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State Debt Ranking Percent GDP
| Comparison of State and Local Government Spending and Debt in the United States -5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 2013 +1yr +5yr Amounts in percent GDP
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| State | State & Local Spending | State & Local Debt  | Gross State Product | Real State Growth | Popu- lation (million) | ||
| Wyoming | 20.11% | 5.27% | $41.5 | 1.4% | 0.5 | more | |
| District of Columbia | 11.97% | 9.18% | $117.4 | 2.5% | 0.5 | more | |
| North Dakota | 16.65% | 9.89% | $48.4 | 4.8% | 0.6 | more | |
| Arkansas | 20.90% | 10.67% | $115.1 | 1.9% | 2.9 | more | |
| Idaho | 19.18% | 10.88% | $62.9 | 2.0% | 1.6 | more | |
| North Carolina | 16.55% | 10.98% | $478.7 | 2.4% | 9.8 | more | |
| Georgia | 17.93% | 11.21% | $457.2 | 2.4% | 10.0 | more | |
| Oklahoma | 19.38% | 11.92% | $170.9 | 2.1% | 3.7 | more | |
| Delaware | 13.66% | 12.80% | $71.0 | 2.3% | 0.9 | more | |
| Nebraska | 18.61% | 13.49% | $103.4 | 1.8% | 1.8 | more | |
| South Dakota | 15.87% | 14.06% | $44.2 | 2.0% | 0.8 | more | |
| Iowa | 18.48% | 14.14% | $165.4 | 2.5% | 3.0 | more | |
| Maryland | 18.29% | 14.22% | $324.7 | 2.1% | 6.0 | more | |
| Mississippi | 26.04% | 14.45% | $105.3 | 1.5% | 3.0 | more | |
| Louisiana | 18.86% | 14.75% | $277.5 | 2.0% | 4.6 | more | |
| Virginia | 15.86% | 14.91% | $461.0 | 1.9% | 8.3 | more | |
| Montana | 21.86% | 15.23% | $41.5 | 1.8% | 1.0 | more | |
| Ohio | 22.62% | 15.55% | $526.9 | 2.2% | 11.6 | more | |
| Maine | 22.66% | 15.66% | $55.2 | 1.6% | 1.4 | more | |
| Tennessee | 19.41% | 15.70% | $291.2 | 2.5% | 6.4 | more | |
| Indiana | 17.74% | 15.80% | $304.0 | 2.2% | 6.5 | more | |
| West Virginia | 22.88% | 16.15% | $75.8 | 3.5% | 1.8 | more | |
| Alabama | 22.67% | 16.21% | $185.1 | 1.5% | 4.7 | more | |
| Connecticut | 16.40% | 16.54% | $251.2 | 2.5% | 3.6 | more | |
| New Mexico | 24.93% | 16.97% | $85.9 | 1.8% | 2.0 | more | |
| Missouri | 18.50% | 17.10% | $268.8 | 1.8% | 6.0 | more | |
| Utah | 18.96% | 17.33% | $136.5 | 2.5% | 2.8 | more | |
| Vermont | 24.59% | 17.49% | $27.9 | 1.9% | 0.7 | more | |
| Nevada | 16.19% | 17.54% | $141.5 | 2.2% | 2.9 | more | |
| Minnesota | 18.67% | 17.54% | $307.8 | 2.2% | 5.5 | more | |
| Oregon | 19.21% | 17.56% | $215.1 | 3.6% | 3.9 | more | |
| New Hampshire | 16.62% | 17.61% | $68.8 | 2.3% | 1.4 | more | |
| Arizona | 19.16% | 17.70% | $280.9 | 2.3% | 7.0 | more | |
| Wisconsin | 20.55% | 17.86% | $277.6 | 2.2% | 5.8 | more | |
| Hawaii | 20.26% | 18.02% | $71.9 | 1.7% | 1.4 | more | |
| Michigan | 19.79% | 18.47% | $423.1 | 2.6% | 10.3 | more | |
| All states combined | 19.18% | 18.50% | $16,202.7 | 2.1% | 316.8 | more | |
| Colorado | 18.81% | 18.55% | $289.9 | 2.5% | 5.0 | more | |
| California | 22.26% | 18.94% | $2,146.5 | 2.5% | 38.9 | more | |
| Texas | 15.35% | 19.10% | $1,470.8 | 3.0% | 26.0 | more | |
| Washington | 19.35% | 19.43% | $389.7 | 2.5% | 6.9 | more | |
| Alaska | 27.26% | 19.85% | $58.2 | 2.7% | 0.7 | more | |
| Florida | 20.49% | 20.27% | $812.2 | 1.9% | 20.2 | more | |
| New Jersey | 19.06% | 20.69% | $519.1 | 1.6% | 9.1 | more | |
| South Carolina | 23.77% | 20.72% | $180.0 | 2.2% | 4.6 | more | |
| Pennsylvania | 21.94% | 21.27% | $629.7 | 2.2% | 12.7 | more | |
| Illinois | 17.91% | 21.28% | $730.6 | 2.2% | 13.0 | more | |
| Rhode Island | 21.76% | 21.31% | $54.0 | 2.0% | 1.1 | more | |
| Kansas | 18.45% | 21.97% | $142.8 | 2.0% | 2.9 | more | |
| Kentucky | 22.18% | 24.44% | $179.0 | 2.0% | 4.3 | more | |
| Massachusetts | 19.56% | 24.78% | $426.7 | 2.6% | 6.7 | more | |
| New York | 24.87% | 27.22% | $1,248.2 | 2.2% | 19.5 | more | |
| Notes: guesstimated1 estimated 1. "Guesstimated" by projecting the latest change in reported number forward to future years. GSP deviation from national GDP growth cut by 40% per year. Data Sources: | |||||||
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