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Government transfers' share of income: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Government transfers' share of personal income (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Sources of personal income by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-09
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National value: 18.7 (United States).

Washington: 15.4Idaho: 19Montana: 19.5North Dakota: 15.7Minnesota: 18.2Michigan: 22.2Ohio: 21.7Pennsylvania: 21.6New York: 17.9Vermont: 21New Hampshire: 16.2Maine: 23.4Arizona: 21.1California: 16.8New Mexico: 27Texas: 16Louisiana: 24.9Mississippi: 28.3Alabama: 24.3Florida: 19.3Georgia: 19.2South Carolina: 23.7North Carolina: 22.1Virginia: 16.7District of Columbia: 12.4Maryland: 16.5Delaware: 23.8New Jersey: 15.5Connecticut: 14.2Rhode Island: 20.8Massachusetts: 15.5Oregon: 22Utah: 13.3Wyoming: 15Nevada: 17.8Colorado: 14.3South Dakota: 16.9Nebraska: 17.3Kansas: 19.1Oklahoma: 22.2Iowa: 20Missouri: 20.8Wisconsin: 19.4Illinois: 17.4Kentucky: 26.8Arkansas: 23.7Tennessee: 20.6West Virginia: 30.7Indiana: 20.7Alaska: 19.3Hawaii: 19.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 12.4 to 16.2 %
  • Group 2: 16.2 to 19 %
  • Group 3: 19 to 20.7 %
  • Group 4: 20.7 to 22.2 %
  • Highest: 22.2 to 30.7 %
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: Shares are derived by Quadranac from BEA's personal income components and do not sum to 100: contributions for government social insurance are subtracted from personal income and the residence adjustment is not shown.

1West Virginia30.7
2Mississippi28.3
3New Mexico27
4Kentucky26.8
5Louisiana24.9
6Alabama24.3
7Delaware23.8
8Arkansas23.7
8South Carolina23.7
10Maine23.4
11Michigan22.2
11Oklahoma22.2
13North Carolina22.1
14Oregon22
15Ohio21.7
16Pennsylvania21.6
17Arizona21.1
18Vermont21
19Missouri20.8
19Rhode Island20.8
21Indiana20.7
22Tennessee20.6
23Iowa20
24Montana19.5
25Hawaii19.4
25Wisconsin19.4
27Alaska19.3
27Florida19.3
29Georgia19.2
30Kansas19.1
31Idaho19
32Minnesota18.2
33New York17.9
34Nevada17.8
35Illinois17.4
36Nebraska17.3
37South Dakota16.9
38California16.8
39Virginia16.7
40Maryland16.5
41New Hampshire16.2
42Texas16
43North Dakota15.7
44Massachusetts15.5
44New Jersey15.5
46Washington15.4
47Wyoming15
48Colorado14.3
49Connecticut14.2
50Utah13.3
51District of Columbia12.4

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC4: Personal income and employment by major component. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by government transfers' share of personal income (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Accounts, Table SAINC4; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-government-transfers-share-of-personal-income/

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