Kansas vs Texas

A $67.4 per-capita reading on the Plains

Kansas’s $2.9B on 2,970,606 residents produces $67.4 per capita. Texas’s $72.7B on 31,290,831 residents produces $686.1. Kansas is not a tiny Census file. It is a midsize state with a cool obligation load per resident. The dollar ranking ($2.9B vs $72.7B) and the intensity ranking ($67.4 vs $686.1) point the same way.

Kansas still files 71,423 awards, a busy tape relative to $2.9B. Texas files 530,634. Kansas’s row count is about 13 percent of Texas’s; its dollar stock is about 4 percent. Many Kansas actions sit on a smaller average booking than the Texas file implies, though the packet does not publish means.

Systems design in Kansas, pharmaceutical preparations in Texas

Kansas’s lead NAICS is computer systems design services. Texas’s lead NAICS is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A services peak on $2.9B is a different federal buying pattern than a manufacturing peak on $72.7B. Systems-design awards can be professional-services task orders. Pharmaceutical-preparation awards can be large production commitments.

Those labels are peaks, not inventories. The 71,423 Kansas awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many other industries. Use the Kansas and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov for the obligation mix; do not convert the labels into outlay claims.

Questions

Does Kansas or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Kansas’s $2.9B. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $67.4, on 31,290,831 residents against Kansas’s 2,970,606. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 71,423 in Kansas. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $200.2M in Kansas.

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

The packet reports $67.4 per capita in Kansas on 2,970,606 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $2.9B versus $72.7B, a larger multiple than the population gap. Award counts are 71,423 versus 530,634. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Kansas and Texas?

Kansas’s top industry is computer systems design services. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $2.9B and $72.7B. Award counts are 71,423 in Kansas and 530,634 in Texas. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Are Kansas vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $2.9B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $200.2M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($67.4 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.