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Compare state and local spending and debt for the 50 states against state growth and population.

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Comparison of State and Local Government Spending and Debt
in the United States
-5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 2010  +1yr +5yr
Amounts in percent GDP
StateState &
Local
Spending
State &
Local
Debt
Gross
State
Product
Real
State
Growth
Popu-
lation
(mln)
 Wyoming23.14%6.57%$37.57-3.6%0.6 more
 District of Columbia12.89%9.73%$106.134.1%0.6 more
 Idaho21.49%10.93%$56.092.2%1.6 more
 Iowa20.73%12.08%$142.503.1%3.1 more
 Oklahoma20.14%12.12%$155.270.8%3.8 more
 North Carolina18.93%12.37%$422.281.8%9.6 more
 Georgia18.65%12.54%$419.011.6%9.7 more
 North Dakota18.92%12.56%$35.657.6%0.7 more
 Delaware16.76%13.38%$58.13-1.3%0.9 more
 Arkansas22.42%13.52%$101.702.9%2.9 more
 Maryland18.31%13.55%$313.934.9%5.8 more
 South Dakota17.91%14.39%$38.211.3%0.8 more
 Tennessee20.70%14.50%$258.661.9%6.4 more
 Virginia15.90%14.58%$425.493.4%8.0 more
 Mississippi28.71%14.62%$94.791.3%3.0 more
 Montana24.41%15.09%$38.083.7%1.0 more
 Ohio22.75%15.33%$500.272.3%11.5 more
 Nebraska20.97%15.60%$91.944.0%1.8 more
 Louisiana21.52%15.74%$226.564.8%4.5 more
 West Virginia23.71%16.21%$66.161.3%1.9 more
 Utah20.75%16.29%$118.302.1%2.8 more
 Alabama23.80%16.31%$177.512.7%4.8 more
 Minnesota20.38%16.48%$274.653.8%5.3 more
 Vermont24.68%16.62%$27.484.5%0.6 more
 New Hampshire17.52%16.83%$65.313.5%1.3 more
 Wisconsin21.80%16.83%$256.163.7%5.7 more
 Maine23.26%16.93%$52.802.0%1.3 more
 Missouri19.06%17.03%$262.012.2%6.0 more
 Connecticut16.77%17.56%$234.020.5%3.6 more
 Indiana18.69%17.97%$284.697.0%6.5 more
 Alaska26.93%18.86%$53.65-2.4%0.7 more
 All states combined20.67%18.90%$15,049.002.7%309.3 more
 Hawaii21.49%18.93%$66.742.7%1.4 more
 Arizona21.33%19.55%$250.531.7%6.4 more
 Washington20.67%19.56%$363.543.2%6.7 more
 Colorado18.94%19.61%$256.771.4%5.0 more
 Michigan23.12%19.66%$393.186.0%9.9 more
 New Jersey20.90%19.96%$491.231.5%8.8 more
 Florida21.72%20.04%$753.001.4%18.8 more
 Texas17.43%20.20%$1,255.662.9%25.2 more
 Pennsylvania21.49%20.45%$604.633.3%12.7 more
 Illinois19.51%20.50%$663.932.0%12.8 more
 Oregon24.21%20.90%$163.152.1%3.8 more
 New Mexico26.36%20.91%$84.86-0.1%2.1 more
 California22.15%20.93%$1,938.602.0%37.3 more
 Kansas20.53%21.49%$129.241.4%2.9 more
 Nevada19.06%22.91%$125.151.6%2.7 more
 Massachusetts18.68%23.81%$409.274.8%6.6 more
 Rhode Island22.83%24.69%$49.412.9%1.1 more
 South Carolina25.66%24.85%$166.772.6%4.6 more
 Kentucky23.16%25.13%$166.664.8%4.3 more
 New York24.21%25.95%$1,217.753.8%19.4 more
Notes: actual

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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