Nebraska vs Virginia

Identical industry tags, a 90-to-1 dollar gap

USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays, put Nebraska at $1.2B and Virginia at $110.8B. The top-industry string is the same: other computer related services. That coincidence is the editorial hook and also a warning. A shared NAICS-style label does not imply a shared market.

Award counts: 36,000 in Nebraska and 1,116,647 in Virginia. Nebraska has a round 36,000 actions in this aggregate — a real IT-and-related-services stream. Virginia has more than a million. The $1.2B versus $110.8B gap is what a computer-services label looks like outside versus inside the National Capital contractor belt.

Per capita $175.68 vs $1,344.24

Nebraska’s $175.68 per person uses $1.2B and 2,005,465 residents. Virginia’s $1,344.24 uses $110.8B and 8,811,195. Population differs by about 4.4-to-1. Obligations differ by about 90-to-1. Per capita records the leftover intensity gap.

If the matching industry label meant matching intensity, these per-capita figures would be closer. They are not. The column is the check against reading “other computer related services” as a synonym for Virginia-scale dollars.

Nebraska’s 36,000 awards and Virginia’s 1,116,647 awards share a top-industry string — other computer related services — and do not share a dollar stock. Nebraska’s $1.2B and $175.68 per capita on 2,005,465 residents sit next to Virginia’s $110.8B and $1,344.24 on 8,811,195 residents. FY2026’s $352.3M versus $11.8B is a large share of Nebraska’s stack, so recency is not a footnote on the Nebraska side. A residual computer-services bucket can collect unlike work in two states. The shared words are a filing category. The USAspending.gov obligation columns are the comparison. Outlays are not in the table.

Questions

How do Nebraska and Virginia compare on federal spending?

Nebraska has $1.2B in USAspending.gov obligations and 36,000 awards; Virginia has $110.8B and 1,116,647 awards. Spending per capita is $175.68 versus $1,344.24 on populations of 2,005,465 and 8,811,195. FY2026 obligations are $352.3M and $11.8B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

Do Nebraska and Virginia have the same top federal contracting industry?

Yes, as a label. Both show other computer related services as the top industry. That shared string sits on $1.2B (Nebraska) and $110.8B (Virginia). Identical wording does not mean identical scale, contractors, or agencies. Award counts remain 36,000 versus 1,116,647. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

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

Nebraska is at $175.68 per person; Virginia is at $1,344.24. Those rates use $1.2B and $110.8B in obligations and Census populations of 2,005,465 and 8,811,195. The per-capita gap stays large after population is divided out. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

Are Nebraska vs Virginia totals outlays?

No. They are obligations from USAspending.gov. Treasury outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $1.2B and $110.8B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $352.3M and $11.8B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.