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Government benefits growth per person since 2019: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Growth in government benefits per person since 2019 (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Government benefits per person by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2019.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-11

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National value: 51 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 46.1 %
RI 46.6 %
DE 45 %
CT 45.3 %
NJ 46.7 %
MD 53.1 %
MA 48.2 %
VT 48.6 %
NH 51.3 %

Lowest: 37 to 46.3 %
Group 2: 46.3 to 48.4 %
Group 3: 48.4 to 51.3 %
Group 4: 51.3 to 55.2 %
Highest: 55.2 to 62.9 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: BEA's state estimates for 2025 are preliminary and are revised each year.


1	Virginia	62.9
2	New Mexico	62.5
3	California	60.6
4	Oregon	58.8
5	North Carolina	58.7
6	Hawaii	57.5
7	Illinois	56.9
8	Colorado	56
9	Oklahoma	55.8
10	Kansas	55.6
11	Nebraska	55.2
12	Kentucky	55.1
13	South Dakota	54.8
14	Louisiana	53.9
15	Wyoming	53.2
16	Maryland	53.1
17	Utah	52.6
18	Minnesota	52.2
19	Georgia	52.1
20	Washington	52
21	New Hampshire	51.3
22	Ohio	50.7
23	Missouri	50.4
24	Nevada	50.2
25	Maine	50
26	Texas	49.2
27	Arizona	49.1
27	Florida	49.1
27	Wisconsin	49.1
30	Vermont	48.6
31	West Virginia	48.4
32	North Dakota	48.3
33	Massachusetts	48.2
34	South Carolina	48
35	Mississippi	47.9
36	Pennsylvania	47.1
37	Michigan	46.7
37	New Jersey	46.7
39	Indiana	46.6
39	Rhode Island	46.6
41	Tennessee	46.3
42	District of Columbia	46.1
42	Idaho	46.1
44	Iowa	45.9
45	Connecticut	45.3
46	Alabama	45.1
47	Delaware	45
48	New York	43.8
49	Alaska	42.8
50	Montana	42.3
51	Arkansas	37

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC35: Personal current transfer receipts
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC1: Personal income summary: personal income, population, per capita personal income. Reference period: 2025.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by growth in government benefits per person since 2019 (%, derived) (2019). Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Data, SAINC35 Personal current transfer receipts and SAINC1 Personal income, population, per capita personal income (annual, by state); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-growth-in-government-benefits-per-person-since-2019/

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