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Table 25State 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.
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