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Comparison of State and Local Government Spending
in the United States
-5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 2015  +1yr +5yr
Amounts in $ per capita
StateState
Spending
Local
Spending
State and
Local
Spending
Gross
State
Product
Real
State
Growth
Popu-
lation
(mln)
 District of Columbia$0.0$23,198.4$23,198.4$184,270.91.8%0.7 more
 New York$6,622.5$9,858.8$16,481.3$76,229.72.0%19.7 more
 Wyoming$7,915.8$8,965.1$16,880.9$65,868.92.0%0.6 more
 Alaska$14,856.2$7,970.6$22,826.8$69,843.00.7%0.7 more
 Nebraska$4,165.8$7,451.6$11,617.4$62,049.83.4%1.9 more
 California$5,714.5$7,448.4$13,162.9$63,930.24.8%38.9 more
 Illinois$5,014.7$6,078.0$11,092.8$62,411.91.7%12.9 more
 Washington$5,510.2$5,955.0$11,465.2$65,239.64.5%7.2 more
 North Dakota$7,537.6$5,915.2$13,452.9$75,379.8-2.5%0.8 more
 Minnesota$5,495.7$5,553.8$11,049.4$61,408.12.0%5.5 more
 Colorado$4,622.6$5,501.1$10,123.7$58,833.34.8%5.5 more
 All states combined$5,109.8$5,497.6$10,607.5$57,040.12.9%320.7 more
 Maryland$5,667.9$5,429.3$11,097.2$61,336.32.3%6.0 more
 New Jersey$6,681.5$5,412.6$12,094.1$63,786.71.9%8.9 more
 Iowa$5,509.8$5,299.0$10,808.8$58,116.83.1%3.1 more
 Wisconsin$5,103.6$5,164.4$10,268.1$53,497.82.0%5.8 more
 Kansas$4,446.1$5,147.2$9,593.3$53,491.62.9%2.9 more
 Connecticut$6,056.9$5,132.5$11,189.5$72,633.03.2%3.6 more
 Pennsylvania$5,519.4$5,084.0$10,603.4$56,023.92.2%12.8 more
 Massachusetts$7,751.0$5,051.8$12,802.7$73,228.23.7%6.8 more
 Tennessee$3,621.0$4,978.5$8,599.5$49,486.73.6%6.6 more
 Oregon$7,286.9$4,930.8$12,217.7$49,916.95.0%4.0 more
 Texas$3,863.0$4,917.6$8,780.6$57,738.54.8%27.5 more
 Florida$3,347.8$4,803.0$8,150.8$45,425.64.4%20.2 more
 Ohio$5,576.7$4,794.8$10,371.6$52,939.31.3%11.6 more
 Virginia$4,608.3$4,729.5$9,337.8$58,028.42.1%8.4 more
 Nevada$3,419.4$4,703.1$8,122.6$50,822.94.0%2.9 more
 Michigan$4,748.5$4,663.1$9,411.7$48,238.42.3%9.9 more
 Louisiana$5,182.2$4,653.6$9,835.7$50,208.7-1.4%4.7 more
 North Carolina$4,071.0$4,638.8$8,709.7$50,678.73.0%10.0 more
 Vermont$7,897.8$4,496.7$12,394.5$49,779.30.6%0.6 more
 Georgia$3,333.5$4,482.9$7,816.4$51,605.34.4%10.2 more
 Alabama$5,298.5$4,449.0$9,747.5$41,837.61.4%4.9 more
 South Carolina$5,021.9$4,356.7$9,378.7$42,383.53.5%4.9 more
 Missouri$4,317.5$4,340.1$8,657.6$49,313.21.4%6.1 more
 Rhode Island$7,272.3$4,312.4$11,584.6$53,557.11.4%1.1 more
 Mississippi$5,351.2$4,290.7$9,641.9$35,657.50.1%3.0 more
 South Dakota$4,664.7$4,181.1$8,845.8$56,956.82.5%0.9 more
 New Mexico$7,549.1$4,180.9$11,730.0$43,433.71.0%2.1 more
 Indiana$4,212.1$4,075.1$8,287.2$50,392.0-0.8%6.6 more
 Arizona$3,502.8$4,069.3$7,572.1$43,751.02.3%6.8 more
 New Hampshire$4,647.5$4,016.7$8,664.2$57,859.43.2%1.3 more
 Utah$5,010.6$3,946.4$8,957.0$50,194.63.6%3.0 more
 Montana$5,425.6$3,756.2$9,181.8$45,121.13.5%1.0 more
 Delaware$7,835.4$3,649.7$11,485.1$76,802.03.0%0.9 more
 Maine$5,545.8$3,558.0$9,103.7$44,207.21.6%1.3 more
 Oklahoma$5,059.6$3,513.9$8,573.4$47,913.13.9%3.9 more
 Arkansas$5,353.0$3,405.6$8,758.6$39,793.50.1%3.0 more
 Kentucky$6,598.4$3,317.6$9,916.0$43,941.11.4%4.4 more
 West Virginia$6,333.5$3,200.1$9,533.6$38,904.30.2%1.8 more
 Idaho$4,470.1$3,194.6$7,664.8$39,978.81.5%1.7 more
 Hawaii$8,115.9$2,828.4$10,944.3$57,210.33.1%1.4 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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