Rank List: States in Profile

Public Welfare State Expenditures in 2021

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Value($000)
1	California	06000	129,112,022
2	New York	36000	70,332,002
3	Texas	48000	50,280,925
4	Pennsylvania	42000	36,594,850
5	Ohio	39000	32,408,540
6	Florida	12000	31,672,259
7	Illinois	17000	30,924,900
8	Massachusetts	25000	27,079,068
9	New Jersey	34000	21,267,632
10	Arizona	04000	20,731,619
11	Michigan	26000	19,676,225
12	Indiana	18000	18,199,702
13	North Carolina	37000	17,858,525
14	Virginia	51000	17,810,810
15	Minnesota	27000	17,158,601
16	Maryland	24000	16,752,898
17	Kentucky	21000	15,905,902
18	Washington	53000	15,312,860
19	Louisiana	22000	14,552,325
20	Georgia	13000	14,424,138
21	Oregon	41000	14,056,204
22	Wisconsin	55000	13,581,095
23	Tennessee	47000	13,426,910
24	Colorado	08000	10,887,043
25	Missouri	29000	10,870,910
26	South Carolina	45000	8,912,335
27	New Mexico	35000	8,210,715
28	Alabama	01000	7,960,823
29	Arkansas	05000	7,912,728
30	Iowa	19000	7,569,736
31	Oklahoma	40000	7,442,836
32	Mississippi	28000	6,600,188
33	West Virginia	54000	5,439,965
34	Kansas	20000	5,374,973
35	Utah	49000	5,270,166
36	Nevada	32000	4,362,222
37	Maine	23000	4,181,901
38	Connecticut	09000	3,762,160
39	Idaho	16000	3,736,726
40	Nebraska	31000	3,629,647
41	Hawaii	15000	3,535,565
42	Rhode Island	44000	3,453,341
43	Delaware	10000	3,148,395
44	New Hampshire	33000	2,743,396
45	Montana	30000	2,715,226
46	Alaska	02000	2,644,295
47	Vermont	50000	2,064,469
48	South Dakota	46000	1,730,142
49	North Dakota	38000	1,694,969
50	Wyoming	56000	887,125

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

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