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

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Comparison of State and Local Government Spending
in the United States
-5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 2011  +1yr +5yr
Amounts in percent GDP
StateState
Spending
Local
Spending
State and
Local
Spending
Gross
State
Product
Real
State
Growth
Popu-
lation
(mln)
 District of Columbia0.00%2.20%2.20%$109.951.9%0.6 more
 Nevada1.22%3.20%4.41%$128.641.2%2.7 more
 Massachusetts1.36%3.20%4.56%$423.692.2%6.6 more
 Tennessee1.54%3.36%4.90%$270.063.0%6.4 more
 Hawaii4.91%0.00%4.91%$68.801.4%1.4 more
 South Dakota1.65%3.37%5.02%$42.086.3%0.8 more
 Colorado1.84%3.22%5.06%$266.111.6%5.1 more
 Connecticut1.40%3.67%5.07%$233.06-2.0%3.6 more
 Washington1.95%3.12%5.07%$377.522.0%6.8 more
 Illinois1.07%4.04%5.11%$691.812.2%12.9 more
 Delaware2.29%2.87%5.16%$61.384.1%0.9 more
 Florida1.22%3.95%5.17%$761.04-0.3%19.1 more
 California1.44%3.74%5.18%$2,014.051.8%37.6 more
 Arizona1.55%3.63%5.18%$261.692.9%6.5 more
 Virginia1.81%3.48%5.29%$433.680.8%8.1 more
 Missouri1.38%3.93%5.31%$263.33-1.0%6.0 more
 Louisiana1.88%3.46%5.35%$230.52-4.8%4.6 more
 North Dakota2.41%2.99%5.39%$41.6011.9%0.7 more
 Minnesota1.88%3.56%5.44%$287.072.3%5.3 more
 Texas1.65%3.82%5.47%$1,351.783.6%25.6 more
 Idaho1.81%3.72%5.54%$57.420.1%1.6 more
 North Carolina2.02%3.56%5.57%$430.040.5%9.7 more
 All states combined1.68%3.91%5.60%$15,599.701.6%311.6 more
 Oklahoma2.34%3.27%5.61%$167.213.7%3.8 more
 Maryland1.50%4.19%5.69%$324.922.1%5.8 more
 Pennsylvania1.54%4.16%5.71%$623.771.4%12.7 more
 New Hampshire1.51%4.21%5.73%$66.560.7%1.3 more
 Indiana2.24%3.49%5.73%$292.370.2%6.5 more
 Nebraska1.75%3.98%5.73%$100.535.6%1.8 more
 New York1.03%4.78%5.81%$1,245.770.6%19.5 more
 Georgia1.95%3.95%5.90%$433.142.0%9.8 more
 Alaska2.49%3.51%5.99%$56.910.7%0.7 more
 Rhode Island1.80%4.36%6.16%$50.120.0%1.1 more
 Kansas1.71%4.48%6.19%$136.752.8%2.9 more
 Oregon1.96%4.31%6.27%$169.692.9%3.9 more
 New Jersey1.64%4.64%6.28%$494.29-1.1%8.8 more
 Utah2.95%3.34%6.30%$125.143.4%2.8 more
 Wyoming1.56%4.83%6.39%$39.62-0.5%0.6 more
 Ohio2.01%4.41%6.43%$525.462.9%11.5 more
 Montana2.30%4.16%6.47%$40.592.5%1.0 more
 Iowa2.02%4.53%6.55%$149.031.8%3.1 more
 Maine1.94%4.61%6.55%$53.10-0.9%1.3 more
 Wisconsin1.92%4.72%6.64%$265.442.1%5.7 more
 Kentucky3.11%3.63%6.74%$171.240.9%4.4 more
 South Carolina2.72%4.34%7.06%$172.852.4%4.7 more
 Michigan2.34%4.76%7.10%$408.352.9%9.9 more
 New Mexico2.74%4.59%7.33%$87.06-0.2%2.1 more
 Alabama3.16%4.19%7.35%$182.901.0%4.8 more
 Mississippi2.34%5.21%7.55%$96.80-0.2%3.0 more
 Arkansas2.92%5.14%8.06%$105.702.0%2.9 more
 West Virginia3.29%4.84%8.13%$69.371.9%1.9 more
 Vermont3.19%5.21%8.39%$28.562.5%0.6 more
Notes: actual estimated

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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Spending data is from official government sources.

Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.

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Medicare breakdown here; Medicaid breakdown here.

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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Gross State Product for 2025

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

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