Wonder which states Red or Blue get the highest amount of Federal dollars versus dollars contributed

[Jmaxfie1]

Federal Spending in Each State Per Dollar of Federal Taxes

EY 2004 FY 2005

State/Federal Spending per Dollar of Federal Taxes

1. New Mexico ($2.03)
2. Mississippi ($2.02)
3. Alaska ($1.84)
4. Louisiana ($1.78)
5. West Virginia ($1.76)
6. North Dakota ($1.68)
7. Alabama ($1.66)
8. South Dakota ($1.53)
9. Kentucky ($1.51)
10. Virginia ($1.51)
11. Montana ($1.47)
12. Hawaii ($1.44)
13. Maine ($1.41)
14. Arkansas ($1.41)
15. Oklahoma ($1.36)
16. South Carolina ($1.35)
17. Missouri ($1.32)
18. Maryland ($1.30)
19. Tennessee ($1.27)
20. Idaho ($1.21)
21. Arizona ($1.19)
22. Kansas ($1.12)
23. Wyoming ($1.11)
24. Iowa ($1.10)
25. Nebraska ($1.10)
26. Vermont ($1.08)
27. North Carolina ($1.08)
28. Pennsylvania ($1.07)
29. Utah ($1.07)
30. Indiana ($1.05)
31. Ohio ($1.05)
32. Georgia ($1.01)
33. Rhode Island ($1.00)
34. Florida ($0.97)
35. Texas ($0.94)
36. Oregon ($0.93)
37. Michigan ($0.92)
38. Washington ($0.88)
39. Wisconsin ($0.86)
40. Massachusetts ($0.82)
41. Colorado ($0.81)
42. New York ($0.79)
43. California ($0.78)
44. Delaware ($0.77)
45. Illinois ($0.75)
46. Minnesota ($0.72)
47. New Hampshire ($0.71)
48. Connecticut ($0.69)
49. Nevada ($0.65)
50. New Jersey ($0.61)

Key= Voted Republican; Voted Democrat in Presidential election of 2004.



http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html">Source: Tax Foundation, Census Bureau


PS. Thanks,
hfojvt for stats!

[Jmaxfie1]

1. What got me thinking about this were two things.

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?

[aquart]

2. Lotta nuts on our greenest trees.

[Jmaxfie1]

3. yep. n/t

[socialist_n_TN]

4. This has been going around a while........

That's why it would actually make ECONOMIC sense for blue states (voting dems) to keep those Federal dollars at home.

Of course, that leaves the poor and disadvantaged in the red states, LITERALLY, out in the cold.