North Dakota vs Texas

7,218 awards on $700.4M

North Dakota’s award count is the distinctive fact. 7,218 actions on $700.4M is a concentrated construction-led file. Texas’s 530,634 actions on $72.7B is a broad pharmaceutical-preparation-led file. The packet does not publish average award size. The row contrast is enough to flag how few federal actions the $700.4M stock is spread across.

Population is 796,568 versus 31,290,831. North Dakota is small on people, small on dollars, and cool on intensity at $63.75 versus $686.1. The thin tape does not invert any ranking. It describes booking concentration.

Federal buildings on the prairie, drug manufacturing in Texas

North Dakota’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s lead NAICS is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A facilities peak on $700.4M is a different mix than a manufacturing peak on $72.7B. Construction awards can be lumpy. The packet does not split projects.

Use the North Dakota and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not treat either peak as an outlay category. The 7,218 and 530,634 rows include many other NAICS codes.

Questions

Does North Dakota or Texas have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to North Dakota’s $700.4M. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $63.75, on 31,290,831 residents against North Dakota’s 796,568. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 7,218 in North Dakota. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $50.8M in North Dakota.

Why does North Dakota have so few awards?

The packet reports 7,218 awards in North Dakota on $700.4M versus 530,634 in Texas on $72.7B. North Dakota’s lead industry is commercial and institutional building construction, a mix that can concentrate dollars in fewer actions. Spending per capita is $63.75 versus $686.1. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in North Dakota and Texas?

North Dakota’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $700.4M and $72.7B. Award counts are 7,218 in North Dakota and 530,634 in Texas. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Are North Dakota vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $700.4M and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $50.8M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($63.75 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.