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Public Welfare State & Local Expenditures Percent of Total in 2022
| Rank | State | FIPS Code | % of Total
Expenditures |
|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 04000 | 36.1% |
| 2 | Kentucky | 21000 | 33.2% |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 25000 | 32.1% |
| 4 | Arkansas | 05000 | 31.8% |
| 5 | Maine | 23000 | 31.1% |
| 5 | New Mexico | 35000 | 31.1% |
| 7 | West Virginia | 54000 | 30.7% |
| 8 | Louisiana | 22000 | 30.6% |
| 9 | Ohio | 39000 | 30.2% |
| 10 | Minnesota | 27000 | 30.0% |
| 11 | Pennsylvania | 42000 | 28.9% |
| 12 | Indiana | 18000 | 28.2% |
| 13 | District of Columbia | 11000 | 27.6% |
| 14 | Rhode Island | 44000 | 27.5% |
| 15 | New York | 36000 | 27.0% |
| 16 | Oregon | 41000 | 26.9% |
| 17 | Delaware | 10000 | 26.1% |
| 18 | California | 06000 | 25.9% |
| 19 | Montana | 30000 | 25.7% |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 55000 | 25.7% |
| 21 | Idaho | 16000 | 25.1% |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 40000 | 24.9% |
| 23 | Vermont | 50000 | 24.7% |
| 24 | Maryland | 24000 | 24.6% |
| 24 | New Hampshire | 33000 | 24.6% |
| 26 | Tennessee | 47000 | 24.1% |
| 27 | Virginia | 51000 | 23.2% |
| 28 | Mississippi | 28000 | 23.1% |
| 29 | Illinois | 17000 | 21.8% |
| 30 | Iowa | 19000 | 21.7% |
| 31 | Hawaii | 15000 | 21.3% |
| 31 | New Jersey | 34000 | 21.3% |
| 31 | North Carolina | 37000 | 21.3% |
| 34 | Michigan | 26000 | 21.2% |
| 35 | Alaska | 02000 | 20.8% |
| 35 | Missouri | 29000 | 20.8% |
| 37 | Texas | 48000 | 20.0% |
| 38 | Nebraska | 31000 | 19.7% |
| 39 | Colorado | 08000 | 19.6% |
| 40 | South Dakota | 46000 | 19.2% |
| 41 | Florida | 12000 | 19.1% |
| 41 | Nevada | 32000 | 19.1% |
| 43 | North Dakota | 38000 | 18.2% |
| 44 | Kansas | 20000 | 18.1% |
| 45 | South Carolina | 45000 | 17.8% |
| 46 | Georgia | 13000 | 17.4% |
| 47 | Alabama | 01000 | 17.1% |
| 48 | Washington | 53000 | 17.0% |
| 49 | Utah | 49000 | 16.7% |
| 50 | Wyoming | 56000 | 10.6% |
| 51 | Connecticut | 09000 | 9.1% |
Data Source: Rockefeller Institute of Government, U.S. Census Bureau
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