Federal Spending by State
California has the highest Federal Spending Amount ($396.14B), followed by Texas ($273.81B) and Florida ($253B). Wyoming has the lowest ($5.73B).
Federal Spending Amount
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Data
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  California | $396.14B | 8.9% |
| 2 |  Texas | $273.81B | 12.0% |
| 3 |  Florida | $253B | 13.6% |
| 4 |  Pennsylvania | $231.38B | 12.9% |
| 5 |  New York | $231.23B | 14.8% |
| 6 |  Minnesota | $205.97B | 7.8% |
| 7 |  Virginia | $173.57B | 8.1% |
| 8 |  Indiana | $169.45B | 9.3% |
| 9 |  Kentucky | $150.96B | 14.1% |
| 10 |  Illinois | $148.54B | 12.9% |
| 11 |  South Carolina | $110.88B | 12.3% |
| 12 |  Connecticut | $109.93B | 12.0% |
| 13 |  Ohio | $108.42B | 13.2% |
| 14 |  Michigan | $104.42B | 13.1% |
| 15 |  Arizona | $103.96B | 10.8% |
| 16 |  Tennessee | $96.25B | 13.5% |
| 17 |  Wisconsin | $96.02B | 10.6% |
| 18 |  Maryland | $94.07B | 10.3% |
| 19 |  North Carolina | $93.89B | 12.3% |
| 20 |  Massachusetts | $87.23B | 11.7% |
| 21 |  Georgia | $86.28B | 12.6% |
| 22 |  Washington | $83.22B | 12.3% |
| 23 |  New Jersey | $79.9B | 8.9% |
| 24 |  Missouri | $77.38B | 11.0% |
| 25 |  North Dakota | $75.73B | 6.3% |
| 26 |  Alabama | $59.56B | 14.0% |
| 27 |  District of Columbia | $56.71B | — |
| 28 |  Colorado | $56.01B | 7.6% |
| 29 |  Louisiana | $55.47B | 16.4% |
| 30 |  Oregon | $49.5B | 15.4% |
| 31 |  Oklahoma | $42.93B | 13.2% |
| 32 |  New Mexico | $37.18B | 17.4% |
| 33 |  Mississippi | $31.83B | 15.3% |
| 34 |  Arkansas | $30.08B | 11.8% |
| 35 |  Iowa | $29.05B | 9.6% |
| 36 |  Nevada | $26.93B | 12.2% |
| 37 |  Kansas | $26.66B | 7.7% |
| 38 |  Utah | $25.13B | 6.8% |
| 39 |  Nebraska | $21.6B | 8.3% |
| 40 |  West Virginia | $21.54B | 16.8% |
| 41 |  Idaho | $18.58B | 9.7% |
| 42 |  Maine | $17.32B | 12.8% |
| 43 |  Hawaii | $16.49B | 10.7% |
| 44 |  Alaska | $14.68B | 10.8% |
| 45 |  New Hampshire | $12.96B | 7% |
| 46 |  Rhode Island | $12.94B | 15.4% |
| 47 |  Montana | $12.69B | 9.4% |
| 48 |  Delaware | $10.23B | 10.4% |
| 49 |  South Dakota | $10.08B | 8.9% |
| 50 |  Vermont | $7.34B | 11.5% |
| 51 |  Wyoming | $5.73B | 6.3% |
What correlates with Federal Spending Amount?
Pearson r against 2,074 other state metrics sharing at least 31 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Federal Spending Amount tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Federal Spending Amount tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Federal Spending Amount?
- California has the highest Federal Spending Amount, at $396.14B, followed by Texas ($273.81B) and Florida ($253B).
- Which state has the lowest Federal Spending Amount?
- Wyoming has the lowest Federal Spending Amount, at $5.73B.
- What is the median Federal Spending Amount across US states?
- The median is $59.56B across the 51 US states with data.
- Where does this federal spending by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2014/12/federal-spending-in-the-states.