State and local outstanding debt per capita, FY 2004-2005
Rank |
State |
Outstanding debt per capita |
1 |
Alaska | $13,084 |
2 |
Massachusetts | $12,131 |
3 |
NEW YORK | $12,102 |
4 |
Connecticut | $8,906 |
5 |
Washington | $8,460 |
6 |
New Jersey | $8,420 |
7 |
Colorado | $8,368 |
8 |
Rhode Island | $8,155 |
9 |
Illinois | $8,152 |
10 |
Pennsylvania | $8,134 |
11 |
California | $7,883 |
12 |
Nevada | $7,677 |
13 |
Delaware | $7,408 |
14 |
Hawaii | $7,331 |
15 |
Kentucky | $7,240 |
16 |
New Hampshire | $7,131 |
17 |
Oregon | $7,123 |
18 |
Minnesota | $7,091 |
19 |
South Carolina | $7,031 |
20 |
Michigan | $6,808 |
21 |
Wisconsin | $6,665 |
22 |
Texas | $6,593 |
23 |
Kansas | $6,402 |
24 |
Florida | $6,242 |
25 |
Utah | $5,920 |
26 |
Virginia | $5,893 |
27 |
Vermont | $5,874 |
28 |
Arizona | $5,516 |
29 |
Louisiana | $5,506 |
30 |
New Mexico | $5,450 |
31 |
Montana | $5,447 |
32 |
Missouri | $5,414 |
33 |
Maine | $5,305 |
34 |
Ohio | $5,292 |
35 |
North Dakota | $5,211 |
36 |
Maryland | $5,016 |
37 |
Alabama | $4,963 |
38 |
South Dakota | $4,922 |
39 |
Indiana | $4,879 |
40 |
Nebraska | $4,878 |
41 |
North Carolina | $4,713 |
42 |
West Virginia | $4,671 |
43 |
Tennessee | $4,270 |
44 |
Georgia | $4,163 |
45 |
Oklahoma | $4,076 |
46 |
Arkansas | $4,041 |
47 |
Iowa | $3,941 |
48 |
Wyoming | $3,750 |
49 |
Mississippi | $3,513 |
50 |
Idaho | $2,790 |
| United States | $6,985 |
|
|
NYS % +/- U.S. |
73% |
|
| Source: Public Policy Institute Analysis of Census Bureau State and Local Government Finances: 2004-05 | ||