Rank List: States in Profile

Public Welfare State Expenditures in 2020

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Value($000)
1	California	06000	115,221,411
2	New York	36000	69,674,511
3	Texas	48000	43,210,135
4	Pennsylvania	42000	37,754,083
5	Florida	12000	29,385,477
6	Ohio	39000	28,890,958
7	Illinois	17000	27,342,498
8	Massachusetts	25000	25,599,730
9	New Jersey	34000	18,857,210
10	Michigan	26000	18,111,785
11	Arizona	04000	17,130,394
12	Indiana	18000	16,786,289
13	Minnesota	27000	16,347,867
14	North Carolina	37000	15,482,741
15	Virginia	51000	15,142,492
16	Maryland	24000	14,726,224
17	Washington	53000	13,814,735
18	Georgia	13000	13,660,641
19	Louisiana	22000	13,534,847
20	Kentucky	21000	13,208,128
21	Tennessee	47000	13,016,137
22	Oregon	41000	12,851,462
23	Wisconsin	55000	12,240,551
24	Missouri	29000	10,212,484
25	Colorado	08000	9,821,389
26	South Carolina	45000	8,627,484
27	Alabama	01000	7,765,206
28	Arkansas	05000	7,353,581
29	New Mexico	35000	7,267,657
30	Iowa	19000	7,160,305
31	Oklahoma	40000	7,111,916
32	Mississippi	28000	6,511,527
33	Kansas	20000	5,125,160
34	West Virginia	54000	4,981,986
35	Utah	49000	4,624,342
36	Nevada	32000	4,267,652
37	Maine	23000	3,866,580
38	Connecticut	09000	3,848,980
39	Idaho	16000	3,239,939
40	Rhode Island	44000	3,198,724
41	Hawaii	15000	2,989,932
42	Delaware	10000	2,813,199
43	Nebraska	31000	2,782,284
44	Alaska	02000	2,718,805
45	Montana	30000	2,419,051
46	New Hampshire	33000	2,300,141
47	Vermont	50000	1,954,918
48	North Dakota	38000	1,604,551
49	South Dakota	46000	1,217,550
50	Wyoming	56000	864,888

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

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