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State Spending Ranking Percent GDP
| Comparison of State and Local Government Spending and Debt in the United States -5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 2012 +1yr +4yr Amounts in percent GDP
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| State | State & Local Spending | State & Local Debt | Gross State Product | Real State Growth | Popu- lation (million) | ||
| Connecticut | 15.15% | 15.78% | $258.9 | 3.6% | 3.6 | more | |
| Delaware | 14.77% | 11.69% | $67.0 | 3.0% | 0.9 | more | |
| Colorado | 16.63% | 18.97% | $277.3 | 3.0% | 5.0 | more | |
| California | 20.61% | 18.49% | $2,048.7 | 3.1% | 38.4 | more | |
| Arkansas | 19.69% | 12.64% | $111.4 | 3.3% | 2.9 | more | |
| District of Columbia | 11.73% | 9.15% | $112.9 | 3.8% | 0.6 | more | |
| Florida | 19.99% | 18.03% | $799.4 | 3.0% | 19.7 | more | |
| Illinois | 17.84% | 19.72% | $703.2 | 3.2% | 12.9 | more | |
| Indiana | 17.81% | 15.85% | $306.0 | 4.2% | 6.5 | more | |
| Idaho | 18.95% | 9.67% | $59.9 | 3.2% | 1.6 | more | |
| Hawaii | 19.13% | 17.02% | $71.4 | 3.0% | 1.4 | more | |
| Georgia | 18.14% | 11.67% | $431.8 | 3.0% | 9.9 | more | |
| Arizona | 18.86% | 16.74% | $270.0 | 2.8% | 6.8 | more | |
| Alaska | 25.99% | 21.03% | $55.1 | 3.2% | 0.7 | more | |
| Washington | 19.78% | 20.09% | $366.0 | 3.1% | 6.8 | more | |
| Virginia | 15.06% | 13.09% | $459.0 | 3.4% | 8.2 | more | |
| West Virginia | 22.79% | 16.27% | $71.6 | 4.0% | 1.8 | more | |
| Wisconsin | 20.46% | 17.38% | $269.2 | 3.4% | 5.8 | more | |
| Wyoming | 20.45% | 6.68% | $42.2 | 2.4% | 0.5 | more | |
| Vermont | 23.82% | 17.20% | $27.9 | 3.6% | 0.6 | more | |
| Utah | 19.15% | 15.79% | $123.4 | 3.1% | 2.8 | more | |
| Alabama | 21.77% | 15.19% | $186.9 | 3.2% | 4.7 | more | |
| South Dakota | 15.80% | 13.12% | $43.5 | 3.3% | 0.8 | more | |
| Tennessee | 19.65% | 13.97% | $278.6 | 3.8% | 6.4 | more | |
| Texas | 16.03% | 17.88% | $1,330.4 | 3.5% | 25.7 | more | |
| Iowa | 18.44% | 10.03% | $156.6 | 3.6% | 3.0 | more | |
| Kansas | 18.53% | 18.14% | $138.1 | 3.2% | 2.9 | more | |
| North Carolina | 17.40% | 12.02% | $464.2 | 3.7% | 9.7 | more | |
| North Dakota | 18.03% | 13.15% | $39.9 | 5.2% | 0.7 | more | |
| New York | 23.53% | 24.53% | $1,285.8 | 4.4% | 19.4 | more | |
| New Mexico | 24.44% | 16.89% | $86.4 | 3.1% | 2.1 | more | |
| New Jersey | 18.92% | 18.48% | $526.8 | 3.4% | 9.0 | more | |
| Ohio | 21.57% | 14.96% | $517.0 | 3.3% | 11.6 | more | |
| Oklahoma | 18.70% | 11.69% | $160.0 | 2.9% | 3.7 | more | |
| South Carolina | 23.44% | 21.53% | $178.3 | 3.4% | 4.6 | more | |
| Rhode Island | 21.54% | 21.97% | $53.4 | 3.5% | 1.1 | more | |
| Pennsylvania | 21.03% | 21.66% | $621.4 | 3.6% | 12.7 | more | |
| Oregon | 20.26% | 18.11% | $189.5 | 3.7% | 3.9 | more | |
| New Hampshire | 16.99% | 17.63% | $64.4 | 3.0% | 1.4 | more | |
| Nevada | 15.75% | 17.31% | $132.5 | 2.5% | 2.8 | more | |
| Maryland | 17.46% | 12.72% | $320.1 | 3.6% | 5.9 | more | |
| Massachusetts | 18.50% | 25.04% | $416.2 | 4.0% | 6.6 | more | |
| Maine | 21.79% | 16.30% | $55.8 | 3.3% | 1.4 | more | |
| Louisiana | 18.99% | 13.63% | $244.4 | 3.5% | 4.6 | more | |
| Kentucky | 21.42% | 24.43% | $179.0 | 3.7% | 4.3 | more | |
| Michigan | 21.71% | 19.74% | $417.8 | 3.6% | 10.2 | more | |
| Minnesota | 18.89% | 15.91% | $295.2 | 3.6% | 5.4 | more | |
| Nebraska | 20.13% | 13.92% | $97.6 | 3.2% | 1.8 | more | |
| Montana | 22.60% | 17.15% | $38.9 | 2.9% | 1.0 | more | |
| Missouri | 18.19% | 16.78% | $262.1 | 3.0% | 6.0 | more | |
| Mississippi | 25.74% | 13.41% | $105.3 | 2.9% | 3.0 | more | |
| All states combined | 19.39% | 17.74% | $15,812.5 | 3.4% | 314.1 | 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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