Table 29
Interest Payments per Capita on State & Local Government Debt, 1997
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Alaska	$733		27	Oregon	$206
2	NEW YORK	$453		28	South Dakota	203
3	Hawaii	394		29	Maine	201
4	Delaware	376		30	Texas	192
5	New Hampshire	372		31	Michigan	190
6	Connecticut	359		32	Kansas	186
7	Rhode Island	352		33	Arizona	183
8	Massachusetts	335		34	North Dakota	174
9	Kentucky	292		35	New Mexico	167
10	Nevada	290		36	Ohio	157
11	New Jersey	286		37	Mississippi	154
12	Pennsylvania	283		38	Utah	153
13	Minnesota	281		39	Missouri	151
14	Colorado	279		40	Alabama	150
15	Wyoming	267		41	Georgia	147
16	Illinois	253		42	Tennessee	145
17	Florida	250		43	Indiana	143
18	Maryland	250		44	Oklahoma	137
19	Louisiana	243		45	South Carolina	135
20	California	229		46	Idaho	128
21	West Virginia	228		47	North Carolina	126
22	Vermont	227		48	Arkansas	121
23	Wisconsin	219		49	Iowa	113
24	Montana	219		50	Nebraska	113
25	Washington	215		U.S. average		$233
26	Virginia	211		N.Y.S. % above avg.		94.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Compendium of Government Finances http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cog.html
State and local governments in New York spend more on interest than on corrections, police and fire departments, or highways.