Rank List: States in Profile

Public Welfare State Expenditures Percent of Total in 2022

Rank	State	FIPS Code	% of Total Expenditure
1	Arizona	04000	46.8%
2	Massachusetts	25000	43.8%
3	Kentucky	21000	41.3%
4	Louisiana	22000	40.1%
5	Ohio	39000	40.0%
6	Indiana	18000	39.4%
7	Maine	23000	39.3%
8	Minnesota	27000	37.8%
9	New York	36000	37.0%
9	Oregon	41000	37.0%
11	Pennsylvania	42000	36.4%
12	Rhode Island	44000	36.3%
13	Montana	30000	36.1%
14	Arkansas	05000	35.5%
14	West Virginia	54000	35.5%
16	Maryland	24000	35.1%
17	Tennessee	47000	34.8%
18	Oklahoma	40000	33.8%
19	Florida	12000	33.6%
19	Idaho	16000	33.6%
21	New Mexico	35000	33.5%
22	New Hampshire	33000	32.9%
23	Texas	48000	32.5%
24	Iowa	19000	32.2%
25	California	06000	32.1%
26	Missouri	29000	31.9%
27	Nebraska	31000	31.5%
28	Colorado	08000	31.0%
28	Wisconsin	55000	31.0%
30	Illinois	17000	30.9%
31	Mississippi	28000	30.8%
32	Virginia	51000	30.6%
33	Delaware	10000	29.7%
34	New Jersey	34000	28.3%
35	Georgia	13000	28.2%
36	North Carolina	37000	27.9%
37	South Dakota	46000	27.6%
38	Vermont	50000	27.4%
39	Nevada	32000	26.8%
40	Alaska	02000	26.5%
41	South Carolina	45000	26.2%
42	Hawaii	15000	25.9%
43	Michigan	26000	25.5%
44	Kansas	20000	25.4%
45	Washington	53000	24.1%
46	Alabama	01000	23.5%
47	Utah	49000	22.9%
48	North Dakota	38000	22.1%
49	Wyoming	56000	17.3%
50	Connecticut	09000	12.7%

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

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