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1 Gerald Prante, Where Do State and Local Governments Concentrate Their Spending 1 (2009)

handle is hein.taxfoundation/ffbjjxz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FISCAL FACT October 2009 No. 199 Where Do State and Local Governments Concentrate Their Spending? By Gerald Prante Newly released Census data highlight the different spending priorities of state and local governments. By presenting the data here as percentages of total spending, we reveal government priorities whether their combined state and local budgets are comparatively large or small. Spending is shown for nine specific functional categories and a miscellaneous catch-all: K-12 Education, Higher Education, Public Welfare, Hospitals and Health, Transportation, Public Safety, Environment and Housing, Government Administration, Interest on Debt, and Other. Tables 1-9 below are top ten tables, showing the 10 states that devote the largest share of their total spending to each of these categories. The percentages for all 50 states and the District of Columbia are presented in Table 10. The tables are compiled using the most recent state and local finance data from the Census Bureau for fiscal year 2007 (July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 in most states). Combined state-local data is best for interstate comparison because what some states accomplish with local spending is accomplished in other states with state-level programs. Gerald Prante is Senior Economist at the Tax Foundation. Table 1 Which Ten States Concentrate Their Spending on K-12 Education? Percentage of Total State Spending New Jersey 31.8% New Hampshire 28.6% Texas 28.0% Connecticut 27.7% Michigan 27.2% Virginia 26.9% Georgia 26.8% Arkansas 26.0% Vermont 25.2% Maryland 25.2% US average 23.9% Source: Tax Foundation calculations based on data from Census Bureau's government finance data for state and local governments during fiscal year 2007. OUNDATION

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