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Compare state and local welfare 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 2015  +1yr +5yr
Amounts in $ billion
StateState
Spending
Local
Spending
State and
Local
Spending
Gross
State
Product
Real
State
Growth
Popu-
lation
(mln)
 Texas$7.0$2.3$9.2$1,573.55.0%27.5 more
 Oregon$4.0$0.6$4.6$200.74.8%4.0 more
 Colorado$1.5$1.5$3.0$320.74.6%5.5 more
 California$17.3$25.1$42.5$2,473.64.5%38.9 more
 Florida$3.3$3.2$6.5$908.54.3%20.2 more
 Nevada$0.8$0.6$1.4$145.14.2%2.9 more
 Washington$3.0$1.4$4.4$466.74.1%7.2 more
 Georgia$2.0$1.2$3.1$521.04.1%10.2 more
 Oklahoma$1.6$0.3$1.9$186.84.1%3.9 more
 Massachusetts$5.1$1.5$6.7$498.93.7%6.8 more
 Montana$0.3$0.1$0.4$46.63.6%1.0 more
 Tennessee$2.1$0.7$2.8$325.33.5%6.6 more
 Utah$1.1$0.4$1.5$149.23.4%3.0 more
 South Carolina$1.3$0.3$1.7$205.83.2%4.9 more
 Nebraska$0.8$0.3$1.1$116.53.2%1.9 more
 Hawaii$0.8$0.2$1.0$81.23.2%1.4 more
 Connecticut$2.1$0.8$2.8$259.52.9%3.6 more
 Delaware$0.6$0.1$0.6$71.92.9%0.9 more
 North Carolina$1.1$3.0$4.1$508.92.8%10.0 more
 Iowa$1.3$0.2$1.5$180.32.7%3.1 more
 New Hampshire$0.6$0.3$0.9$76.52.6%1.3 more
 Maryland$3.5$1.2$4.8$369.72.5%6.0 more
 All states combined$117.0$89.3$206.3$18,401.62.4%320.7 more
 Kansas$1.0$0.2$1.2$155.02.4%2.9 more
 Michigan$3.9$1.2$5.1$475.02.2%9.9 more
 Wyoming$0.3$0.0$0.3$38.42.2%0.6 more
 Arizona$3.2$0.5$3.7$299.42.0%6.8 more
 District of Columbia$0.0$1.6$1.6$124.62.0%0.7 more
 Pennsylvania$5.3$4.9$10.2$714.21.9%12.8 more
 South Dakota$0.4$0.1$0.5$48.11.8%0.9 more
 Wisconsin$1.7$2.2$3.9$307.51.8%5.8 more
 Virginia$1.7$2.3$4.0$483.81.7%8.4 more
 Minnesota$2.2$2.2$4.4$335.51.5%5.5 more
 New York$3.9$15.8$19.6$1,487.61.5%19.7 more
 New Jersey$7.3$1.9$9.1$563.21.5%8.9 more
 Illinois$5.5$2.5$8.0$799.91.4%12.9 more
 Missouri$1.2$0.7$1.9$296.91.1%6.1 more
 Alaska$0.8$0.2$1.0$51.51.0%0.7 more
 Rhode Island$0.8$0.2$0.9$56.41.0%1.1 more
 Idaho$0.8$0.1$0.8$65.91.0%1.7 more
 Ohio$2.5$4.3$6.8$611.00.8%11.6 more
 New Mexico$0.7$0.2$0.8$90.30.8%2.1 more
 Kentucky$1.8$0.2$2.0$193.40.8%4.4 more
 Alabama$2.4$0.5$2.9$202.40.8%4.9 more
 Maine$1.3$0.2$1.4$58.10.7%1.3 more
 Vermont$0.8$0.1$0.9$30.90.7%0.6 more
 Arkansas$1.0$0.2$1.2$117.80.6%3.0 more
 Mississippi$0.8$0.3$1.0$105.90.2%3.0 more
 West Virginia$1.1$0.1$1.2$71.30.2%1.8 more
 Indiana$2.1$0.5$2.5$331.9-1.0%6.6 more
 Louisiana$1.3$0.7$2.1$235.1-1.0%4.7 more
 North Dakota$0.4$0.1$0.5$56.0-2.2%0.8 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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in FY2025 Budget
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Federal Outlays$6,371.8$6,940.9 +$569.1
Federal Receipts$4,802.5$5,081.6+$279.1
Federal Deficit$1,569.4$1,859.4+$290.0

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