Table 31
State and Local Government Spending on Health and Hospitals Per Capita, 1997
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	South Carolina	$694		27	Nevada	$370
2	Wyoming	686		28	Texas	367
3	Alabama	640		29	Ohio	351
4	Mississippi	628		30	Rhode Island	336
5	Louisiana	626		31	Missouri	325
6	North Carolina	600		32	Illinois	321
7	NEW YORK	$572		33	Idaho	320
8	Washington	508		34	Virginia	314
9	Tennessee	506		35	Delaware	302
10	Iowa	504		36	Utah	300
11	Georgia	503		37	Montana	295
12	California	489		38	Pennsylvania	283
13	New Mexico	460		39	Colorado	280
14	Hawaii	430		40	Wisconsin	274
15	Nebraska	430		41	New Jersey	266
16	Michigan	429		42	West Virginia	264
17	Massachusetts	415		43	Maine	257
18	Connecticut	412		44	Kentucky	251
19	Alaska	410		45	Maryland	212
20	Kansas	403		46	Arizona	187
21	Minnesota	401		47	South Dakota	183
22	Florida	401		48	North Dakota	154
23	Oregon	400		49	New Hampshire	131
24	Oklahoma	386		50	Vermont	105
25	Indiana	382		U.S. total		$412
26	Arkansas	370		N.Y.S. % above avg.		$412
Source: U.S. Census Bureau data; calculations by The Public Policy Institute http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cog.html
New York's ratio of hospital beds to population was 22% above average as of 1997.