Though taxes are the
most common and recognizable source of state government revenues, it's
important to remember that they're not the only source. In fact, state
governments received 31.5 percent of their total general revenues from
transfers from the federal government in the 2012 fiscal year
That number varies
pretty widely for specific states, however. For example, Mississippi obtains
45.3 percent of its total state general revenues from the federal government
(the largest share in the country). Also on the high end are Louisiana (44.0
percent), Tennessee (41.0 percent), South Dakota (40.8 percent), and Missouri
(39.4 percent).
On the other end of the
spectrum are those states who receive a much smaller share of general revenues
from the federal government. The lowest federal share occurs in Alaska at 20.0
percent, followed by North Dakota (20.5 percent), Virginia (23.5 percent),
Hawaii (23.5 percent), and Connecticut (23.6 percent).
For all fifty states,
see the map below. Note that this measure of general revenue includes tax collections
but excludes utility revenue, liquor store revenue, and insurance trust
revenue.
Click on map to enlarge.
http://taxfoundation.org/blog/which-states-rely-most-federal-aid
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