Maine vs Texas

The $35.09 reading is the Maine fact

Maine’s $35.09 per capita on 1,405,012 residents is far below Texas’s $686.1 on 31,290,831. Maine’s Census count is about 4 percent of Texas’s; Maine’s $776.4M is about 1 percent of Texas’s $72.7B. Dollars lag population by more than in most pairings here. Intensity follows that lag.

Maine still files 26,048 awards, more rows than several states with larger stocks. The tape is not empty. The dollars are light. Texas’s 530,634 awards sit on $72.7B. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked totals and the per-capita figures.

Maine’s $776.4M contractor-led stock on 1,405,012 residents is a high-frequency, low-intensity file at $35.09 per capita; Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation stock on 31,290,831 residents carries $686.1. FY2026 of $49.3M versus $21.5B does not reorder that ranking.

Building-equipment contractors versus pharmaceutical preparations

Maine’s lead NAICS is other building equipment contractors. That contractor peak sits on $776.4M against Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation peak. A contractor mix is a different federal buying pattern than a drug-manufacturing mix. The packet names the peaks; it does not give shares.

The 26,048 Maine awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside those labels. Use the Maine and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Do not treat the contractor peak as an outlay category.

Questions

Does Maine or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Maine’s $776.4M. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $35.09, on 31,290,831 residents against Maine’s 1,405,012. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 26,048 in Maine. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $49.3M in Maine.

Why is Maine’s per-capita figure so low?

The packet reports $35.09 per capita in Maine on 1,405,012 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $776.4M versus $72.7B, a larger multiple than the population gap. Award counts are 26,048 versus 530,634. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Maine and Texas?

Maine’s top industry is other building equipment contractors. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $776.4M and $72.7B. Award counts are 26,048 in Maine and 530,634 in Texas. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Are Maine vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $776.4M and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $49.3M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($35.09 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.