Missouri vs Virginia

Aircraft manufacturing on a $10.4B book

Missouri’s top industry is aircraft manufacturing. That is a different code from Massachusetts’s engine-parts lead or Connecticut’s aircraft-parts lead elsewhere in this set: here the leading slice is the aircraft itself. Virginia’s top industry remains other computer related services. The pair is airframes versus IT services at the top of each mix.

Aircraft manufacturing can concentrate dollars in a modest number of production lots. Missouri’s award count is 300,867, well below Virginia’s 1,116,647, which is consistent with a goods-heavy lead sitting on fewer actions than a services-heavy lead. The packet does not assign a share of the $10.4B to aircraft work, so this page does not invent a percentage.

Aircraft manufacturing as Missouri’s top industry sits next to Georgia’s same leading description in this batch, on $10.4B versus Georgia’s $9.7B. This page stays on Missouri. $10.4B versus Virginia’s $110.8B is more than a ten-fold gap, while 6,245,466 versus 8,811,195 residents is not. The federal award ledger, not headcount, is doing the work.

Dollars, people, and the size of the gap

Virginia’s $110.8B is more than ten times Missouri’s $10.4B. Virginia’s population is only about 1.4 times Missouri’s 6,245,466. Population does not explain the obligation gap. Place-of-performance on USAspending.gov attributes a large professional-services stock to Virginia; Missouri’s federal book, including its aircraft-manufacturing lead, is smaller on that ledger.

$10.4B is still a major federal footprint for a Midwestern state. The comparison is relative. Missouri versus Virginia is a manufacturing-state-versus-contractor-hub test, and the hub’s $110.8B stock is in another tier.

Three hundred thousand eight hundred sixty-seven Missouri awards are a mid-size action file: more than Ohio’s 168,038, fewer than Michigan’s 416,538, and well below Virginia’s 1,116,647. Combined with aircraft manufacturing as the top code, the file looks like a goods-heavy book rather than a services-modification mill. Top industry remains the largest slice of $10.4B, not a named plant’s share.

Questions

How much federal spending is in Missouri vs Virginia?

Missouri shows $10.4B in USAspending obligations; Virginia shows $110.8B. Missouri’s population is 6,245,466 versus 8,811,195 in Virginia. Totals are obligations, not Treasury outlays. FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison. Figures come from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending.gov award records. They are obligations — recorded commitments — not Treasury outlays, and FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison.

What is Missouri’s top federal industry compared with Virginia?

Missouri’s top industry is aircraft manufacturing. Virginia’s is other computer related services. Those NAICS descriptions are the leading slices in SpendingVault’s aggregates, not a full list of either state’s federal awards. Figures come from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending.gov award records. They are obligations — recorded commitments — not Treasury outlays, and FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison.

What is Missouri’s federal spending per capita vs Virginia?

Missouri’s spending per capita is $262.46. Virginia’s is $1,344.24. Both divide USAspending obligations by Census population (6,245,466 and 8,811,195). Per-capita is a scaling statistic, not a payment to residents. Figures come from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending.gov award records. They are obligations — recorded commitments — not Treasury outlays, and FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison.

How many federal awards does Missouri have versus Virginia?

Missouri has 300,867 awards in this aggregate; Virginia has 1,116,647. Award counts include contracts, grants, and modifications. Virginia also leads on dollars, $110.8B versus Missouri’s $10.4B. Figures come from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending.gov award records. They are obligations — recorded commitments — not Treasury outlays, and FY 2026 is the latest year in the comparison.