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| Comparison of State and Local Government Spending in the United States -5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 2006 +1yr +5yr Amounts in $ billion |
| State | State Spending | Local Spending | State and Local Spending | Gross State Product | Real State Growth | Popu- lation (mln) | ||
| All states combined | $93.7 | $78.1 | $171.9 | $13,870.2 | 2.3% | 298.6 | more | |
| California | $12.3 | $22.6 | $34.9 | $1,812.2 | 3.8% | 36.0 | more | |
| New York | $3.9 | $13.5 | $17.4 | $1,072.3 | 2.9% | 19.4 | more | |
| Texas | $4.9 | $2.2 | $7.1 | $1,108.2 | 7.1% | 23.4 | more | |
| Florida | $5.5 | $2.5 | $8.0 | $749.9 | 3.0% | 18.1 | more | |
| Illinois | $4.9 | $2.4 | $7.2 | $624.1 | 2.5% | 12.7 | more | |
| Pennsylvania | $4.8 | $4.7 | $9.5 | $528.8 | 0.0% | 12.5 | more | |
| Massachusetts | $2.8 | $1.3 | $4.0 | $358.4 | 2.4% | 6.5 | more | |
| New Jersey | $4.3 | $1.7 | $6.0 | $457.7 | 1.6% | 8.6 | more | |
| Michigan | $4.2 | $1.1 | $5.3 | $402.5 | -2.0% | 10.1 | more | |
| Ohio | $3.1 | $3.9 | $7.0 | $482.9 | -0.4% | 11.5 | more | |
| Washington | $2.9 | $0.8 | $3.7 | $314.2 | 3.8% | 6.4 | more | |
| Virginia | $1.6 | $2.0 | $3.7 | $376.4 | 2.1% | 7.6 | more | |
| North Carolina | $1.2 | $2.0 | $3.2 | $388.0 | 6.4% | 8.9 | more | |
| Georgia | $2.3 | $0.9 | $3.2 | $405.7 | 1.4% | 9.3 | more | |
| Colorado | $0.9 | $1.1 | $2.1 | $232.9 | 2.4% | 4.8 | more | |
| Wisconsin | $1.6 | $2.0 | $3.5 | $237.6 | 1.8% | 5.6 | more | |
| Minnesota | $1.5 | $2.0 | $3.5 | $252.4 | 0.2% | 5.1 | more | |
| Arizona | $1.5 | $0.5 | $2.0 | $246.1 | 4.4% | 6.2 | more | |
| Indiana | $2.1 | $1.2 | $3.3 | $259.0 | 2.0% | 6.3 | more | |
| Missouri | $1.7 | $0.5 | $2.2 | $235.8 | 0.4% | 5.9 | more | |
| Kentucky | $1.6 | $0.2 | $1.8 | $153.0 | 2.4% | 4.2 | more | |
| Connecticut | $1.8 | $0.6 | $2.5 | $219.8 | 4.4% | 3.5 | more | |
| South Carolina | $1.1 | $0.3 | $1.4 | $153.5 | 2.2% | 4.3 | more | |
| Maryland | $2.2 | $0.9 | $3.1 | $273.8 | 1.3% | 5.6 | more | |
| Tennessee | $2.1 | $0.6 | $2.7 | $243.1 | 2.3% | 6.1 | more | |
| Oregon | $1.8 | $0.5 | $2.3 | $153.8 | 5.0% | 3.7 | more | |
| Louisiana | $1.8 | $0.5 | $2.4 | $207.3 | -1.0% | 4.2 | more | |
| Alabama | $0.8 | $0.5 | $1.3 | $166.0 | 1.4% | 4.6 | more | |
| Nevada | $0.5 | $0.5 | $1.0 | $126.6 | 3.7% | 2.5 | more | |
| Kansas | $0.7 | $0.2 | $0.9 | $113.8 | 5.1% | 2.8 | more | |
| Utah | $0.6 | $0.3 | $0.9 | $106.8 | 7.7% | 2.6 | more | |
| Oklahoma | $1.0 | $0.2 | $1.2 | $138.4 | 6.4% | 3.6 | more | |
| Iowa | $1.1 | $0.2 | $1.3 | $127.7 | 1.4% | 3.0 | more | |
| Arkansas | $0.8 | $0.2 | $1.0 | $96.1 | 2.2% | 2.8 | more | |
| Mississippi | $0.7 | $0.3 | $1.0 | $87.6 | 2.1% | 2.9 | more | |
| New Mexico | $0.6 | $0.2 | $0.8 | $78.0 | 2.6% | 1.9 | more | |
| New Hampshire | $0.4 | $0.3 | $0.7 | $60.2 | 2.7% | 1.3 | more | |
| Hawaii | $0.7 | $0.1 | $0.8 | $60.8 | 2.7% | 1.3 | more | |
| Nebraska | $0.7 | $0.2 | $0.9 | $79.3 | 2.9% | 1.8 | more | |
| Alaska | $0.6 | $0.1 | $0.8 | $45.0 | 7.1% | 0.7 | more | |
| Rhode Island | $0.6 | $0.2 | $0.8 | $47.2 | 2.7% | 1.1 | more | |
| West Virginia | $0.4 | $0.1 | $0.5 | $57.2 | 1.5% | 1.8 | more | |
| District of Columbia | $0.0 | $1.2 | $1.2 | $88.4 | 0.0% | 0.6 | more | |
| Maine | $0.8 | $0.1 | $1.0 | $48.9 | 0.7% | 1.3 | more | |
| Delaware | $0.5 | $0.1 | $0.6 | $55.6 | 3.1% | 0.9 | more | |
| Montana | $0.3 | $0.1 | $0.4 | $33.1 | 3.1% | 0.9 | more | |
| South Dakota | $0.3 | $0.1 | $0.4 | $32.6 | 1.6% | 0.8 | more | |
| Idaho | $0.4 | $0.1 | $0.5 | $51.1 | 2.4% | 1.5 | more | |
| Vermont | $0.4 | $0.0 | $0.4 | $24.5 | 0.5% | 0.6 | more | |
| North Dakota | $0.3 | $0.1 | $0.3 | $26.4 | 4.3% | 0.6 | more | |
| Wyoming | $0.2 | $0.0 | $0.2 | $32.7 | 12.9% | 0.5 | more | |
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