State Spending Population Alabama 14.9 4.9 Alaska 3.8 0.7 Arizona 14.8 6.8 Arkansas 8.5 3.0 California 110.7 39.2 Colorado 14.3 5.4 Connecticut 13.1 3.6 Delaware 4.0 0.9 Florida 40.1 20.2 Georgia 26.4 10.2 Hawaii 3.3 1.4 Idaho 3.4 1.7 Illinois 38.0 12.9 Indiana 17.5 6.6 Iowa 10.8 3.1 Kansas 8.6 2.9 Kentucky 12.8 4.4 Louisiana 13.1 4.7 Maine 4.2 1.3 Maryland 18.6 6.0 Massachusetts 21.2 6.8 Michigan 24.0 9.9 Minnesota 17.7 5.5 Mississippi 8.1 3.0 Missouri 16.3 6.1 Montana 2.7 1.0 Nebraska 6.5 1.9 Nevada 5.7 2.9 New Hampshire 4.2 1.3 New Jersey 36.6 9.0 New Mexico 6.6 2.1 New York 74.3 19.8 North Carolina 30.2 10.0 North Dakota 3.0 0.8 Ohio 32.1 11.6 Oklahoma 10.8 3.9 Oregon 11.3 4.0 Pennsylvania 37.5 12.8 Rhode Island 3.5 1.1 South Carolina 10.8 4.9 South Dakota 2.1 0.9 Tennessee 15.9 6.6 Texas 89.4 27.4 Utah 10.0 3.0 Vermont 2.5 0.6 Virginia 24.9 8.4 Washington 21.2 7.2 West Virginia 6.0 1.8 Wisconsin 18.9 5.8 Wyoming 2.7 0.6