Rank List: States in Profile

Public Welfare State Expenditures Per Capita in 2022

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Per Capita Expenditures
1	Massachusetts	25000	4,545
2	New Mexico	35000	4,463
3	Alaska	02000	4,202
4	New York	36000	4,003
5	Oregon	41000	3,920
6	Kentucky	21000	3,699
7	California	06000	3,659
8	Louisiana	22000	3,658
9	Rhode Island	44000	3,647
10	Vermont	50000	3,633
11	Maine	23000	3,548
12	West Virginia	54000	3,522
13	Minnesota	27000	3,510
14	Delaware	10000	3,438
15	Arizona	04000	3,396
16	Pennsylvania	42000	3,153
17	Maryland	24000	3,148
18	Arkansas	05000	3,114
19	Ohio	39000	3,064
20	Indiana	18000	2,848
21	Hawaii	15000	2,802
22	New Jersey	34000	2,698
23	Illinois	17000	2,688
24	Iowa	19000	2,589
25	Montana	30000	2,588
26	North Dakota	38000	2,494
27	Wisconsin	55000	2,466
28	Virginia	51000	2,456
29	Mississippi	28000	2,320
30	Oklahoma	40000	2,297
31	New Hampshire	33000	2,234
32	Colorado	08000	2,174
33	Idaho	16000	2,157
34	Nebraska	31000	2,151
35	Michigan	26000	2,111
35	Washington	53000	2,111
37	Tennessee	47000	2,035
38	North Carolina	37000	2,031
39	Kansas	20000	2,023
40	Texas	48000	2,000
41	Missouri	29000	1,946
42	Utah	49000	1,897
43	South Carolina	45000	1,866
44	South Dakota	46000	1,859
45	Wyoming	56000	1,735
46	Alabama	01000	1,709
47	Florida	12000	1,667
48	Nevada	32000	1,560
49	Georgia	13000	1,514
50	Connecticut	09000	1,085

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

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