KFF.orgState Health Facts - Your source for state health data
Kaiser Family Foundation Kaiser Health News Kaiser Family Foundation

     Choose a different category...

Demographics and the Economy 
Population
People in Poverty
Household Income
Geography
Employment Status
Unemployment
Food Stamp Program
State Fiscal Distress
State Budgets
Gross State Product
Taxes
State or Federal Inmates
PrintSave Image

Total State Expenditures (in millions), SFY2008

|
|
|

Map & Rank by:

|



Note: You can also click on a column header to rank by that column.
Click again to reverse the order.

 Total State Spending
United States$1,502,492
Alabama$40,159
Alaska$12,322
Arizona$24,721
Arkansas$16,899
California$194,276
Colorado$25,129
Connecticut$24,536
Delaware$8,621
District of ColumbiaNA
Florida$64,379
Georgia$36,762
Hawaii$11,160
Idaho$5,930
Illinois$46,877
Indiana$24,239
Iowa$16,129
Kansas$12,689
Kentucky$22,995
Louisiana$29,995
Maine$7,427
Maryland$29,798
Massachusetts$44,146
Michigan$43,982
Minnesota$28,446
Mississippi$15,599
Missouri$21,179
Montana$4,477
Nebraska$8,712
Nevada$9,240
New Hampshire$4,806
New Jersey$48,704
New Mexico$14,790
New York$116,056
North Carolina$41,587
North Dakota$3,597
Ohio$56,763
Oklahoma$19,962
Oregon$22,644
Pennsylvania$58,696
Rhode Island$7,097
South Carolina$20,787
South Dakota$3,150
Tennessee$26,324
Texas$82,156
Utah$12,420
Vermont$5,308
Virginia$35,330
Washington$31,732
West Virginia$18,710
Wisconsin$36,091
Wyoming$4,958
(show/hide notes)
Notes: 

Data are for state fiscal year 2008 and include general fund, federal funds, other state funds, and bonds.

Sources: 

Table 1, 2008 State Expenditure Report, National Association of State Budget Officers, 2009. Available at http://www.nasbo.org/Publications/StateExpenditureReport/tabid/79/Default.aspx, December 2009.

Definitions: 

NA: Data not available.
General Fund: the predominant fund for financing a states operations. Revenues are received from broad-based state taxes. There are differences in how specific functions are financed from state to state.
Federal Funds: funds received directly from the Federal government.
Other State Funds: expenditures from revenue sources, which are restricted by law for particular governmental functions or activities. For example, a gasoline tax dedicated to a highway trust fund would appear in the Other State Funds column.
Bonds: expenditures from the sale of bonds, generally for capital projects.
State Funds: general fund plus other state fund spending, excluding state spending from bonds.

State Fiscal Year: The State Fiscal Year (SFY) begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 in 46 states; however, in Alabama and Michigan, the fiscal year begins on October 1; in Texas, the fiscal year begins on September 1; and in New York, the fiscal year begins on April 1. For example, in the 46 states following the July to June definition, SFY 2009 would refer to the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.



     Help

KFF.org Kaiserhealthnews.org Kaiseredu.org
Search Contact Us Email Subscriptions Privacy Statement