Comparison:
Federal Spending by State

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Spending

Spending
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States

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Comparison of Federal Spending by State
in the United States
-5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 2009
Amounts in $ billion

Federal Defense Spending
by State in $ billion

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	State	Total Spending	Defense Spending	Non-Defense Spending	Direct Payments	Procurement	Grants	Salaries and Wages
	All states combined	$3,238.4	$534.9	$2,703.5	$762.9	$550.8	$744.1	$299.4
	Virginia	$155.6	$67.1	$88.5	$15.5	$81.8	$12.7	$18.3
	California	$346.0	$59.3	$286.6	$80.8	$69.0	$90.9	$23.5
	Texas	$227.1	$46.7	$180.4	$49.5	$39.3	$55.7	$24.4
	Florida	$175.7	$23.2	$152.5	$50.7	$18.5	$32.0	$12.2
	Maryland	$92.2	$23.2	$69.0	$14.3	$34.3	$11.8	$13.2
	Massachusetts	$83.9	$16.6	$67.2	$20.6	$18.9	$22.4	$4.3
	Georgia	$83.9	$16.4	$67.5	$18.2	$7.7	$19.2	$13.6
	Missouri	$67.9	$15.4	$52.6	$16.2	$13.5	$13.6	$6.2
	Arizona	$63.0	$15.1	$47.9	$12.1	$13.9	$14.5	$4.6
	Pennsylvania	$135.7	$13.9	$121.7	$40.0	$18.1	$27.4	$8.3
	New York	$195.0	$13.6	$181.3	$54.0	$14.5	$62.4	$12.4
	Connecticut	$42.6	$12.9	$29.7	$9.2	$13.0	$8.8	$1.8
	North Carolina	$84.8	$12.5	$72.3	$18.5	$5.2	$20.9	$11.6
	Alabama	$54.7	$12.3	$42.4	$12.1	$10.4	$10.0	$4.7
	Washington	$66.6	$11.8	$54.8	$13.1	$9.2	$15.3	$9.2
	Colorado	$47.8	$11.3	$36.5	$8.6	$11.1	$8.9	$6.8
	New Jersey	$80.6	$10.9	$69.8	$22.7	$12.1	$16.8	$5.2
	Kentucky	$50.0	$10.3	$39.7	$10.7	$7.0	$11.4	$6.7
	Ohio	$108.0	$10.2	$97.8	$33.1	$9.1	$25.4	$6.6
	Wisconsin	$61.3	$9.2	$52.1	$13.8	$9.5	$19.2	$2.7
	Illinois	$116.1	$9.1	$107.0	$33.0	$11.5	$31.5	$7.5
	Indiana	$61.1	$8.9	$52.2	$17.4	$7.9	$13.3	$3.7
	Hawaii	$24.6	$7.5	$17.1	$9.2	$1.8	$3.3	$6.2
	Michigan	$92.0	$7.4	$84.6	$26.2	$9.3	$21.1	$4.5
	South Carolina	$46.9	$6.7	$40.2	$10.2	$8.2	$9.2	$3.9
	Mississippi	$32.8	$6.1	$26.8	$7.5	$5.0	$8.3	$2.6
	Oklahoma	$37.5	$6.1	$31.4	$8.9	$3.1	$8.6	$4.7
	Alaska	$14.2	$6.0	$8.2	$0.9	$5.0	$3.7	$3.1
	Kansas	$34.7	$5.9	$28.8	$13.8	$3.0	$5.4	$4.3
	Louisiana	$48.4	$5.6	$42.8	$12.6	$4.0	$15.2	$3.8
	District of Columbia	$49.9	$4.9	$45.0	$5.0	$7.8	$12.0	$22.3
	Tennessee	$68.5	$4.2	$64.3	$17.1	$10.4	$17.1	$3.6
	Minnesota	$45.7	$4.2	$41.5	$12.4	$4.8	$11.7	$3.1
	Utah	$20.7	$3.9	$16.8	$3.5	$3.6	$4.9	$2.8
	New Mexico	$27.5	$2.8	$24.7	$3.8	$7.7	$7.0	$2.5
	Nevada	$18.9	$2.7	$16.2	$4.3	$2.1	$3.8	$1.8
	Oregon	$33.6	$2.6	$31.0	$8.4	$2.5	$8.7	$2.4
	Iowa	$29.4	$2.3	$27.0	$8.9	$2.3	$7.6	$1.7
	Arkansas	$27.3	$2.1	$25.2	$7.1	$1.0	$6.9	$2.2
	New Hampshire	$11.8	$2.1	$9.8	$2.3	$1.9	$2.6	$0.8
	Maine	$14.2	$2.0	$12.2	$2.9	$1.4	$4.1	$1.1
	Nebraska	$16.5	$1.9	$14.7	$4.9	$1.2	$3.7	$1.6
	Idaho	$14.9	$1.2	$13.7	$2.8	$3.4	$3.1	$1.2
	Rhode Island	$11.5	$1.1	$10.4	$3.1	$0.7	$3.6	$0.9
	Vermont	$7.1	$1.1	$6.0	$1.3	$1.1	$2.2	$0.6
	West Virginia	$19.8	$0.9	$18.9	$4.7	$0.8	$4.9	$1.9
	Delaware	$8.1	$0.9	$7.2	$1.8	$0.6	$2.1	$0.7
	South Dakota	$9.5	$0.9	$8.6	$3.1	$0.6	$2.5	$1.0
	North Dakota	$8.6	$0.8	$7.8	$3.1	$0.5	$2.3	$1.0
	Montana	$10.9	$0.7	$10.2	$3.1	$0.5	$2.9	$1.1
	Wyoming	$6.3	$0.4	$5.9	$1.2	$0.3	$2.6	$0.7
Notes: actual estimated Data Source: US Census Bureau Statistical Abstract

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