Expenditures Total
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Latest Data: 2021
Release Timing: Following Year
Frequency: Annual
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This data is from the U.S. Census Bureau’s “Annual State Survey of Government Finances” which gives the state governments’ general expenditures for each function the government performs. The category of expenditures total comprises five expenditure groups including current operations, interest on debt, assistance and subsidies, insurance benefits and repayment, capital outlays, and intergovernmental expenditures (Methodology for Summary Tabulations).
For analytical purposes, this data point has also been indexed to 2005. Accordingly, 2005 = 1, and any value greater than one indicates growth, while any value less than one indicates decline.
The expenditures total per capita is calculated as the dollar amount of total government expenditures divided by the state population in the given year.
Expenditures total per capita ranking ranks the states from 1-50, with 1 given for the highest amount of total expenditures per capita and 50 being the lowest amount of total expenditures per capita.
