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Public Welfare State & Local Expenditures Per Capita in 2015

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Per Capita Expenditures
1	District of Columbia	11000	5,277
2	New York	36000	3,124
3	Vermont	50000	2,769
4	New Mexico	35000	2,738
5	Massachusetts	25000	2,735
6	Alaska	02000	2,727
7	California	06000	2,640
8	Minnesota	27000	2,570
9	Rhode Island	44000	2,474
10	Delaware	10000	2,459
11	Kentucky	21000	2,450
12	Oregon	41000	2,380
13	West Virginia	54000	2,378
14	Arkansas	05000	2,236
15	Maine	23000	2,225
16	Pennsylvania	42000	2,095
17	Wisconsin	55000	2,081
18	Connecticut	09000	2,072
19	Maryland	24000	2,052
20	Iowa	19000	1,981
21	Mississippi	28000	1,956
22	New Jersey	34000	1,954
23	North Dakota	38000	1,856
24	Louisiana	22000	1,774
25	Hawaii	15000	1,772
26	Indiana	18000	1,743
27	Ohio	39000	1,728
28	Oklahoma	40000	1,658
29	Michigan	26000	1,648
30	Illinois	17000	1,631
31	Washington	53000	1,630
32	Tennessee	47000	1,622
33	New Hampshire	33000	1,615
34	Montana	30000	1,525
35	South Carolina	45000	1,501
36	Arizona	04000	1,492
37	Colorado	08000	1,438
38	Nebraska	31000	1,424
39	Idaho	16000	1,414
40	Missouri	29000	1,405
41	Alabama	01000	1,393
42	Nevada	32000	1,392
43	Wyoming	56000	1,389
44	Kansas	20000	1,382
45	Virginia	51000	1,376
46	North Carolina	37000	1,369
47	Florida	12000	1,343
48	Texas	48000	1,287
49	South Dakota	46000	1,229
50	Georgia	13000	1,179
51	Utah	49000	1,139

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

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