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Compare state and local debt 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 percent GDP
StateState
Debt
Local
Debt
State and
Local
Debt
Gross
State
Product
Real
State
Growth
Popu-
lation
(mln)
 Wyoming2.16%2.97%5.13%$38.622.0%0.6 more
 North Carolina3.44%6.14%9.58%$508.673.0%10.0 more
 Idaho5.58%4.02%9.60%$66.061.5%1.7 more
 Oklahoma4.76%5.43%10.19%$187.373.9%3.9 more
 Iowa3.43%6.82%10.25%$181.473.1%3.1 more
 Georgia2.52%7.96%10.48%$525.524.4%10.2 more
 Delaware6.86%3.68%10.54%$72.353.0%0.9 more
 North Dakota3.62%7.04%10.66%$56.95-2.5%0.8 more
 Montana6.89%4.18%11.07%$46.543.5%1.0 more
 District of Columbia0.00%11.17%11.17%$124.751.8%0.7 more
 South Dakota6.87%5.16%12.03%$48.682.5%0.9 more
 Arkansas4.20%8.96%13.17%$118.570.1%3.0 more
 Nebraska1.54%11.66%13.20%$117.403.4%1.9 more
 Mississippi7.01%6.37%13.38%$106.620.1%3.0 more
 Virginia5.81%7.60%13.41%$485.542.1%8.4 more
 Maine8.53%4.95%13.48%$58.761.6%1.3 more
 Utah4.99%8.76%13.76%$149.763.6%3.0 more
 Maryland7.24%6.66%13.90%$367.312.3%6.0 more
 Ohio5.38%8.53%13.91%$615.281.3%11.6 more
 New Hampshire10.61%3.34%13.95%$77.393.2%1.3 more
 Tennessee2.18%11.86%14.04%$326.383.6%6.6 more
 Wisconsin7.16%7.20%14.36%$308.302.0%5.8 more
 Alabama4.49%10.02%14.52%$203.111.4%4.9 more
 Vermont10.88%4.09%14.97%$31.150.6%0.6 more
 Florida3.63%11.61%15.24%$918.464.4%20.2 more
 Minnesota4.71%10.54%15.25%$336.762.0%5.5 more
 Indiana6.77%8.53%15.31%$333.16-0.8%6.6 more
 Missouri6.47%9.19%15.67%$299.601.4%6.1 more
 Michigan6.94%9.05%15.99%$479.222.3%9.9 more
 West Virginia11.38%4.67%16.05%$71.710.2%1.8 more
 Arizona4.76%11.41%16.17%$298.942.3%6.8 more
 All states combined6.28%9.96%16.24%$18,401.602.4%320.7 more
 Louisiana7.52%9.34%16.86%$234.32-1.4%4.7 more
 California6.10%10.84%16.94%$2,487.164.8%38.9 more
 New Mexico7.42%9.67%17.09%$90.781.0%2.1 more
 Washington6.89%10.49%17.39%$467.594.5%7.2 more
 Colorado5.27%12.14%17.41%$320.904.8%5.5 more
 Oregon6.51%10.97%17.48%$200.595.0%4.0 more
 Texas3.03%14.45%17.48%$1,585.994.8%27.5 more
 Kansas4.38%13.15%17.53%$155.702.9%2.9 more
 New Jersey11.87%5.88%17.75%$565.811.9%8.9 more
 Connecticut13.50%4.29%17.79%$260.653.2%3.6 more
 Pennsylvania6.69%11.15%17.84%$716.532.2%12.8 more
 Alaska11.11%6.81%17.91%$51.570.7%0.7 more
 Hawaii10.76%7.42%18.18%$81.413.1%1.4 more
 Massachusetts14.62%3.58%18.20%$497.773.7%6.8 more
 Illinois8.00%10.41%18.41%$802.591.7%12.9 more
 Nevada2.30%17.09%19.39%$145.794.0%2.9 more
 Kentucky7.08%12.90%19.98%$194.621.4%4.4 more
 South Carolina7.10%13.09%20.20%$207.513.5%4.9 more
 Rhode Island15.91%4.60%20.51%$56.601.4%1.1 more
 New York9.60%13.93%23.53%$1,498.472.0%19.7 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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