New Jersey vs Texas
Federal spending comparison
Texas’s stacked USAspending.gov obligation stock is $72.7B; New Jersey’s is $8.1B. Both states list the same lead industry: pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Award volume inverts the dollar ranking. New Jersey records 1,162,765 awards and Texas 530,634. Population is 9,500,851 versus 31,290,831, and spending per capita is $92.49 versus $686.1. FY2026 is $878.7M in New Jersey versus $21.5B in Texas. The figures are obligations, not outlays.
Key figures
- Texas $72.7B vs New Jersey $8.1B in stacked USAspending obligations.
- Per capita $686.1 vs $92.49 on 31,290,831 vs 9,500,851 residents.
- Awards 1,162,765 in New Jersey vs 530,634 in Texas; FY2026 $878.7M vs $21.5B.
- Both top industries are pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing.
- Figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays.
More awards in New Jersey, more dollars in Texas
Texas’s $72.7B stacked stock sits well above New Jersey’s $8.1B. Census population leans Texas: 31,290,831 versus 9,500,851. Intensity follows the dollar ranking. $686.1 per capita versus $92.49 is a wide gap. Cite those packet ratios beside the Census counts; they are not a second copy of $72.7B and $8.1B.
Award volume runs the other way. New Jersey’s 1,162,765 awards versus Texas’s 530,634 is a thicker action log on the smaller dollar file. Row count is not average award size. Cite USAspending.gov. Do not invent a mean from 1,162,765 or 530,634.
Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing on both sides
New Jersey’s lead NAICS is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Texas’s lead NAICS is the same label. A shared drug-manufacturing peak is a first filter on $8.1B and $72.7B, not a claim that the two mixes are interchangeable. The same industry name does not make $92.49 and $686.1 the same intensity.
The 1,162,765 New Jersey awards and 530,634 Texas awards include many actions outside that pharmaceutical label. Use the New Jersey and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not in the packet.
New Jersey’s 1,162,765 awards sit on $8.1B. Texas’s 530,634 awards sit on $72.7B. FY2026 of $878.7M versus $21.5B preserves the stacked ranking. The shared pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing label does not make those files interchangeable. Cite USAspending.gov.
Full analysis: New Jersey vs Texas on USAspending: $8.1B vs $72.7B →
Questions
- Does New Jersey or Texas have more federal spending?
- Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to New Jersey’s $8.1B, spending per capita $686.1 to $92.49, and FY2026 obligations $21.5B to $878.7M. New Jersey leads award volume 1,162,765 to 530,634. Population is 9,500,851 in New Jersey and 31,290,831 in Texas.
- What industries lead in New Jersey and Texas?
- Both states list pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing as the top industry. That shared label sits on $8.1B in New Jersey and $72.7B in Texas. Award counts are 1,162,765 in New Jersey and 530,634 in Texas. A shared peak is not a matched mix.
- Does New Jersey have more awards than Texas?
- Yes. The packet reports 1,162,765 awards in New Jersey and 530,634 in Texas. Stacked stocks still favor Texas, $72.7B versus $8.1B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. Row count is not average award size.
- Are New Jersey vs Texas figures Treasury outlays?
- No. The $8.1B and $72.7B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $878.7M and $21.5B, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($92.49 vs $686.1) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays or average award size.
State comparison from SpendingVault aggregates of USAspending obligations. Per-capita uses Census population where present.
| New Jersey | Metric | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| $46.16B | Total Spending | $147.74B |
| $5K | Per Capita | $5K |
| N/A | % of GDP | N/A |
| 9.5M | Population | 31.3M |
| N/A | Median Income | N/A |
| N/A | Poverty Rate | N/A |
| N/A | Bachelor Degree % | N/A |
| N/A | Median Age | N/A |
| N/A | Unemployment | N/A |
| N/A | GDP (Millions) | N/A |
Top Agencies — New Jersey
- Social Security Administration$114.07B
- Department of Health and Human Services$101.46B
- Department of Defense$46.63B
- Department of Transportation$14.94B
- Department of Veterans Affairs$12.27B
Top Agencies — Texas
- Department of Defense$483.10B
- Social Security Administration$284.97B
- Department of Health and Human Services$218.33B
- Department of Veterans Affairs$107.92B
- Department of Homeland Security$55.28B
Top Industries — New Jersey
- SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING$17.07B
- ENGINEERING SERVICES$6.78B
- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)$5.94B
- COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES$4.71B
- COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS$2.05B
Top Industries — Texas
- AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING$299.18B
- GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING$62.54B
- OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING$29.46B
- PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING$29.13B
- COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION$26.71B
Source: USAspending.gov · More Comparisons · New Jersey · Texas