Missouri vs New York

New York’s $11.9B edges Missouri’s $10.4B

These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays. New York’s $11.9B is about 1.1 times Missouri’s $10.4B. The comparison scores place of performance in the award file. New York holds the larger all-years total, but the gap is modest next to the gap in population and the gap in intensity.

Award counts favor New York. New York has 705,506 awards; Missouri has 300,867. New York’s file is busier in rows on a dollar stock that is only modestly larger. Missouri’s $10.4B on 300,867 actions implies a heavier typical booking than New York’s $11.9B spread across 705,506 records.

Missouri’s $262.46 versus New York’s $70.36

New York’s 19,867,248 residents more than triple Missouri’s 6,245,466. After dividing the obligation stocks by those Census counts, Missouri shows $262.46 per capita and New York shows $70.36. Intensity runs the opposite direction from the $10.4B versus $11.9B ranking. Missouri is about 3.7 times as intensive per resident.

A $70.36 per-person reading in New York on 19,867,248 residents means a huge private economy can coexist with a thinner federal-award intensity than Missouri shows at $262.46. This table scores USAspending place of performance, not GDP. New York’s larger Census count produces only a modestly larger stock.

Questions

Which state has more federal spending, Missouri or New York?

New York leads in stacked USAspending.gov obligations: $11.9B versus Missouri’s $10.4B. New York has more awards (705,506 vs 300,867) and more people (19,867,248 vs 6,245,466). Spending per capita is $262.46 in Missouri and $70.36 in New York. FY2026 obligations are $1.6B in Missouri and $1.4B in New York. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Why is Missouri’s per-capita federal spending higher than New York’s?

Missouri’s $10.4B on 6,245,466 residents produces $262.46 per capita. New York’s $11.9B on 19,867,248 residents produces $70.36. New York still leads the stacked file and the award count (705,506 vs 300,867). FY2026 favors Missouri ($1.6B vs $1.4B). Intensity and stock are different rankings in this pair.

What industries lead Missouri and New York federal awards?

Missouri’s top industry is aircraft manufacturing. New York’s is other communications equipment manufacturing. Those slices sit on $10.4B and $11.9B in obligations. They mark the largest grouping in each file, not every award in either state. Award counts are 300,867 in Missouri and 705,506 in New York.

Are Missouri vs New York figures Treasury outlays?

No. SpendingVault uses USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $10.4B and $11.9B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $1.6B and $1.4B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Place of performance can differ from where the paying agency sits.