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2006 Medicaid spending, total and per-capita |
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Rank, per-capita total spending |
State |
Per-capita spending 2006 |
Rank, total 2006 spending |
2006 total spending |
Rank, growth in spending |
Growth in spending, 2005-2006 |
| 1 | NEW YORK |
$2,316 | 1 | $44,712,222,361 | 18 | 3.00% |
| 2 | Rhode Island |
$1,589 | 37 | $1,696,670,833 | 27 | 0.40% |
| 3 | Vermont |
$1,519 | 45 | $947,607,479 | 4 | 9.10% |
| 4 | Massachusetts |
$1,506 | 8 | $9,696,897,004 | 25 | 1.00% |
| 5 | Maine |
$1,478 | 36 | $1,953,705,101 | 49 | -13.10% |
| 6 | Alaska |
$1,433 | 44 | $959,922,656 | 37 | -2.30% |
| 7 | New Mexico |
$1,274 | 33 | $2,490,147,301 | 12 | 5.10% |
| 8 | Pennsylvania |
$1,247 | 4 | $15,512,030,315 | 28 | 0.30% |
| 9 | Connecticut |
$1,202 | 24 | $4,213,071,822 | 21 | 2.50% |
| 10 | West Virginia |
$1,154 | 34 | $2,098,797,408 | 44 | -5.60% |
| 11 | Louisiana |
$1,134 | 20 | $4,861,096,507 | 46 | -10.60% |
| 12 | Mississippi |
$1,124 | 27 | $3,270,419,039 | 33 | -1.30% |
| 13 | Delaware |
$1,109 | 46 | $946,598,649 | 2 | 11.20% |
| 14 | Missouri |
$1,109 | 13 | $6,477,005,485 | 29 | -0.20% |
| 15 | Minnesota |
$1,097 | 17 | $5,666,177,093 | 24 | 1.10% |
| 16 | Ohio |
$1,067 | 6 | $12,251,082,457 | 35 | -1.70% |
| 17 | New Jersey |
$1,041 | 10 | $9,084,304,080 | 1 | 19.20% |
| 18 | Kentucky |
$1,041 | 23 | $4,377,834,330 | 19 | 2.90% |
| 19 | North Carolina |
$1,032 | 9 | $9,140,498,490 | 34 | -1.30% |
| 20 | Arkansas |
$1,030 | 30 | $2,895,086,328 | 13 | 4.90% |
| 21 | Arizona |
$1,005 | 14 | $6,195,618,153 | 7 | 8.10% |
| 22 | Tennessee |
$1,004 | 15 | $6,065,629,530 | 50 | -20.20% |
| 23 | South Carolina |
$942 | 25 | $4,068,977,905 | 39 | -2.90% |
| 24 | California |
$939 | 2 | $34,247,357,424 | 26 | 0.90% |
| 25 | Indiana |
$899 | 16 | $5,674,356,529 | 8 | 7.80% |
| 26 | Maryland |
$890 | 19 | $5,000,486,138 | 43 | -5.10% |
| 27 | Iowa |
$877 | 32 | $2,614,996,813 | 5 | 8.60% |
| 28 | Washington |
$872 | 18 | $5,579,368,299 | 38 | -2.80% |
| 29 | Nebraska |
$869 | 38 | $1,536,880,940 | 3 | 9.50% |
| 30 | Hawaii |
$856 | 42 | $1,100,740,166 | 11 | 5.40% |
| 31 | Alabama |
$845 | 26 | $3,885,724,359 | 23 | 1.50% |
| 32 | New Hampshire |
$842 | 41 | $1,106,718,695 | 48 | -12.10% |
| 33 | Wisconsin |
$837 | 22 | $4,653,047,015 | 40 | -4.10% |
| 34 | Oklahoma |
$831 | 28 | $2,972,933,819 | 9 | 5.70% |
| 35 | Michigan |
$821 | 11 | $8,288,303,539 | 42 | -4.80% |
| 36 | Wyoming |
$818 | 50 | $421,403,854 | 16 | 3.30% |
| 37 | Oregon |
$795 | 29 | $2,941,032,951 | 17 | 3.10% |
| 38 | North Dakota |
$793 | 49 | $503,968,992 | 36 | -1.90% |
| 39 | Illinois |
$789 | 7 | $10,118,625,295 | 45 | -6.30% |
| 40 | South Dakota |
$777 | 48 | $607,475,395 | 31 | -1.10% |
| 41 | Texas |
$771 | 3 | $18,115,908,724 | 32 | -1.20% |
| 42 | Montana |
$768 | 47 | $725,886,163 | 14 | 4.70% |
| 43 | Kansas |
$752 | 35 | $2,077,616,164 | 10 | 5.40% |
| 44 | Georgia |
$731 | 12 | $6,840,869,446 | 47 | -11.90% |
| 45 |
Idaho |
$712 | 43 | $1,043,994,481 | 20 | 2.80% |
| 46 |
Florida |
$706 | 5 | $12,763,018,102 | 41 | -4.20% |
| 47 |
Virginia |
$609 | 21 | $4,654,115,156 | 15 | 4.20% |
| 48 |
Colorado |
$604 | 31 | $2,873,216,407 | 22 | 2.30% |
| 49 |
Utah |
$578 | 39 | $1,473,234,280 | 6 | 8.50% |
| 50 |
Nevada |
$472 | 40 | $1,177,644,552 | 30 | -0.50% |
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United States |
$1,015 | $303,882,398,422 | -0.20% | |||
| N.Y.S. % above U.S. avg. | 128% | |||||
| N.Y.S. as % of U.S. total | 15% | |||||
Source: Public Policy Institute
Analysis of Kaiser Family Foundation Data |
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Institute of NYS, Inc. • 152 Washington Avenue • Albany,
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