State and Local Government Debt Per Capita
1998
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
|
1
|
Alaska |
$12,131
|
27
|
Maine |
$4,227
|
|
|
2
|
NEW YORK |
$8,567
|
28
|
South Dakota |
4,108
|
|
|
3
|
Massachusetts |
7,535
|
29
|
Oregon |
4,080
|
|
|
4
|
Connecticut |
6,875
|
30
|
Michigan |
3,969
|
|
|
5
|
Delaware |
6,698
|
31
|
South Carolina |
3,948
|
|
|
6
|
Hawaii |
6,576
|
32
|
Montana |
3,920
|
|
|
7
|
Rhode Island |
6,562
|
33
|
Nebraska |
3,886
|
|
|
8
|
Nevada |
6,463
|
34
|
West Virginia |
3,820
|
|
|
9
|
Washington |
6,153
|
35
|
Louisiana |
3,815
|
|
|
10
|
Utah |
6,118
|
36
|
New Mexico |
3,799
|
|
|
11
|
New Jersey |
5,738
|
37
|
Kansas |
3,528
|
|
|
12
|
Minnesota |
5,685
|
38
|
North Carolina |
3,389
|
|
|
13
|
New Hampshire |
5,574
|
39
|
Georgia |
3,325
|
|
|
14
|
Kentucky |
5,322
|
40
|
North Dakota |
3,054
|
|
|
15
|
Colorado |
5,272
|
41
|
Alabama |
3,039
|
|
|
16
|
Pennsylvania |
5,155
|
42
|
Ohio |
3,029
|
|
|
17
|
California |
4,943
|
43
|
Tennessee |
3,029
|
|
|
18
|
Illinois |
4,886
|
44
|
Missouri |
2,940
|
|
|
19
|
Florida |
4,814
|
45
|
Oklahoma |
2,817
|
|
|
20
|
Arizona |
4,706
|
46
|
Mississippi |
2,749
|
|
|
21
|
Vermont |
4,627
|
47
|
Indiana |
2,734
|
|
|
22
|
Maryland |
4,542
|
48
|
Arkansas |
2,401
|
|
|
23
|
Wyoming |
4,503
|
49
|
Idaho |
2,342
|
|
|
24
|
Wisconsin |
4,436
|
50
|
Iowa |
2,274
|
|
|
25
|
Virginia |
4,274
|
U.S.
average
|
$4,749
|
||
|
26
|
Texas |
4,234
|
N.Y.S.
% above avg.
|
80%
|
||
|
Source:
Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data
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