Table 32
Per-Capita State and Local Spending On Public Safety, 1997
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	NEW YORK	$611		27	North Carolina	$333
2	Alaska	583		28	Pennsylvania	332
3	California	532		29	Utah	312
4	Nevada	530		30	South Carolina	312
5	Florida	493		31	Tennessee	310
6	Oregon	450		32	Oklahoma	303
7	New Jersey	447		33	Idaho	302
8	Rhode Island	435		34	Minnesota	300
9	Connecticut	434		35	Missouri	297
10	Massachusetts	429		36	Kansas	295
11	Maryland	424		37	New Hampshire	278
12	Arizona	420		38	Nebraska	278
13	Washington	397		39	Montana	270
14	Colorado	393		40	Indiana	266
15	Illinois	388		41	Arkansas	253
16	Wisconsin	387		42	Alabama	251
17	New Mexico	387		43	Mississippi	249
18	Ohio	376		44	Maine	245
19	Michigan	375		45	South Dakota	244
20	Delaware	366		46	Iowa	237
21	Texas	359		47	Kentucky	231
22	Georgia	358		48	Vermont	231
23	Virginia	354		49	North Dakota	209
24	Hawaii	342		50	West Virginia	169
25	Louisiana	337		U.S. average		$400
26	Wyoming	336		N.Y.S. % above avg.		53.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau,1997 Compendium of Government Finances http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cog.html
Public safety includes police, fire and corrections; New York is ranked first or second in spending on each category.