Need help finding a statistic/chart.

[Jmaxfie1]

I took a polisci class a while back where the teacher put up a table of federal taxes received by state vs. federal dollars spent per state. It then showed a ratio percentage. I remember that a lot of the Red States actually received much more federal money than they put in. Some Blue States actually put in more money than they received. I was looking for a chart or table that correlated this with national voting patterns.

What made me think of this was a book I was reading about Orange County during the 50's and early 60's. The OC (hated that show) owed its economic boom to Federal contracts yet was one of the most anti-government counties in the US. I was wondering if the same thing played out on a National level?

[Scuba]

1. Look at the location of military bases. n/t

[hfojvt]

2. that may come from the SOBs at the Tax Foundation

http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html

I don't really trust them.

I find this to be curious as well. A list of Federal tax revenues by state

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_tax_revenue_by_state

If California only pays $8,590 per capita compared to $12,678 for New York, or even $9,429 for Texas or $10,731 for Nebraska, then how do they end up not getting Federal revenue in a net positive?

[Jmaxfie1]

4. Thanks for the great data.

If I can't find a chart, I may just need to compile one myself. I do like the way the Tax Foundations table is laid out, I don't know anything about them, but I gather they are probably a Right-wing org? The one thing that does make me at least trust the data a little is that it actually makes conservative states look bad, but then again I don't know.

[hfojvt]

3. for spending by state, see table 477 here

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/federal_govt_finances_employment/federal_budget--receipts_outlays_and_debt.html