QuadranacA North American Statistical Almanac

Home › Rankings

State government spending per person: U.S. states ranked (FY2023)

Measure: State government spending per person ($, 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 CSVSource: 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: 8,834 (United States).

Washington: 9,486Idaho: 7,235Montana: 7,636North Dakota: 11,780Minnesota: 9,740Michigan: 8,900Ohio: 8,108Pennsylvania: 9,464New York: 11,601Vermont: 13,905New Hampshire: 7,231Maine: 9,403Arizona: 8,134California: 12,045New Mexico: 14,677Texas: 6,406Louisiana: 9,523Mississippi: 8,304Alabama: 7,982Florida: 5,898Georgia: 6,188South Carolina: 7,855North Carolina: 7,282Virginia: 8,847District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 9,257Delaware: 12,519New Jersey: 9,538Connecticut: 8,730Rhode Island: 10,481Massachusetts: 10,987Oregon: 11,767Utah: 8,659Wyoming: 9,929Nevada: 7,388Colorado: 7,272South Dakota: 7,131Nebraska: 7,574Kansas: 8,760Oklahoma: 7,351Iowa: 8,415Missouri: 7,147Wisconsin: 8,707Illinois: 9,063Kentucky: 9,815Arkansas: 8,998Tennessee: 6,282West Virginia: 10,195Indiana: 7,491Alaska: 15,860Hawaii: 11,932

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • RI 10,481 $
  • DE 12,519 $
  • CT 8,730 $
  • NJ 9,538 $
  • MD 9,257 $
  • MA 10,987 $
  • VT 13,905 $
  • NH 7,231 $
  • Lowest: 5,898 to 7,351 $
  • Group 2: 7,351 to 8,415 $
  • Group 3: 8,415 to 9,403 $
  • Group 4: 9,403 to 10,987 $
  • Highest: 10,987 to 15,860 $
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.

1Alaska15,860
2New Mexico14,677
3Vermont13,905
4Delaware12,519
5California12,045
6Hawaii11,932
7North Dakota11,780
8Oregon11,767
9New York11,601
10Massachusetts10,987
11Rhode Island10,481
12West Virginia10,195
13Wyoming9,929
14Kentucky9,815
15Minnesota9,740
16New Jersey9,538
17Louisiana9,523
18Washington9,486
19Pennsylvania9,464
20Maine9,403
21Maryland9,257
22Illinois9,063
23Arkansas8,998
24Michigan8,900
25Virginia8,847
26Kansas8,760
27Connecticut8,730
28Wisconsin8,707
29Utah8,659
30Iowa8,415
31Mississippi8,304
32Arizona8,134
33Ohio8,108
34Alabama7,982
35South Carolina7,855
36Montana7,636
37Nebraska7,574
38Indiana7,491
39Nevada7,388
40Oklahoma7,351
41North Carolina7,282
42Colorado7,272
43Idaho7,235
44New Hampshire7,231
45Missouri7,147
46South Dakota7,131
47Texas6,406
48Tennessee6,282
49Georgia6,188
50Florida5,898

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.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by state government spending per person ($, 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-state-government-spending-per-person/

Download source table CSV All rankings