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Ranking of State Expenditure Data

State Expenditures per Capita and per $100 of Personal Income, 2005

Based on U.S. Census Bureau 2005 State Government Finances and Bureau of Economic Analysis data.

 

State Government Finances: 2005

 

Total expenditure not in thousands

Per Capita

Per $100 of Personal Income

United States

$1,470,462,458,000

$4,959.28

Rank

$14.39

Rank

Alabama

$21,046,841,000

$4,627.38

31

$15.62

24

Alaska

$8,055,975,000

$12,146.16

1

$34.15

1

Arizona

$23,957,058,000

$4,024.36

45

$13.41

34

Arkansas

$13,634,214,000

$4,911.98

26

$18.41

12

California

$209,771,313,000

$5,802.14

11

$15.71

22

Colorado

$18,769,570,000

$4,024.96

44

$10.73

49

Connecticut

$20,203,170,000

$5,771.18

12

$12.18

41

Delaware

$5,904,256,000

$7,014.34

5

$18.91

9

Florida

$70,417,744,000

$3,963.14

47

$11.66

45

Georgia

$33,806,582,000

$3,701.77

49

$11.97

43

Hawaii

$8,405,444,000

$6,601.42

6

$19.14

8

Idaho

$6,137,489,000

$4,293.85

38

$15.08

26

Illinois

$55,666,989,000

$4,360.76

36

$12.02

42

Indiana

$26,451,543,000

$4,221.43

40

$13.54

33

Iowa

$14,142,676,000

$4,769.03

29

$15.06

27

Kansas

$11,765,208,000

$4,281.10

39

$13.03

35

Kentucky

$20,091,176,000

$4,815.02

27

$17.03

17

Louisiana

$21,402,115,000

$4,748.29

30

$19.25

7

Maine

$7,484,638,000

$5,677.84

13

$18.43

11

Maryland

$26,803,282,000

$4,795.21

28

$11.42

47

Massachusetts

$38,025,089,000

$5,910.60

9

$13.59

32

Michigan

$51,408,421,000

$5,089.52

23

$15.51

25

Minnesota

$30,169,448,000

$5,884.72

10

$15.78

21

Mississippi

$14,704,763,000

$5,055.80

25

$20.18

6

Missouri

$23,147,448,000

$3,992.52

46

$12.78

39

Montana

$4,800,120,000

$5,135.26

22

$17.70

15

Nebraska

$7,273,406,000

$4,136.93

42

$12.57

40

Nevada

$9,158,273,000

$3,796.49

48

$10.62

50

New Hampshire

$5,783,853,000

$4,425.90

35

$11.72

44

New Jersey

$49,230,773,000

$5,656.66

14

$12.91

38

New Mexico

$12,599,040,000

$6,541.61

7

$23.46

2

New York

$136,786,401,000

$7,081.61

4

$17.72

14

North Carolina

$39,482,250,000

$4,552.60

32

$14.67

30

North Dakota

$3,490,904,000

$5,500.91

15

$17.54

16

Ohio

$60,554,060,000

$5,279.03

19

$16.57

18

Oklahoma

$15,710,022,000

$4,433.55

34

$14.80

29

Oregon

$19,216,554,000

$5,280.91

18

$16.35

20

Pennsylvania

$62,833,258,000

$5,065.01

24

$14.50

31

Rhode Island

$6,753,641,000

$6,290.77

8

$17.81

13

South Carolina

$22,708,996,000

$5,347.15

17

$18.90

10

South Dakota

$3,261,813,000

$4,209.43

41

$12.94

37

Tennessee

$23,989,642,000

$4,027.98

43

$13.01

36

Texas

$81,368,646,000

$3,548.80

50

$10.93

48

Utah

$11,148,591,000

$4,476.75

33

$16.39

19

Vermont

$4,435,774,000

$7,127.04

3

$21.78

3

Virginia

$32,790,458,000

$4,334.88

37

$11.56

46

Washington

$33,059,244,000

$5,254.26

20

$14.81

28

West Virginia

$9,826,128,000

$5,416.58

16

$20.50

5

Wisconsin

$28,828,334,000

$5,215.30

21

$15.67

23

Wyoming

$3,999,825,000

$7,861.32

2

$21.07

4

Sources: Bureau of the Census, State Government Finances 2005 (http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/state/05statess.xls and Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/sqpi_newsrelease.htm).

See also:

State-Local Revenues and Expenditures

State Revenue and Expenditures

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