Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid?

1/12/15
 
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from NCPA,
1/12/15:

States charge their residents property, sales and income taxes — and more — to fund operations, but a new chart from the Tax Foundation highlights another major source of state funds: federal aid.

Liz Malm and Richard Borean have created a map depicting the amount of federal aid, as a percentage of state revenue, states get from the federal government. Who’s taking in the most? For fiscal year 2012:

– In Mississippi, 45.3 percent of general revenue came from the federal government.
– Other states with high amounts of federal aid included Louisiana (44 percent), Tennessee (41 percent), South Dakota (40.8 percent), Missouri (39.4 percent) and Montana (39 percent).
– The states with the least amount of federal aid as a share of their revenues? Alaska (20 percent), North Dakota (20.5 percent), Virginia (23.5 percent) and Hawaii.

On average, 31.5 percent of state general revenues in 2012 came from the federal government.

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