State
Ranking of Per Capita Spending, Per-Capita Tax
Burden and Return on the Federal Tax Dollar: Fiscal 2005
Ranking by Per Capita Ranking by Per Capita Ranking of Return Rank Total Spending Tax Burden on Tax Dollar 1 Alaska 13,788 Connecticut 11,563 Mississippi 2.02 2 Virginia 12,583 New Jersey 9,947 New Mexico 2.00 3 Maryland 11,972 Massachusetts 9,800 Louisiana 1.85 4 New Mexico 10,752 Maryland 8,824 Alaska 1.83 5 North Dakota 10,391 New York 8,758 West Virginia 1.75 6 Hawaii 10,018 Nevada 8,359 North Dakota 1.65 7 South Dakota 9,590 Wyoming 8,310 Alabama 1.63 8 Wyoming 9,440 New Hampshire 8,172 Virginia 1.51 9 Alabama 9,265 California 8,047 Kentucky 1.51 10 Mississippi 9,027 Virginia 7,963 South Dakota 1.48 11 West Virginia 8,909 Minnesota 7,935 Montana 1.43 12 Connecticut 8,827 Washington 7,923 Hawaii 1.43 13 Louisiana 8,815 Delaware 7,878 Maine 1.41 14 Massachusetts 8,684 Illinois 7,844 Arkansas 1.40 15 Maine 8,654 Colorado 7,677 Oklahoma 1.35 16 Montana 8,350 Florida 7,620 South Carolina 1.35 17 Missouri 8,340 Rhode Island 7,470 Missouri 1.32 18 Kentucky 8,308 Alaska 7,215 Maryland 1.30 19 Tennessee 8,062 Pennsylvania 7,111 Tennessee 1.29 20 Pennsylvania 8,046 Hawaii 6,721 Idaho 1.19 21 Rhode Island 7,896 Wisconsin 6,671 Arizona 1.19 22 Oklahoma 7,816 Vermont 6,592 Kansas 1.13 23 Florida 7,586 Michigan 6,562 Iowa 1.09 24 South Carolina 7,531 Oregon 6,497 Vermont 1.09 25 New York 7,521 Texas 6,432 Wyoming 1.09 26 Arizona 7,500 Nebraska 6,420 Nebraska 1.09 27 Vermont 7,495 Kansas 6,359 Pennsylvania 1.08 28 Kansas 7,474 South Dakota 6,205 Utah 1.08 29 Washington 7,389 Georgia 6,143 North Carolina 1.08 30 Arkansas 7,354 Ohio 6,135 Indiana 1.07 31 Nebraska 7,289 Indiana 6,086 Ohio 1.06 32 Iowa 6,884 Missouri 6,077 Georgia 1.03 33 North Carolina 6,817 North Carolina 6,054 Rhode Island 1.01 34 Ohio 6,796 Arizona 6,046 Texas 0.97 35 New Jersey 6,771 Iowa 6,033 Florida 0.95 36 Indiana 6,768 North Dakota 6,021 Michigan 0.94 37 Idaho 6,731 Tennessee 5,989 Oregon 0.93 38 California 6,725 Maine 5,890 Washington 0.89 39 Colorado 6,670 Montana 5,586 Wisconsin 0.88 40 Georgia 6,571 Oklahoma 5,535 Massachusetts 0.85 41 Delaware 6,537 Alabama 5,436 Colorado 0.83 42 Texas 6,509 Idaho 5,420 New York 0.82 43 Michigan 6,410 South Carolina 5,337 California 0.80 44 New Hampshire 6,393 Kentucky 5,275 Delaware 0.80 45 Illinois 6,351 Utah 5,243 Illinois 0.78 46 Oregon 6,279 New Mexico 5,162 New Hampshire 0.75 47 Wisconsin 6,091 Arkansas 5,024 Minnesota 0.73 48 Minnesota 6,075 West Virginia 4,882 Connecticut 0.73 49 Utah 5,917 Louisiana 4,574 Nevada 0.67 50 Nevada 5,849 Mississippi 4,287 New Jersey 0.65
| SOURCES: | Northeast-Midwest Institute staff calculations based on U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, annual Consolidated Federal Funds Report, and The Tax Foundation, annual Special Report: Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State. |
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