Rank List: States in Profile

Public Welfare State & Local Expenditures in 2022

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Value($000)
1	California	06000	165,162,586
2	New York	36000	92,767,151
3	Texas	48000	61,175,835
4	Pennsylvania	42000	45,915,785
5	Florida	12000	39,113,395
6	Ohio	39000	38,633,237
7	Illinois	17000	34,665,721
8	Massachusetts	25000	31,994,091
9	New Jersey	34000	26,014,098
10	Arizona	04000	25,262,413
11	North Carolina	37000	23,689,750
12	Virginia	51000	23,391,840
13	Michigan	26000	22,684,530
14	Minnesota	27000	21,754,527
15	Maryland	24000	19,717,605
16	Indiana	18000	19,521,233
17	Oregon	41000	16,998,496
18	Washington	53000	16,948,071
19	Louisiana	22000	16,900,037
20	Kentucky	21000	16,760,499
21	Wisconsin	55000	16,698,960
22	Georgia	13000	16,691,085
23	Tennessee	47000	14,595,552
24	Colorado	08000	13,823,558
25	Missouri	29000	12,157,505
26	South Carolina	45000	9,906,748
27	New Mexico	35000	9,626,045
28	Arkansas	05000	9,504,866
29	Oklahoma	40000	9,283,922
30	Alabama	01000	8,726,986
31	Iowa	19000	8,415,015
32	Mississippi	28000	6,845,216
33	Utah	49000	6,666,787
34	West Virginia	54000	6,259,046
35	Kansas	20000	5,984,188
36	Nevada	32000	5,478,723
37	District of Columbia	11000	5,314,100
38	Maine	23000	5,011,842
39	Nebraska	31000	4,387,378
40	Idaho	16000	4,219,721
41	Hawaii	15000	4,136,805
42	Rhode Island	44000	4,019,316
43	Connecticut	09000	4,010,793
44	Delaware	10000	3,510,573
45	New Hampshire	33000	3,430,945
46	Alaska	02000	3,096,408
47	Montana	30000	2,959,444
48	Vermont	50000	2,357,049
49	North Dakota	38000	2,019,419
50	South Dakota	46000	1,712,293
51	Wyoming	56000	1,031,405

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

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