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State and Local Government Health and Hospital Spending( 2023)
Rank
Total Per Capita
Total( millions)
Total % of Personal Income
Rank
1 Wyoming
$ 3,710
$ 2,171
4.5 %
1
2 New Mexico
$ 2,256
$ 4,786
4.1 %
3
3 Alabama
$ 2,238
$ 11,456
4.1 %
2
4 California
$ 2,155
$ 84,465
2.7 %
10
5 Washington
$ 2,060
$ 16,190
2.5 %
11
6 North Carolina
$ 2,037
$ 22,165
3.3 %
6
7 South Carolina
$ 2,023
$ 10,901
3.5 %
5
8 Iowa
$ 1,950
$ 6,275
3.1 %
7
9 Mississippi
$ 1,912
$ 5,627
3.8 %
4
10 Kansas
$ 1,826
$ 5,390
2.9 %
8
11 Oregon
$ 1,698
$ 7,221
2.5 %
12
12 Missouri
$ 1,680
$ 10,427
2.7 %
9
13 New York
$ 1,547
$ 30,524
1.9 %
17
14 Utah
$ 1,470
$ 5,063
2.3 %
13
15 Alaska
$ 1,381
$ 1,017
1.9 %
16
16 Michigan
$ 1,381
$ 13,923
2.3 %
14
17 Texas
$ 1,244
$ 38,232
1.8 %
18
18 Virginia
$ 1,240
$ 10,835
1.7 %
21
19 Kentucky
$ 1,147
$ 5,219
2.1 %
15
20 Indiana
$ 1,127
$ 7,755
1.8 %
19
21 Florida
$ 1,106
$ 25,326
1.6 %
26
22 Pennsylvania
$ 1,093
$ 14,233
1.6 %
24
23 Colorado
$ 1,073
$ 6,330
1.3 %
30
24 Tennessee
$ 1,064
$ 7,607
1.7 %
22
25 Georgia
$ 1,014
$ 11,215
1.7 %
20
26 Connecticut
$ 988
$ 3,600
1.1 %
37
27 Ohio
$ 988
$ 11,678
1.6 %
25
28 Louisiana
$ 978
$ 4,487
1.7 %
23
29 Wisconsin
$ 909
$ 5,393
1.4 %
28
30 Idaho
$ 863
$ 1,702
1.5 %
27
31 Vermont
$ 860
$ 558
1.3 %
32
32 Hawaii
$ 851
$ 1,227
1.3 %
33
33 Minnesota
$ 844
$ 4,858
1.2 %
36
34 Oklahoma
$ 841
$ 3,417
1.4 %
29
35 Nebraska
$ 773
$ 1,536
1.1 %
38
36 Illinois
$ 761
$ 9,616
1.1 %
39
37 Delaware
$ 752
$ 779
1.2 %
35
38 Arkansas
$ 726
$ 2,227
1.3 %
31
39 Massachusetts
$ 702
$ 4,963
0.8 %
43
40 Nevada
$ 663
$ 2,130
1.0 %
40
41 Montana
$ 654
$ 739
1.0 %
41
42 West Virginia
$ 652
$ 1,154
1.2 %
34
43 Rhode Island
$ 637
$ 703
0.9 %
42
44 New Jersey
$ 632
$ 5,929
0.8 %
44
45 Maryland
$ 568
$ 3,531
0.8 %
45
46 North Dakota
$ 534
$ 422
0.7 %
46
47 Maine
$ 426
$ 596
0.7 %
47
48 South Dakota
$ 360
$ 331
0.5 %
49
49 Arizona
$ 309
$ 2,307
0.5 %
48
50 New Hampshire
$ 230
$ 322
0.3 %
50
Dist. of Columbia
$ 1,279
$ 879
1.2 %
United States
$ 1,305 $ 439,435
1.9 %
Washington’ s state and local government spending on health care and hospitals ranked 5th on a per capita basis and 11th as a share of personal income.
TABLE 54 Source: U. S. Census Bureau