State and Local Government Spending Per Capita
1998
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
|
|
1
|
Alaska |
$12,629
|
27
|
Iowa |
$5,287
|
|
|
2
|
NEW YORK |
$8,446
|
28
|
Tennessee |
5,272
|
|
|
3
|
Wyoming |
6,958
|
29
|
South Carolina |
5,181
|
|
|
4
|
Washington |
6,660
|
30
|
North Carolina |
5,165
|
|
|
5
|
Massachusetts |
6,468
|
31
|
Maryland |
5,151
|
|
|
6
|
Minnesota |
6,448
|
32
|
Louisiana |
5,110
|
|
|
7
|
Connecticut |
6,351
|
33
|
Georgia |
5,057
|
|
|
8
|
Oregon |
6,345
|
34
|
Montana |
5,050
|
|
|
9
|
New Jersey |
6,274
|
35
|
West Virginia |
5,047
|
|
|
10
|
Hawaii |
6,259
|
36
|
Florida |
5,002
|
|
|
11
|
California |
6,257
|
37
|
Alabama |
4,975
|
|
|
12
|
Delaware |
5,968
|
38
|
Virginia |
4,877
|
|
|
13
|
Rhode Island |
5,723
|
39
|
Kansas |
4,829
|
|
|
14
|
Nebraska |
5,717
|
40
|
Mississippi |
4,804
|
|
|
15
|
Wisconsin |
5,640
|
41
|
Kentucky |
4,768
|
|
|
16
|
New Mexico |
5,635
|
42
|
New Hampshire |
4,753
|
|
|
17
|
Nevada |
5,596
|
43
|
Arizona |
4,750
|
|
|
18
|
Vermont |
5,595
|
44
|
Texas |
4,720
|
|
|
19
|
North Dakota |
5,582
|
45
|
Idaho |
4,662
|
|
|
20
|
Michigan |
5,554
|
46
|
South Dakota |
4,619
|
|
|
21
|
Utah |
5,547
|
47
|
Indiana |
4,553
|
|
|
22
|
Pennsylvania |
5,496
|
48
|
Missouri |
4,507
|
|
|
23
|
Illinois |
5,400
|
49
|
Oklahoma |
4,399
|
|
|
24
|
Colorado |
5,398
|
50
|
Arkansas |
4,374
|
|
|
25
|
Ohio |
5,368
|
U.S. average |
$5,658
|
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|
26
|
Maine |
5,360
|
N.Y.S. % above avg. |
49%
|
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|
Source:
Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data
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