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Highway share of state spending: U.S. states ranked (FY2023)

Measure: Highway share of state spending (%, derived). All 50 states with data in State government spending per person and by function by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: FY2023.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

Download full table CSV Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table 1) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 6.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

RI 5.6 %
DE 5.3 %
CT 6.8 %
NJ 4.8 %
MD 4.3 %
MA 3.9 %
VT 7 %
NH 6.7 %

Lowest: 3.4 to 4.8 %
Group 2: 4.8 to 5.7 %
Group 3: 5.7 to 6.8 %
Group 4: 6.8 to 9 %
Highest: 9 to 13.8 %

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: State governments only; states differ in which services they fund directly and which are left to local governments. The District of Columbia is not covered.


1	South Dakota	13.8
2	Idaho	13.3
3	Alaska	12.6
4	Wyoming	12.1
5	Montana	10.6
6	Oklahoma	10.4
7	North Dakota	10.3
8	West Virginia	9.8
9	Iowa	9.5
10	Virginia	9
11	North Carolina	8.9
12	Indiana	8
12	Pennsylvania	8
14	Nebraska	7.9
15	Arkansas	7.7
15	Kansas	7.7
17	Florida	7.5
18	Texas	7.2
19	Vermont	7
20	Connecticut	6.8
20	Maine	6.8
22	Georgia	6.7
22	New Hampshire	6.7
22	Wisconsin	6.7
25	Minnesota	6.3
26	Kentucky	6
27	Michigan	5.9
28	Mississippi	5.8
29	Illinois	5.7
29	South Carolina	5.7
31	Rhode Island	5.6
31	Utah	5.6
33	Colorado	5.5
33	Tennessee	5.5
33	Washington	5.5
36	California	5.3
36	Delaware	5.3
36	Missouri	5.3
39	Ohio	5.2
40	New Jersey	4.8
41	Arizona	4.7
41	Louisiana	4.7
43	Alabama	4.6
44	Nevada	4.5
45	Maryland	4.3
46	Hawaii	4.1
46	New Mexico	4.1
48	Massachusetts	3.9
49	Oregon	3.8
50	New York	3.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances, Table 1: State Government Finances by State (2023 ASFIN State Totals)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: FY2023.

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U.S. states ranked by highway share of state spending (%, derived) (FY2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances, Table 1: State Government Finances by State (2023 ASFIN State Totals); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-highway-share-of-state-spending/

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