Table 27
State and Local Debt Per Capita, 1996
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Alaska	$11,201		27	Wisconsin	$3,816
2	NEW YORK	$8,232		28	Maine	3,766
3	Connecticut	7,810		29	Nebraska	3,766
4	Delaware	7,597		30	Louisiana	3,752
5	Massachusetts	6,670		31	Virginia	3,630
6	Rhode Island	6,583		32	West Virginia	3,559
7	Hawaii	6,086		33	Montana	3,331
8	New Hampshire	5,970		34	Michigan	3,295
9	Washington	5,742		35	South Dakota	3,287
10	Utah	5,739		36	South Carolina	3,272
11	New Jersey	5,212		37	Georgia	3,223
12	Nevada	5,094		38	New Mexico	3,168
13	Colorado	5,036		39	Kansas	3,130
14	Kentucky	4,995		40	North Carolina	2,936
15	Pennsylvania	4,852		41	Alabama	2,718
16	Minnesota	4,737		42	Oklahoma	2,716
17	Florida	4,525		43	North Dakota	2,704
18	California	4,511		44	Indiana	2,635
19	Illinois	4,425		45	Ohio	2,591
20	Maryland	4,387		46	Missouri	2,589
21	Arizona	4,338		47	Arkansas	2,316
22	Tennessee	4,227		48	Mississippi	2,264
23	Texas	3,973		49	Iowa	2,228
24	Wyoming	3,889		50	Idaho	1,954
25	Oregon	3,886		U.S. average		$4,409
26	Vermont	3,832		N.Y.S. % above avg.		86.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Interest paid on debt by New York's state and local governments is also among the highest in the nation, $397 per capita in 1996.