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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%12.70%12.70%$109.731.5%0.6 more
 Virginia7.83%8.11%15.94%$435.180.7%8.1 more
 Delaware10.82%5.33%16.16%$61.373.9%0.9 more
 Texas7.18%9.31%16.49%$1,341.333.3%25.6 more
 South Dakota8.89%7.99%16.87%$41.896.6%0.8 more
 North Dakota10.13%7.17%17.31%$41.5911.7%0.7 more
 Connecticut10.13%7.20%17.33%$233.16-2.4%3.6 more
 New Hampshire9.75%7.88%17.63%$66.150.6%1.3 more
 Maryland9.05%8.66%17.70%$326.282.2%5.8 more
 Indiana8.92%9.18%18.10%$291.360.5%6.5 more
 Georgia8.03%10.16%18.19%$431.651.8%9.8 more
 Nevada7.28%10.98%18.27%$127.680.7%2.7 more
 Massachusetts10.90%7.41%18.31%$425.522.0%6.6 more
 Oklahoma10.86%7.63%18.48%$166.243.6%3.8 more
 Colorado8.23%10.31%18.54%$267.521.4%5.1 more
 Illinois8.38%10.31%18.70%$692.881.9%12.9 more
 North Carolina9.14%9.63%18.77%$431.721.2%9.7 more
 Missouri9.42%9.63%19.05%$262.07-0.8%6.0 more
 Minnesota9.54%9.85%19.39%$287.042.3%5.3 more
 Kansas9.15%10.30%19.45%$136.362.8%2.9 more
 Nebraska7.06%12.40%19.46%$99.925.3%1.8 more
 Washington9.66%10.21%19.87%$379.581.8%6.8 more
 Utah10.81%9.08%19.89%$125.573.3%2.8 more
 Arizona9.28%10.87%20.15%$260.922.2%6.5 more
 All states combined9.64%10.52%20.16%$15,647.700.9%311.6 more
 New Jersey11.29%9.12%20.42%$495.97-1.2%8.8 more
 Iowa9.95%10.47%20.42%$148.481.5%3.1 more
 Tennessee8.80%11.67%20.47%$269.813.1%6.4 more
 Hawaii16.31%4.52%20.83%$69.081.5%1.4 more
 Pennsylvania11.34%9.67%21.01%$624.821.5%12.7 more
 Idaho11.76%9.34%21.11%$56.94-0.1%1.6 more
 Louisiana11.66%9.63%21.29%$229.95-4.8%4.6 more
 Wisconsin10.86%10.50%21.36%$266.362.2%5.7 more
 Florida8.59%13.00%21.59%$755.24-0.4%19.1 more
 Wyoming10.11%11.64%21.76%$39.75-0.7%0.6 more
 Ohio11.37%10.47%21.83%$528.193.3%11.5 more
 Michigan10.69%11.47%22.15%$404.562.6%9.9 more
 California9.44%12.97%22.41%$2,023.501.4%37.6 more
 Arkansas12.96%9.51%22.47%$105.772.1%2.9 more
 Montana14.03%8.71%22.74%$41.002.7%1.0 more
 Kentucky14.16%8.60%22.76%$171.591.1%4.4 more
 Rhode Island14.34%8.49%22.83%$50.21-0.1%1.1 more
 Alabama11.56%11.48%23.04%$183.921.6%4.8 more
 Oregon12.63%10.75%23.39%$170.632.7%3.9 more
 West Virginia15.12%8.55%23.66%$69.231.7%1.9 more
 Maine14.83%8.93%23.77%$52.58-1.0%1.3 more
 New York9.96%14.08%24.05%$1,247.610.2%19.5 more
 Vermont15.13%9.19%24.33%$28.422.1%0.6 more
 South Carolina13.71%11.03%24.74%$172.082.3%4.7 more
 New Mexico15.53%9.79%25.33%$87.060.0%2.1 more
 Alaska16.87%8.76%25.63%$56.901.2%0.7 more
 Mississippi15.49%13.05%28.54%$96.22-0.1%3.0 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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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 Now:  $34,573,199,545,841.43
Debt 2/2020:$23,409,959,150,243.63

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