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Comparison of State and Local Government Spending
in the United States
-5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 2012  +1yr +4yr
Amounts in percent GDP

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Spending as percent of GSP
 Total Spending
 Pensions
 Health Care
 Education
 Welfare
 Protection
 Transportation
 Debt
 GSP Growth
State State
Spending
Local
Spending
State and
Local
Spending
 Alabama2.86%4.27%7.14% more
 Alaska2.47%3.60%6.07% more
 Arizona1.32%3.79%5.12% more
 Arkansas2.41%4.49%6.90% more
 California1.21%4.08%5.29% more
 Colorado1.57%3.10%4.68% more
 Connecticut1.21%3.53%4.73% more
 Delaware1.95%2.77%4.72% more
 District of Columbia0.00%1.96%1.96% more
 Florida0.99%4.13%5.12% more
 Georgia1.60%4.27%5.88% more
 Hawaii4.79%0.00%4.79% more
 Idaho1.80%3.82%5.62% more
 Illinois1.11%3.95%5.07% more
 Indiana2.10%3.95%6.04% more
 Iowa1.89%4.30%6.18% more
 Kansas1.63%4.39%6.03% more
 Kentucky2.84%3.82%6.66% more
 Louisiana1.76%3.12%4.88% more
 Maine1.83%4.14%5.98% more
 Maryland1.52%4.26%5.78% more
 Massachusetts1.29%3.44%4.73% more
 Michigan2.26%5.38%7.64% more
 Minnesota1.77%3.70%5.47% more
 Mississippi2.23%5.13%7.36% more
 Missouri1.34%4.18%5.52% more
 Montana2.46%4.31%6.77% more
 Nebraska1.81%4.00%5.82% more
 Nevada1.12%3.22%4.34% more
 New Hampshire1.48%4.11%5.60% more
 New Jersey1.64%4.63%6.27% more
 New Mexico2.73%4.88%7.61% more
 New York0.92%4.74%5.66% more
 North Carolina1.86%3.58%5.44% more
 North Dakota2.76%3.17%5.92% more
 Ohio1.91%4.55%6.47% more
 Oklahoma2.48%3.90%6.38% more
 Oregon1.61%3.95%5.56% more
 Pennsylvania1.61%4.43%6.04% more
 Rhode Island1.73%4.29%6.02% more
 South Carolina2.57%4.51%7.08% more
 South Dakota1.55%3.23%4.77% more
 Tennessee1.51%3.21%4.72% more
 Texas1.50%4.27%5.76% more
 All states combined1.59%4.13%5.71% more
 Utah2.67%3.53%6.20% more
 Vermont3.28%5.41%8.69% more
 Virginia1.65%3.61%5.26% more
 Washington1.90%3.33%5.24% more
 West Virginia3.04%4.67%7.71% more
 Wisconsin1.80%4.65%6.45% more
 Wyoming1.31%4.65%5.96% more
Notes: guesstimated1 estimated

1. "Guesstimated" by projecting the latest change in reported number forward to future years. GSP deviation from national GDP growth cut by 40% per year.

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On February 13, 2012, we updated usgovernmentspending.com with the numbers from the historical tables in the FY13 federal budget. Actual revenue for FY 2011 and estimated revenue through FY 2017 come from Tables 2.1, 2.4, and 2.5. Actual spending for FY 2011 and estimated spending at the subfunction level through FY 2017 comes from Table 3.2. Federal debt estimates come from Table 7.1 and GDP estimates come from Table 10.1.

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