Table 41
Medicaid Spending Per Capita, 1997
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	NEW YORK	$1,177		27	Georgia	$413
2	Rhode Island	747		28	Indiana	406
3	West Virginia	692		29	Pennsylvania	390
4	Massachusetts	630		30	Missouri	388
5	Maine	628		31	Wyoming	384
6	Connecticut	613		32	Iowa	380
7	Kentucky	581		33	Texas	378
8	Tennessee	547		34	Delaware	376
9	Louisiana	537		35	Michigan	367
10	Alaska	527		36	Alabama	364
11	Vermont	524		37	Wisconsin	363
12	Ohio	523		38	Montana	362
13	Mississippi	522		39	Idaho	357
14	Arkansas	516		40	California	354
15	North Dakota	512		41	Kansas	354
16	North Carolina	510		42	Florida	333
17	Minnesota	503		43	Oklahoma	313
18	Illinois	486		44	Colorado	289
19	New Mexico	475		45	Virginia	276
20	New Hampshire	472		46	Washington	248
21	Oregon	455		47	Nevada	222
22	New Jersey	443		48	Utah	206
23	Maryland	432		49	Arizona	54
24	South Dakota	432		50	Hawaii	NA
25	South Carolina	427		U.S. average		$462
26	Nebraska	420		N.Y.S. % above avg.		154.8%
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
New York spends 15% of the national total for Medicaid, with only 7% of the population and 9% of all Medicaid recipients.