Idaho vs Virginia

Idaho’s $1.2B against Virginia’s $110.8B

These totals are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. Idaho’s $1.2B is about 1 percent of Virginia’s $110.8B. Award counts are 29,667 versus 1,116,647. Idaho’s federal-award file is a modest construction-tinged set, not a professional-services superfile.

Population (2,001,619 vs 8,811,195) is about 4.4-to-1. Obligations are about 92-to-1. The extra gap is intensity. Idaho grows in Census counts; this table still shows a light federal-award load next to Virginia.

Eighty dollars per person vs $1,344

Idaho’s $80.33 per capita uses $1.2B and 2,001,619 residents. Virginia’s $1,344.24 uses $110.8B and 8,811,195. After dividing by people, Idaho sits in the low-intensity band occupied by several interior states in this comparison wave.

A $80.33 reading is not a poverty index. It is federal award obligations per resident in this aggregate. Idaho can add private jobs and still show that rate if those jobs are not USAspending place-of-performance work.

Idaho’s 2,001,619 residents would, in a population-only story, imply a thicker federal-award file than $1.2B. This aggregate does not tell that story. Spending per capita is $80.33 versus Virginia’s $1,344.24 on 8,811,195 residents. Award counts are 29,667 versus 1,116,647. FY2026 obligations are $160.8M versus $11.8B. Commercial and institutional building construction is Idaho’s largest slice; other computer related services is Virginia’s. Private-sector growth in Idaho does not automatically post to USAspending.gov as place-of-performance obligations. The $1.2B versus $110.8B comparison stays on that award definition and does not import Treasury outlays.

Questions

How much federal spending is in Idaho vs Virginia?

Idaho has $1.2B in USAspending.gov obligations and 29,667 awards; Virginia has $110.8B and 1,116,647 awards. Spending per capita is $80.33 versus $1,344.24 on populations of 2,001,619 and 8,811,195. FY2026 obligations are $160.8M and $11.8B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

What is Idaho’s top federal contracting industry vs Virginia’s?

Idaho’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Virginia’s is other computer related services. Those slices sit on $1.2B and $110.8B in obligations. Construction and computer-related services are different federal customers and help explain unlike award textures. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

Is Idaho close to Virginia in spending per capita?

No. Idaho is at $80.33 per person; Virginia is at $1,344.24. Idaho’s $1.2B is divided across 2,001,619 residents; Virginia’s $110.8B is divided across 8,811,195. The per-capita gap remains large after population is removed. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

Are Idaho vs Virginia figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag on multi-year construction. The $1.2B and $110.8B totals and FY2026 amounts of $160.8M and $11.8B measure award commitments by place of performance. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.