Texas vs Wyoming

The smallest Census count in this Texas slice

Wyoming’s 587,618 residents are the smallest population in this set of Texas pairings. The $598.9M stock produces $126.96 per capita — cooler than Texas’s $686.1, and warmer than several larger states with similar or smaller stocks. Headcount is tiny. Intensity is not the lowest in the slice.

Wyoming files 9,330 awards. Texas files 530,634. The Wyoming tape is thin, consistent with a construction-led mix on $598.9M rather than a high-frequency logistics file. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked totals and the award counts.

Wyoming’s $598.9M construction-led stock on 587,618 residents is the smallest Census file in this Texas slice; Texas’s $72.7B pharmaceutical-preparation stock on 31,290,831 residents remains the scale file. FY2026 of $74.6M versus $21.5B does not reorder that ranking.

Construction in Wyoming, pharmaceutical preparations in Texas

Wyoming’s lead NAICS is commercial and institutional building construction. Texas’s lead NAICS is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. A facilities peak on $598.9M is a different federal buying pattern than a drug-manufacturing peak on $72.7B. Construction awards can be lumpy across fiscal years. The packet does not split projects.

Use the Wyoming and Texas state hubs for agencies and recipients. The 9,330 and 530,634 rows include many other NAICS codes. Do not treat either peak as an outlay category.

Questions

Does Texas or Wyoming have more federal spending?

Texas leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $72.7B to Wyoming’s $598.9M. Texas also leads spending per capita, $686.1 versus $126.96, on 31,290,831 residents against Wyoming’s 587,618. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 9,330 in Wyoming. FY2026 obligations are $21.5B in Texas and $74.6M in Wyoming.

What industries lead in Texas and Wyoming?

Texas’s top industry is pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing. Wyoming’s is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $72.7B and $598.9M. Award counts are 530,634 in Texas and 9,330 in Wyoming. Those peaks are mix labels on the stacked stocks, not inventories of every award.

Is Wyoming’s per-capita figure closer to Texas than the dollar gap suggests?

The packet reports $126.96 per capita in Wyoming on 587,618 residents and $686.1 in Texas on 31,290,831. Stacked stocks are $598.9M versus $72.7B. Wyoming’s small Census denominator lifts the per-capita reading relative to the dollar gap. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Are Texas vs Wyoming figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $72.7B and $598.9M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $21.5B and $74.6M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($686.1 vs $126.96) uses Census population where present. Award counts in the packet are all-years totals, not a single fiscal year’s actions.