Table 1: States Ranked by Growth in Federal Expenditures 1997

(in millions of dollars)

State	1997	1996	1995	1996-1997 % change	1995-1996 % change
North Dakota	4,331	3,570	3,777	21.3%	-5.5%
Kentucky	21,261	19,618	19,991	8.4%	-1.9%
Alaska	4,701	4,341	4,198	8.3%	3.4%
South Dakota	4,149	3,873	3,829	7.1%	1.1%
Minnesota	20,088	18,859	18,825	6.5%	0.2%
North Carolina	34,731	32,772	30,656	6.0%	6.9%
Maryland	39,137	37,041	36,847	5.7%	0.5%
Maine	7,184	6,808	6,540	5.5%	4.1%
Virginia	52,908	50,302	51,305	5.2%	-2.0%
Wyoming	2,643	2,515	2,506	5.1%	0.4%
Alabama	24,563	23,410	22,719	4.9%	3.0%
Arkansas	12,668	12,076	11,754	4.9%	2.7%
Louisiana	23,156	22,118	22,437	4.7%	-1.4%
Wisconsin	20,805	19,959	19,815	4.2%	0.7%
Rhode Island	5,879	5,658	5,763	3.9%	-1.8%
Oklahoma	17,317	16,686	16,086	3.8%	3.7%
Idaho	5,683	5,476	5,320	3.8%	2.9%
Indiana	25,115	24,216	22,961	3.7%	5.5%
Washington	30,321	29,246	28,899	3.7%	1.2%
Florida	82,060	79,167	74,992	3.7%	5.6%
Tennessee	28,558	27,558	26,175	3.6%	5.3%
Michigan	40,652	39,287	39,372	3.5%	-0.2%
West Virginia	10,409	10,060	10,001	3.5%	0.6%
Oregon	14,633	14,173	13,756	3.2%	3.0%
Montana	5,132	4,973	4,808	3.2%	3.4%
Hawaii	8,266	8,016	7,529	3.1%	6.5%
New Jersey	39,537	38,347	37,587	3.1%	2.0%
Illinois	52,818	51,232	50,934	3.1%	0.6%
New Mexico	12,441	12,073	11,794	3.0%	2.4%
Georgia	35,778	34,731	33,121	3.0%	4.9%
Utah	8,436	8,193	8,526	3.0%	-3.9%
District of Columbia	23,112	22,475	21,776	2.8%	3.2%
Nebraska	7,809	7,595	7,692	2.8%	-1.3%
Delaware	3,452	3,364	3,272	2.6%	2.8%
Massachusetts	37,378	36,457	35,858	2.5%	1.7%
United States	1,428,818	1,394,087	1,363,511	2.5%	2.2%
South Carolina	18,815	18,402	17,814	2.2%	3.3%
California	160,874	157,448	152,534	2.2%	3.2%
Texas	88,332	86,496	83,296	2.1%	3.8%
Pennsylvania	65,314	64,167	64,281	1.8%	-0.2%
Arizona	22,108	21,819	20,705	1.3%	5.4%
Kansas	12,507	12,347	12,440	1.3%	-0.7%
Ohio	50,707	50,145	50,543	1.1%	-0.8%
Iowa	13,557	13,408	12,979	1.1%	3.3%
New York	95,622	94,670	93,781	1.0%	0.9%
New Hampshire	5,041	5,001	4,856	0.8%	3.0%
Connecticut	17,864	17,915	17,498	-0.3%	2.4%
Mississippi	15,026	15,184	14,233	-1.0%	6.7%
Colorado	19,702	20,009	19,196	-1.5%	4.2%
Vermont	2,728	2,775	2,671	-1.7%	3.9%
Nevada	7,085	7,428	6,628	-4.6%	12.1%
Missouri	31,697	35,095	31,418	-9.7%	11.7%