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Government benefits per person: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Government benefits per person ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Government benefits per person by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-11
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National value: 14,016 (United States).

Washington: 13,317Idaho: 11,868Montana: 13,663North Dakota: 11,789Minnesota: 13,846Michigan: 14,589Ohio: 14,309Pennsylvania: 15,897New York: 16,006Vermont: 15,549New Hampshire: 13,897Maine: 16,448Arizona: 14,044California: 14,930New Mexico: 16,412Texas: 11,350Louisiana: 15,577Mississippi: 15,038Alabama: 14,193Florida: 14,789Georgia: 12,131South Carolina: 14,654North Carolina: 14,701Virginia: 13,190District of Columbia: 14,546Maryland: 13,255Delaware: 16,008New Jersey: 13,521Connecticut: 14,197Rhode Island: 15,327Massachusetts: 14,955Oregon: 15,738Utah: 8,995Wyoming: 13,273Nevada: 12,762Colorado: 12,002South Dakota: 12,973Nebraska: 12,792Kansas: 12,874Oklahoma: 14,303Iowa: 13,105Missouri: 14,148Wisconsin: 13,487Illinois: 13,350Kentucky: 15,960Arkansas: 14,249Tennessee: 13,933West Virginia: 17,505Indiana: 13,424Alaska: 15,187Hawaii: 13,417

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 14,546 $
  • RI 15,327 $
  • DE 16,008 $
  • CT 14,197 $
  • NJ 13,521 $
  • MD 13,255 $
  • MA 14,955 $
  • VT 15,549 $
  • NH 13,897 $
  • Lowest: 8,995 to 13,105 $
  • Group 2: 13,105 to 13,663 $
  • Group 3: 13,663 to 14,309 $
  • Group 4: 14,309 to 15,327 $
  • Highest: 15,327 to 17,505 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: BEA's state estimates for 2025 are preliminary and are revised each year.

1West Virginia17,505
2Maine16,448
3New Mexico16,412
4Delaware16,008
5New York16,006
6Kentucky15,960
7Pennsylvania15,897
8Oregon15,738
9Louisiana15,577
10Vermont15,549
11Rhode Island15,327
12Alaska15,187
13Mississippi15,038
14Massachusetts14,955
15California14,930
16Florida14,789
17North Carolina14,701
18South Carolina14,654
19Michigan14,589
20District of Columbia14,546
21Ohio14,309
22Oklahoma14,303
23Arkansas14,249
24Connecticut14,197
25Alabama14,193
26Missouri14,148
27Arizona14,044
28Tennessee13,933
29New Hampshire13,897
30Minnesota13,846
31Montana13,663
32New Jersey13,521
33Wisconsin13,487
34Indiana13,424
35Hawaii13,417
36Illinois13,350
37Washington13,317
38Wyoming13,273
39Maryland13,255
40Virginia13,190
41Iowa13,105
42South Dakota12,973
43Kansas12,874
44Nebraska12,792
45Nevada12,762
46Georgia12,131
47Colorado12,002
48Idaho11,868
49North Dakota11,789
50Texas11,350
51Utah8,995

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC35: Personal current transfer receipts
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC1: Personal income summary: personal income, population, per capita personal income. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by government benefits per person ($, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Data, SAINC35 Personal current transfer receipts and SAINC1 Personal income, population, per capita personal income (annual, by state); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-government-benefits-per-person/

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