Rank List: States in Profile

Public Welfare State Expenditures in 2022

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Value($000)
1	California	06000	143,239,737
2	New York	36000	78,871,673
3	Texas	48000	60,237,263
4	Pennsylvania	42000	40,935,744
5	Florida	12000	37,309,373
6	Ohio	39000	36,091,133
7	Illinois	17000	33,926,926
8	Massachusetts	25000	31,916,675
9	New Jersey	34000	25,075,482
10	Arizona	04000	25,052,506
11	North Carolina	37000	21,750,216
12	Virginia	51000	21,329,312
13	Michigan	26000	21,216,713
14	Minnesota	27000	20,081,471
15	Indiana	18000	19,494,740
16	Maryland	24000	19,493,197
17	Louisiana	22000	16,804,747
18	Kentucky	21000	16,716,885
19	Oregon	41000	16,648,098
20	Georgia	13000	16,554,536
21	Washington	53000	16,449,694
22	Wisconsin	55000	14,559,402
23	Tennessee	47000	14,374,222
24	Colorado	08000	12,720,999
25	Missouri	29000	12,028,135
26	South Carolina	45000	9,867,378
27	Arkansas	05000	9,491,215
28	New Mexico	35000	9,433,284
29	Oklahoma	40000	9,248,272
30	Alabama	01000	8,674,040
31	Iowa	19000	8,291,982
32	Mississippi	28000	6,824,798
33	Utah	49000	6,431,724
34	West Virginia	54000	6,247,956
35	Kansas	20000	5,943,229
36	Nevada	32000	4,954,911
37	Maine	23000	4,935,405
38	Nebraska	31000	4,242,099
39	Idaho	16000	4,194,018
40	Hawaii	15000	4,036,604
41	Rhode Island	44000	4,009,456
42	Connecticut	09000	3,925,079
43	Delaware	10000	3,509,113
44	New Hampshire	33000	3,120,083
45	Alaska	02000	3,085,844
46	Montana	30000	2,904,134
47	Vermont	50000	2,354,963
48	North Dakota	38000	1,947,756
49	South Dakota	46000	1,691,076
50	Wyoming	56000	1,009,977

Data Source: Rockefeller Institute of Government, U.S. Census Bureau

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