Federal Spending Per Capita

51 states ranked by federal spending per person. National average: $1K per capita.

National Avg Per Capita

$1K

Highest

District of Columbia: $18K

States Ranked

#	State	Per Capita	Total Spending	Population	Median Income
1	District of Columbia	$18K	$12.86B	702K	N/A
2	Virginia	$6K	$50.14B	8.8M	N/A
3	Maryland	$3K	$19.18B	6.3M	N/A
4	Alaska	$2K	$1.67B	740K	N/A
5	Hawaii	$2K	$2.26B	1.4M	N/A
6	Connecticut	$1K	$4.72B	3.7M	N/A
7	Pennsylvania	$1K	$13.22B	13.1M	N/A
8	Missouri	$959.58	$5.99B	6.2M	N/A
9	Massachusetts	$831.74	$5.94B	7.1M	N/A
10	Texas	$825.13	$25.82B	31.3M	N/A
11	Wisconsin	$730.93	$4.36B	6.0M	N/A
12	Arizona	$730.82	$5.54B	7.6M	N/A
13	New Hampshire	$706.81	$995.9M	1.4M	N/A
14	Colorado	$706.60	$4.21B	6.0M	N/A
15	Alabama	$682.31	$3.52B	5.2M	N/A
16	Vermont	$645.68	$418.7M	648K	N/A
17	Illinois	$601.56	$7.65B	12.7M	N/A
18	Mississippi	$549.42	$1.62B	2.9M	N/A
19	West Virginia	$548.29	$970.5M	1.8M	N/A
20	New Mexico	$544.99	$1.16B	2.1M	N/A
21	Utah	$537.53	$1.88B	3.5M	N/A
22	Kansas	$537.22	$1.60B	3.0M	N/A
23	North Dakota	$536.48	$427.3M	797K	N/A
24	South Dakota	$533.58	$493.4M	925K	N/A
25	Georgia	$496.68	$5.55B	11.2M	N/A
26	Florida	$484.86	$11.33B	23.4M	N/A
27	Washington	$483.87	$3.85B	8.0M	N/A
28	Rhode Island	$465.60	$517.9M	1.1M	N/A
29	New Jersey	$464.35	$4.41B	9.5M	N/A
30	Oklahoma	$464.00	$1.90B	4.1M	N/A
31	Montana	$456.09	$518.7M	1.1M	N/A
32	California	$454.99	$17.94B	39.4M	N/A
33	Wyoming	$441.02	$259.1M	588K	N/A
34	South Carolina	$418.37	$2.29B	5.5M	N/A
35	Louisiana	$399.12	$1.84B	4.6M	N/A
36	Kentucky	$387.41	$1.78B	4.6M	N/A
37	Iowa	$385.32	$1.25B	3.2M	N/A
38	Michigan	$364.35	$3.69B	10.1M	N/A
39	Nevada	$362.66	$1.18B	3.3M	N/A
40	Ohio	$341.62	$4.06B	11.9M	N/A
41	Oregon	$338.83	$1.45B	4.3M	N/A
42	New York	$311.00	$6.18B	19.9M	N/A
43	Idaho	$305.88	$612.3M	2.0M	N/A
44	Nebraska	$297.23	$596.1M	2.0M	N/A
45	North Carolina	$280.37	$3.10B	11.0M	N/A
46	Arkansas	$274.50	$847.8M	3.1M	N/A
47	Maine	$267.68	$376.1M	1.4M	N/A
48	Delaware	$234.87	$247.1M	1.1M	N/A
49	Minnesota	$230.00	$1.33B	5.8M	N/A
50	Indiana	$228.00	$1.58B	6.9M	N/A
51	Tennessee	$174.20	$1.26B	7.2M	N/A

Source: USAspending.gov combined with Census population estimates and American Community Survey data. Per-capita figures divide total federal obligations by state population.