Ohio vs Virginia

A large state with a $61.66 per-capita federal footprint

Ohio is bigger than Virginia by population and far smaller on the USAspending ledger. $8.1B versus $110.8B is roughly a 1-to-14 dollar ratio. Per-capita $61.66 versus $1,344.24 is roughly 1-to-22. Both ratios say the same thing: Ohio’s recorded federal obligation stock is thin for its size.

Thin on USAspending is not the same as a small private economy. This row is federal awards by place of performance, not GDP. Ohio can remain a major industrial state while showing $8.1B in federal obligations next to Virginia’s $110.8B contractor stock.

Ohio’s 11,883,304 residents make it one of the larger states in this batch, in the same size class as Georgia and North Carolina. Those three also share low per-capita figures on this ledger. Ohio’s $61.66 is the lowest of the assigned 25 pairs. $8.1B over 11.9 million people is the arithmetic. Virginia’s $110.8B over 8,811,195 people is the contrast.

Aircraft engines, not a thick action file

Ohio’s top industry is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing — the same leading description Massachusetts carries, on a smaller $8.1B stock versus Massachusetts’s $13.5B. Virginia’s top industry is other computer related services. Engines versus IT services is the industry split.

Ohio’s award count is 168,038, low for a state of 11.9 million people and well below Virginia’s 1,116,647. A manufacturing lead can sit on fewer actions. The packet does not publish what share of $8.1B is engine work, so this page does not invent that share.

Aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing matches Massachusetts’s top industry, on $8.1B versus Massachusetts’s $13.5B and 168,038 awards versus 294,824. Ohio’s engine-parts lead sits on a thinner action file and a thinner dollar stock, still in the same goods family, still far below Virginia’s $110.8B services book.

Questions

How does Ohio federal spending compare with Virginia?

Ohio shows $8.1B in USAspending obligations; Virginia shows $110.8B. Ohio has more residents, 11,883,304 versus 8,811,195. 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.

Why is Ohio’s federal spending per capita so low?

Ohio’s spending per capita is $61.66 because $8.1B in obligations is divided by 11,883,304 residents. Virginia divides $110.8B by 8,811,195 residents, producing $1,344.24. Per-capita is a scaling statistic, not a payment to each resident. 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 Ohio’s top federal industry versus Virginia?

Ohio’s top industry is aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Virginia’s is other computer related services. Those NAICS descriptions are the leading slices in SpendingVault’s aggregates, not a complete 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.

How many federal awards are in Ohio vs Virginia?

Ohio has 168,038 awards in this aggregate; Virginia has 1,116,647. Award counts include contracts, grants, and modifications. Virginia also leads on dollars, $110.8B versus Ohio’s $8.1B. 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.