Idaho vs Texas

Two million people, a $80.33 reading

Idaho’s Census count of 2,001,619 is almost the same size as several Plains neighbors, yet the $1.2B stock produces only $80.33 per capita. Texas’s $72.7B on 31,290,831 residents produces $686.1. Idaho is not tiny. It is lightly loaded per resident relative to Texas.

Idaho files 29,667 awards. Texas files 530,634. Idaho’s row count is about 6 percent of Texas’s; its dollar stock is about 2 percent. The Mountain West tape is busier in rows than in dollars, and still far behind Texas on both.

Idaho’s $1.2B construction-led stock on 2,001,619 residents is a Mountain West facilities file with a cool $80.33 reading; Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation stock on 31,290,831 residents carries $686.1. FY2026 of $160.8M versus $21.5B does not reorder that ranking.

Federal buildings in Idaho, drug manufacturing in Texas

Idaho’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s lead NAICS is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A construction peak on $1.2B is a facilities mix. A pharmaceutical-preparation peak on $72.7B is a manufacturing mix. Those labels are first reads, not inventories of the 29,667 and 530,634 awards.

Use the Idaho and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Construction awards can be lumpy across fiscal years. The packet does not split individual projects.

Questions

Does Idaho or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Idaho’s $1.2B. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $80.33, on 31,290,831 residents against Idaho’s 2,001,619. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 29,667 in Idaho. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $160.8M in Idaho.

What industries lead in Idaho and Texas?

Idaho’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.2B and $72.7B. Award counts are 29,667 in Idaho and 530,634 in Texas. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Why is Idaho’s per-capita figure so low versus Texas?

The packet reports $80.33 per capita in Idaho on 2,001,619 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $72.7B, a larger multiple than the population gap. Award counts are 29,667 versus 530,634. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Are Idaho vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $1.2B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $160.8M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($80.33 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.