Table 25
State and Local Spending Per Capita, 1997
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Alaska	$12,338		27	Maryland	$5,080
2	NEW YORK	$8,284		28	Tennessee	5,055
3	Wyoming	6,566		29	Georgia	4,986
4	Washington	6,436		30	Montana	4,954
5	Hawaii	6,415		31	Iowa	4,951
6	Connecticut	6,204		32	West Virginia	4,943
7	Massachusetts	6,173		33	South Carolina	4,935
8	Oregon	6,136		34	North Carolina	4,879
9	California	6,092		35	Louisiana	4,871
10	Minnesota	6,020		36	Florida	4,859
11	Delaware	5,958		37	Kansas	4,755
12	New Jersey	5,940		38	Virginia	4,685
13	Nebraska	5,766		39	Alabama	4,668
14	Rhode Island	5,752		40	New Hampshire	4,661
15	Nevada	5,501		41	Arizona	4,647
16	Wisconsin	5,470		42	Mississippi	4,612
17	New Mexico	5,402		43	Texas	4,549
18	Michigan	5,303		44	Kentucky	4,549
19	Colorado	5,298		45	Idaho	4,486
20	Utah	5,228		46	Indiana	4,371
21	Vermont	5,212		47	South Dakota	4,314
22	Pennsylvania	5,179		48	Oklahoma	4,262
23	Illinois	5,153		49	Missouri	4,256
24	North Dakota	5,141		50	Arkansas	4,157
25	Maine	5,110		U.S. average		$5,456
26	Ohio	5,080		N.Y.S. % above avg.		51.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Compendium of Government Finances http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cog.html
Education and social services spending make up some 47 percent of total state and local government spending in New York State.