Table 8. Per Capita Child Welfare Expenditures
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	State Ranking		Per Capital Child Welfare Expenditures	Fraction Child Welfare Expenditures Spent Compared to the Best State
	1	Rhode Island	$180.32	--
	2	Alaska	$129.97	72.1%
	3	Vermont	$125.90	69.8%
	4	Pennsylvania	$116.14	64.4%
	5	Iowa	$109.97	61.0%
	6	New York	$107.15	59.4%
	7	Massachusetts	$102.36	56.8%
	8	Connecticut	$99.84	55.4%
	9	Illinois	$97.79	54.2%
	10	Nebraska	$95.03	52.7%
	11	Missouri	$91.79	50.9%
	12	California	$91.55	50.8%
	13	Kentucky	$88.88	49.3%
	14	Oregon	$87.72	48.6%
	15	Colorado	$86.44	47.9%
	16	Kansas	$83.91	46.5%
	17	Tennessee	$76.72	42.5%
	18	Michigan	$76.43	42.4%
	19	Maryland	$76.28	42.3%
	20	West Virginia	$76.05	42.2%
	21	Hawaii	$75.43	41.8%
	22	Wisconsin	$70.00	38.8%
	23	Washington	$69.77	38.7%
	24	North Dakota	$66.09	36.7%
	25	South Dakota	$62.51	34.7%
	26	Alabama	$61.17	33.9%
	27	New Hampshire	$59.77	33.1%
	28	Delaware	$59.70	33.1%
	29	Minnesota	$59.04	32.7%
	30	New Jersey	$58.53	32.5%
	31	Oklahoma	$57.66	32.0%
	32	Arizona	$56.07	31.1%
	33	Wyoming	$53.97	29.9%
	34	Utah	$52.53	29.1%
	35	Florida	$51.25	28.4%
	36	Montana	$49.68	27.6%
	37	New Mexico	$49.08	27.2%
	38	Georgia	$48.86	27.1%
	39	Louisiana	$47.88	26.6%
	40	Ohio	$45.77	25.4%
	41	Idaho	$42.51	23.6%
	42	Texas	$36.68	20.3%
	43	Arkansas	$35.93	19.9%
	44	Nevada	$33.99	18.8%
	45	Maine	$32.50	18.0%
	46	North Carolina	$30.81	17.1%
	47	Virginia	$30.61	17.0%
	48	Mississippi	$28.44	15.8%
	49	Indiana	$24.82	13.8%
	50	South Carolina	$14.74	8.2%

Source - Child Welfare League of America. Click here for more information and to recreate this table.