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $39.5B and $8.1B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $5.3B and $732.7M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($135.64 vs $61.66) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.