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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 2011 +1yr +5yr Amounts in percent GDP |
| State | State & Local Spending  | State & Local Debt | Gross State Product | Real State Growth | Popu- lation (mln) | ||
| Louisiana | 21.23% | 16.83% | $230.52 | -4.8% | 4.6 | more | |
| Connecticut | 17.34% | 17.79% | $233.06 | -2.0% | 3.6 | more | |
| New Jersey | 20.49% | 20.69% | $494.29 | -1.1% | 8.8 | more | |
| Missouri | 18.96% | 17.58% | $263.33 | -1.0% | 6.0 | more | |
| Maine | 23.53% | 16.89% | $53.10 | -0.9% | 1.3 | more | |
| Wyoming | 21.83% | 5.91% | $39.62 | -0.5% | 0.6 | more | |
| Florida | 21.43% | 19.98% | $761.04 | -0.3% | 19.1 | more | |
| Mississippi | 28.37% | 14.68% | $96.80 | -0.2% | 3.0 | more | |
| New Mexico | 25.33% | 20.02% | $87.06 | -0.2% | 2.1 | more | |
| Rhode Island | 22.87% | 23.83% | $50.12 | 0.0% | 1.1 | more | |
| Idaho | 20.93% | 10.73% | $57.42 | 0.1% | 1.6 | more | |
| Indiana | 18.04% | 17.00% | $292.37 | 0.2% | 6.5 | more | |
| North Carolina | 18.84% | 11.94% | $430.04 | 0.5% | 9.7 | more | |
| New York | 24.08% | 26.86% | $1,245.77 | 0.6% | 19.5 | more | |
| New Hampshire | 17.52% | 16.89% | $66.56 | 0.7% | 1.3 | more | |
| Alaska | 25.62% | 17.75% | $56.91 | 0.7% | 0.7 | more | |
| Virginia | 15.99% | 14.73% | $433.68 | 0.8% | 8.1 | more | |
| Kentucky | 22.81% | 24.77% | $171.24 | 0.9% | 4.4 | more | |
| Alabama | 23.17% | 16.23% | $182.90 | 1.0% | 4.8 | more | |
| Nevada | 18.13% | 21.97% | $128.64 | 1.2% | 2.7 | more | |
| Hawaii | 20.91% | 19.44% | $68.80 | 1.4% | 1.4 | more | |
| Pennsylvania | 21.04% | 20.02% | $623.77 | 1.4% | 12.7 | more | |
| All states combined | 20.23% | 18.74% | $15,599.70 | 1.6% | 311.6 | more | |
| Colorado | 18.64% | 19.40% | $266.11 | 1.6% | 5.1 | more | |
| California | 22.52% | 20.89% | $2,014.05 | 1.8% | 37.6 | more | |
| Iowa | 20.35% | 12.33% | $149.03 | 1.8% | 3.1 | more | |
| District of Columbia | 12.67% | 10.26% | $109.95 | 1.9% | 0.6 | more | |
| West Virginia | 23.62% | 15.85% | $69.37 | 1.9% | 1.9 | more | |
| Arkansas | 22.49% | 12.84% | $105.70 | 2.0% | 2.9 | more | |
| Washington | 19.98% | 19.63% | $377.52 | 2.0% | 6.8 | more | |
| Georgia | 18.13% | 12.54% | $433.14 | 2.0% | 9.8 | more | |
| Wisconsin | 21.43% | 16.65% | $265.44 | 2.1% | 5.7 | more | |
| Maryland | 17.78% | 13.73% | $324.92 | 2.1% | 5.8 | more | |
| Illinois | 18.73% | 21.02% | $691.81 | 2.2% | 12.9 | more | |
| Massachusetts | 18.39% | 23.18% | $423.69 | 2.2% | 6.6 | more | |
| Minnesota | 19.39% | 16.29% | $287.07 | 2.3% | 5.3 | more | |
| South Carolina | 24.63% | 23.79% | $172.85 | 2.4% | 4.7 | more | |
| Montana | 22.97% | 14.15% | $40.59 | 2.5% | 1.0 | more | |
| Vermont | 24.21% | 16.21% | $28.56 | 2.5% | 0.6 | more | |
| Kansas | 19.39% | 19.85% | $136.75 | 2.8% | 2.9 | more | |
| Michigan | 21.95% | 18.09% | $408.35 | 2.9% | 9.9 | more | |
| Oregon | 23.51% | 20.69% | $169.69 | 2.9% | 3.9 | more | |
| Arizona | 20.09% | 19.20% | $261.69 | 2.9% | 6.5 | more | |
| Ohio | 21.95% | 15.05% | $525.46 | 2.9% | 11.5 | more | |
| Tennessee | 20.45% | 13.80% | $270.06 | 3.0% | 6.4 | more | |
| Utah | 19.96% | 16.09% | $125.14 | 3.4% | 2.8 | more | |
| Texas | 16.36% | 19.28% | $1,351.78 | 3.6% | 25.6 | more | |
| Oklahoma | 18.38% | 11.55% | $167.21 | 3.7% | 3.8 | more | |
| Delaware | 16.15% | 13.45% | $61.38 | 4.1% | 0.9 | more | |
| Nebraska | 19.34% | 14.86% | $100.53 | 5.6% | 1.8 | more | |
| South Dakota | 16.80% | 13.60% | $42.08 | 6.3% | 0.8 | more | |
| North Dakota | 17.30% | 10.69% | $41.60 | 11.9% | 0.7 | more | |
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The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its Gross State Product (GSP) data for 2025 on April 9, 2026.
Usgovernmentspending.com has updated its individual state GSPs for 2025 for each state using the projected national GDP numbers from Table 10.1 in the Historical Tables for the Federal FY2027 Budget and the historical GDP data series from the BEA as a baseline.
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