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Compare state and local spending and debt for the 50 states against state growth and population.

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Comparison of State and Local Government Spending and Debt
in the United States
-5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 2000  +1yr +5yr
Amounts in percent GDP
StateState &
Local
Spending
State &
Local
Debt
Gross
State
Product
Real
State
Growth
Popu-
lation
(mln)
 Alaska31.62%26.94%$26.93-3.4%0.6 more
 Louisiana18.90%13.58%$132.38-3.2%4.5 more
 Kentucky18.75%20.45%$114.55-2.8%4.0 more
 West Virginia23.44%16.64%$42.62-0.5%1.8 more
 Mississippi23.28%12.90%$66.050.4%2.8 more
 District of Columbia10.65%8.26%$61.270.7%0.6 more
 Arkansas17.70%11.32%$69.180.8%2.7 more
 Washington17.59%16.29%$237.591.0%5.9 more
 Tennessee17.57%10.09%$182.211.0%5.7 more
 Alabama21.01%13.94%$120.521.3%4.5 more
 New Mexico20.35%13.91%$55.001.8%1.8 more
 Hawaii20.05%19.25%$41.091.9%1.2 more
 Ohio17.50%10.76%$391.031.9%11.4 more
 Michigan17.46%13.41%$351.882.2%10.0 more
 Missouri14.95%10.31%$187.012.5%5.6 more
 Pennsylvania18.44%17.91%$409.332.6%12.3 more
 South Carolina20.32%16.19%$115.332.7%4.0 more
 Wisconsin19.05%14.13%$180.882.7%5.4 more
 Montana22.72%17.31%$21.942.8%0.9 more
 Wyoming21.81%13.80%$17.152.9%0.5 more
 Kansas16.77%12.14%$85.992.9%2.7 more
 North Carolina16.62%10.49%$277.563.2%8.1 more
 Georgia14.25%9.81%$305.323.3%8.2 more
 Texas14.77%13.50%$742.163.4%20.9 more
 Illinois15.37%13.90%$486.093.5%12.4 more
 Oklahoma17.37%12.45%$91.653.6%3.5 more
 Utah18.62%17.69%$70.063.6%2.2 more
 Nebraska19.12%11.75%$56.583.7%1.7 more
 Indiana15.31%9.73%$204.153.8%6.1 more
 North Dakota22.31%15.35%$18.123.8%0.6 more
 New York20.39%21.14%$839.853.8%19.0 more
 Maryland15.98%12.45%$191.434.0%5.3 more
 All states combined17.00%14.16%$10,251.004.1%282.2 more
 Delaware11.83%10.53%$43.564.1%0.8 more
 Nevada14.54%17.15%$77.184.3%2.0 more
 Florida17.20%16.02%$490.094.5%16.0 more
 Iowa18.51%7.85%$93.134.6%2.9 more
 Maine20.53%15.70%$37.224.6%1.3 more
 Virginia14.18%11.74%$268.614.6%7.1 more
 Arizona16.47%14.24%$165.744.9%5.2 more
 Rhode Island18.51%19.87%$34.614.9%1.1 more
 Vermont20.31%15.35%$18.495.4%0.6 more
 New Jersey15.12%13.96%$360.535.5%8.4 more
 Minnesota18.41%14.25%$192.396.6%4.9 more
 New Hampshire13.64%15.44%$45.606.7%1.2 more
 Connecticut14.51%14.19%$165.526.9%3.4 more
 South Dakota16.44%14.38%$22.876.9%0.8 more
 California17.28%13.13%$1,354.797.8%34.0 more
 Colorado14.60%12.94%$179.308.0%4.3 more
 Massachusetts15.39%19.21%$287.098.1%6.4 more
 Oregon20.58%13.33%$117.068.5%3.4 more
 Idaho16.70%8.94%$38.3411.1%1.3 more
Notes: actual

Data Sources:
State GDP Information
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances

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Federal spending data begins in 1792.

State and local spending data begins in 1820.

State and local spending data for individual states begins in 1957.

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Debt 2/2020:$23,409,959,150,243.63

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The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its Gross State Product (GSP) data for 2025 on April 9, 2026.

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