Analysis of Total and Per Capita Federal Spending by State
by Dennis Brewer, Assistant Vice Provost for Research, University of Arkansas
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  Population Pork NSF NIH Pork/person NSF/person NIH/person
State 2000 Census x$M (2003) x$K (FY02) x$K (FY02) $ rank $ rank $ rank
GPN States 17,515,990 $133.80 $163,710 $766,851 $7.64 N/A $9.35 N/A $43.78 N/A
All States 280,849,847 $1,862.00 $4,362,628 $18,626,562 $6.63 N/A $15.53 N/A $66.32 N/A
Alabama 4,447,100 $87.60 $25,960 $261,822 $19.70 9 $5.84 49 $58.87 20
Alaska 626,932 $16.10 $27,753 $9,742 $25.68 8 $44.27 3 $15.54 45
Arizona 5,130,632 $13.30 $134,025 $135,829 $2.59 46 $26.12 6 $26.47 36
Arkansas 2,673,400 $13.00 $8,720 $52,940 $4.86 31 $3.26 50 $19.80 41
California 33,871,648 $95.40 $687,791 $2,904,068 $2.82 45 $20.31 10 $85.74 11
Colorado 4,301,261 $11.00 $220,083 $296,518 $2.56 47 $51.17 1 $68.94 13
Connecticut 3,405,565 $6.80 $38,560 $391,221 $2.00 49 $11.32 34 $114.88 3
Delaware 783,600 $6.20 $14,108 $25,061 $7.91 21 $18.00 14 $31.98 31
Florida 15,982,378 $130.60 $121,477 $290,567 $8.17 20 $7.60 43 $18.18 43
Georgia 8,186,453 $33.60 $91,165 $310,609 $4.10 37 $11.14 35 $37.94 28
Hawaii 1,211,537 $39.40 $28,022 $53,189 $32.52 6 $23.13 9 $43.90 27
Idaho 1,293,953 $18.30 $9,051 $11,798 $14.14 11 $6.99 46 $9.12 49
Illinois 12,419,293 $57.70 $208,561 $571,117 $4.65 35 $16.79 19 $45.99 26
Indiana 6,080,485 $22.40 $77,772 $171,525 $3.68 39 $12.79 28 $28.21 34
Iowa 2,926,324 $36.10 $33,366 $181,620 $12.34 15 $11.40 31 $62.06 18
Kansas 2,688,418 $13.50 $26,020 $77,259 $5.02 28 $9.68 37 $28.74 32
Kentucky 4,041,769 $31.50 $31,957 $111,491 $7.79 22 $7.91 41 $27.58 35
Louisiana 4,468,976 $45.80 $31,420 $117,481 $10.25 16 $7.03 45 $26.29 37
Maine 1,274,923 $16.50 $21,869 $67,913 $12.94 14 $17.15 17 $53.27 21
Maryland 5,296,486 $25.10 $131,755 $1,106,532 $4.74 34 $24.88 7 $208.92 2
Massachusetts 6,349,097 $35.40 $315,658 $1,874,137 $5.58 26 $49.72 2 $295.18 1
Michigan 9,938,444 $36.10 $129,483 $486,365 $3.63 40 $13.03 27 $48.94 24
Minnesota 4,919,479 $9.50 $56,639 $372,358 $1.93 50 $11.51 30 $75.69 12
Mississippi 2,844,658 $87.90 $18,415 $34,810 $30.90 7 $6.47 48 $12.24 47
Missouri 5,595,211 $32.50 $63,566 $481,994 $5.81 24 $11.36 33 $86.14 10
Montana 902,195 $32.80 $24,386 $25,623 $36.36 5 $27.03 5 $28.40 33
Nebraska 1,711,263 $16.30 $19,444 $61,633 $9.53 17 $11.36 32 $36.02 30
Nevada 1,998,257 $34.50 $16,643 $18,567 $17.27 10 $8.33 38 $9.29 48
New Hampshire 1,235,786 $62.30 $20,374 $80,468 $50.41 1 $16.49 20 $65.12 16
New Jersey 8,414,350 $26.20 $84,526 $218,026 $3.11 43 $10.05 36 $25.91 38
New Mexico 1,819,046 $82.90 $34,881 $87,479 $45.57 3 $19.18 12 $48.09 25
New York 18,976,457 $85.70 $335,712 $1,714,512 $4.52 36 $17.69 15 $90.35 9
North Carolina 8,049,313 $25.20 $95,193 $780,680 $3.13 42 $11.83 29 $96.99 8
North Dakota 642,200 $31.80 $10,873 $13,603 $49.52 2 $16.93 18 $21.18 40
Ohio 11,353,140 $56.00 $94,211 $583,603 $4.93 29 $8.30 39 $51.40 22
Oklahoma 3,450,654 $16.80 $23,827 $66,270 $4.87 30 $6.91 47 $19.20 42
Oregon 3,421,399 $11.10 $48,942 $233,541 $3.24 41 $14.30 24 $68.26 14
Pennsylvania 12,281,054 $93.30 $176,191 $1,240,647 $7.60 23 $14.35 23 $101.02 7
Rhode Island 1,048,319 $14.10 $25,536 $115,154 $13.45 12 $24.36 8 $109.85 5
South Carolina 4,012,012 $36.90 $55,660 $103,810 $9.20 18 $13.87 25 $25.87 39
South Dakota 754,844 $9.90 $11,260 $13,152 $13.12 13 $14.92 22 $17.42 44
Tennessee 5,689,283 $13.20 $46,353 $337,535 $2.32 48 $8.15 40 $59.33 19
Texas 20,851,820 $118.80 $160,357 $1,027,704 $5.70 25 $7.69 42 $49.29 23
Utah 2,233,169 $20.20 $30,605 $146,037 $9.05 19 $13.70 26 $65.39 15
Vermont 608,827 $2.90 $9,565 $63,812 $4.76 33 $15.71 21 $104.81 6
Virginia 7,078,515 $35.80 $261,960 $261,950 $5.06 27 $37.01 4 $37.01 29
Washington 5,894,121 $28.20 $101,695 $673,614 $4.78 32 $17.25 16 $114.29 4
West Virginia 1,808,344 $67.30 $12,754 $15,246 $37.22 4 $7.05 44 $8.43 50
Wisconsin 5,363,675 $16.50 $98,480 $338,611 $3.08 44 $18.36 13 $63.13 17
Wyoming 493,782 $2.00 $10,004 $7,318 $4.05 38 $20.26 11 $14.82 46