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Table 16. Federal Spending in Each State per Dollar of Federal Taxes
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  Top States     Bottom States
1 New Jersey   50 New Mexico
2 Connecticut   49 Alaska
3 New Hampshire   48 West Virginia
4 Minnesota   47 Mississippi
5 Illinois   46 North Dakota
5 Nevada   45 Alabama
7 Massachusetts   44 Virginia
8 California   43 Hawaii
8 Colorado   42 Montana
8 Delaware   41 South Dakota
8 New York   40 Oklahoma
12 Wisconsin   39 Arkansas
13 Michigan   37 Louisiana
14 Washington   37 Kentucky
15 Texas   36 Maryland
16 Georgia   35 Maine
17 Indiana   34 South Carolina
17 Oregon   32 Tennessee
19 Ohio   32 Arizona
20 Florida   31 Missouri
20 Rhode Island   30 Idaho
22 Pennsylvania   29 Utah
23 Nebraska   27 Vermont
24 North Carolina   27 Kansas
25 Iowa   25 Wyoming

Source - Tax Foundation, "Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State: Which States Gain Most from Federal Fiscal Operations?". Click here for more information.

Where the States Rank
Special
Taxes v. Overall Child Well-Being

1. Overall Vulnerability Rank
2. Uninsured Children
3. Low Birth Weight
4. Prenatal Care
5. Infant Mortality Rates
6. Child Deaths
7. Teen Deaths
8. Child Welfare Spending
9. Child Fatalities 2004
10. Crime Rates
11. Incarceration Rates
12. Juvenile Incarceration
13. Teen Births/TANF "Welfare" Payment Rates
14. Child Poverty
15. Impact of Taxes & Transfers on Child Poverty
16. Federal Redistributive Policy at Work in the States
17. Overall Tax Burden

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