Federal Grants by State in 2016

The largest hidden part of State Budgets comes from Federal Grants. You can find it in the CAFR Audit, but nowhere else.  States do report their State budgets on line and this budget reports revenue and expanses from State Taxes only.  In addition, States routinely get an additional 30% in funds from federal government agencies.

States need to apply for federal grants and these grants have had “strings attached” that result in new State Laws and regulations passed by State legislatures to comply with grant requirements. These are the “puppet masters”.

The Federal Grants these States receive each year span from $96 billion for California to $1.3 billion for Wyoming as they did in 2016. States have become dependent on these grants to fund healthcare, education, welfare, economic development and other projects.

California received $96 billion in 2016 in Federal Grants to States. This is 36.2% of their State budget. New York is next with $49.5 billion. This is 32.8% of their State budget. Next is Texas with $45 billion. This is 35.3% of their State budget.

Pennsylvania got $27.2 billion (34.8%).  Florida got $24.9 billion (31.8%). Michigan got $22.7 billion (41.6%), New Jersey $17.4 billion (29.1%), Illinois $16.8 billion (30%),  Arizona $15.8 billion (38.9%), Georgia $13.4 billion (28.2%),  North Carolina $13 billion (29.3%), Ohio $12.5 billion (18.5%), Washington $12.5 billion (27.9%), Indiana $12.4 billion (39.6%),  Kentucky $12.2 billion (37.3%), Maryland $11.6 billion (28%), Minnesota $11.5 billion (30.1%), Wisconsin $10.8 billion (23.6%), Oregon $10.3 billion (27.8%), Louisiana $10.3 billion (35%),  Alabama $10.1 billion (38.3%), Virginia $9.9 billion (20.1%), Massachusetts $9.8 billion (16.1%), Mississippi $9.6 billion (43%), Colorado $9.5 billion (26.3%), Missouri $7.7 billion (31.2%), South Carolina $7.7 billion (33.4%), Oklahoma $7.7 billion (33.7%),  Arkansas $7.3 billion (30.6%), Iowa $6.4 billion (28%), Connecticut $6.1 billion (19.7%), Kansas $4 billion (26%), Nevada $4 billion (34.6%), Utah $3.8 billion (27.8%), West Virginia $3.3 billion (20.7%), Alaska $3.3 billion (31.1%), Rhode Island $3.1 billion (31.7%), Nebraska $3 billion (25.7%), Idaho $2.9 billion (36.6%), Hawaii $2.6 billion (18.5%), Maine $2.5 billion (31.5%), Montana $2.4 billion (37.1%), Delaware $2.2 billion (21%), New Hampshire $2.2 billion (37.4%),  Vermont $2 billion (36.2%), North Dakota $1.8 billion (22.1%), South Dakota $1.4 billion (33.7%), Wyoming $1.3 billion (16.6%).

https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/at-risk-federal-grants-to-state-and-local-governments

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader