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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 2022 +1yr Amounts in $ per capita |
State  | State & Local Spending | State & Local Debt | Gross State Product | Real State Growth | Popu- lation (mln) | ||
| Alabama | $11,659.4 | $6,172.1 | $55,468.7 | 1.7% | 5.1 | more | |
| Alaska | $23,218.2 | $11,585.6 | $89,454.0 | -1.4% | 0.7 | more | |
| Arizona | $11,217.7 | $5,139.6 | $64,473.0 | 3.2% | 7.4 | more | |
| Arkansas | $11,026.8 | $5,812.2 | $54,463.7 | 1.3% | 3.0 | more | |
| California | $19,847.9 | $14,273.1 | $93,035.7 | 0.7% | 39.1 | more | |
| Colorado | $14,502.4 | $12,698.7 | $83,967.5 | 2.2% | 5.9 | more | |
| Connecticut | $14,455.8 | $12,569.7 | $88,267.6 | 2.9% | 3.6 | more | |
| Delaware | $14,707.0 | $7,181.3 | $88,385.8 | 1.0% | 1.0 | more | |
| District of Columbia | $34,497.3 | $30,678.5 | $243,910.0 | 0.9% | 0.7 | more | |
| Florida | $10,386.6 | $5,668.9 | $64,303.2 | 4.6% | 22.4 | more | |
| Georgia | $10,436.1 | $5,550.4 | $70,196.9 | 2.6% | 10.9 | more | |
| Hawaii | $15,832.2 | $14,171.2 | $70,179.0 | 1.3% | 1.4 | more | |
| Idaho | $9,673.9 | $1,895.3 | $57,023.6 | 4.2% | 1.9 | more | |
| Illinois | $15,180.9 | $10,608.3 | $81,261.8 | 1.3% | 12.6 | more | |
| Indiana | $10,987.6 | $5,721.6 | $68,715.2 | 3.1% | 6.8 | more | |
| Iowa | $13,683.5 | $7,124.4 | $74,416.3 | -0.3% | 3.2 | more | |
| Kansas | $12,658.4 | $7,859.5 | $71,264.3 | 1.1% | 2.9 | more | |
| Kentucky | $12,852.3 | $9,475.5 | $57,306.4 | 1.4% | 4.5 | more | |
| Louisiana | $13,591.4 | $6,608.1 | $63,555.0 | -1.2% | 4.6 | more | |
| Maine | $12,742.6 | $5,526.3 | $61,686.7 | 2.2% | 1.4 | more | |
| Maryland | $14,810.8 | $9,827.1 | $77,532.1 | 1.6% | 6.2 | more | |
| Massachusetts | $17,009.0 | $12,870.8 | $98,464.1 | 2.1% | 7.0 | more | |
| Michigan | $12,271.0 | $7,115.6 | $61,941.0 | 1.6% | 10.1 | more | |
| Minnesota | $14,553.5 | $8,973.7 | $78,305.1 | 1.2% | 5.7 | more | |
| Mississippi | $11,646.9 | $4,989.0 | $47,579.5 | 0.0% | 2.9 | more | |
| Missouri | $11,004.4 | $5,868.6 | $64,227.8 | 2.0% | 6.2 | more | |
| Montana | $11,711.6 | $5,424.6 | $59,773.5 | 1.9% | 1.1 | more | |
| Nebraska | $14,778.8 | $8,538.6 | $83,627.3 | 2.7% | 2.0 | more | |
| Nevada | $10,732.6 | $7,392.5 | $70,192.2 | 3.4% | 3.2 | more | |
| New Hampshire | $11,280.1 | $7,375.5 | $75,196.2 | 0.3% | 1.4 | more | |
| New Jersey | $15,465.2 | $9,385.5 | $81,218.9 | 2.8% | 9.3 | more | |
| New Mexico | $16,551.9 | $6,006.6 | $59,389.2 | 1.8% | 2.1 | more | |
| New York | $21,188.2 | $17,911.5 | $103,960.2 | 2.3% | 19.7 | more | |
| North Carolina | $11,745.7 | $4,284.4 | $66,845.4 | 2.0% | 10.7 | more | |
| North Dakota | $15,743.7 | $10,783.0 | $93,016.6 | -1.1% | 0.8 | more | |
| Ohio | $12,954.4 | $6,127.0 | $70,130.5 | 0.5% | 11.8 | more | |
| Oklahoma | $10,745.3 | $5,345.0 | $60,289.2 | -1.0% | 4.0 | more | |
| Oregon | $17,593.3 | $10,074.2 | $69,998.4 | 1.8% | 4.2 | more | |
| Pennsylvania | $14,102.8 | $8,848.7 | $70,220.5 | 1.0% | 13.0 | more | |
| Rhode Island | $15,395.3 | $8,350.2 | $66,185.9 | 2.3% | 1.1 | more | |
| South Carolina | $12,062.3 | $7,189.6 | $56,268.8 | 2.5% | 5.3 | more | |
| South Dakota | $11,058.4 | $7,327.9 | $75,607.3 | -0.3% | 0.9 | more | |
| Tennessee | $10,243.2 | $6,269.1 | $68,768.5 | 3.9% | 7.1 | more | |
| Texas | $11,771.6 | $10,857.8 | $79,769.5 | 2.7% | 30.1 | more | |
| All states combined | $14,183.5 | $9,448.8 | $78,654.7 | 2.3% | 334.0 | more | |
| Utah | $13,450.2 | $6,548.9 | $75,602.8 | 1.9% | 3.4 | more | |
| Vermont | $18,520.7 | $5,802.2 | $62,996.7 | 2.2% | 0.6 | more | |
| Virginia | $12,998.6 | $9,222.9 | $76,364.7 | 2.5% | 8.7 | more | |
| Washington | $15,576.2 | $11,671.0 | $94,699.7 | 1.6% | 7.8 | more | |
| West Virginia | $12,745.7 | $13,202.5 | $54,910.2 | 1.3% | 1.8 | more | |
| Wisconsin | $12,694.9 | $9,223.9 | $67,108.8 | 0.4% | 5.9 | more | |
| Wyoming | $19,053.7 | $3,904.6 | $84,334.1 | 1.0% | 0.6 | more | |
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Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.
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