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Medicaid spending per person: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Medicaid spending 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
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (Table SAINC35) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 2,996 (United States).

Washington: 3,029Idaho: 1,987Montana: 2,265North Dakota: 2,109Minnesota: 3,632Michigan: 2,758Ohio: 3,118Pennsylvania: 3,854New York: 5,035Vermont: 3,524New Hampshire: 2,174Maine: 3,581Arizona: 2,933California: 4,314New Mexico: 5,009Texas: 1,801Louisiana: 4,008Mississippi: 2,606Alabama: 1,614Florida: 1,660Georgia: 1,553South Carolina: 1,898North Carolina: 3,182Virginia: 2,675District of Columbia: 6,407Maryland: 3,064Delaware: 3,124New Jersey: 2,629Connecticut: 3,068Rhode Island: 3,900Massachusetts: 3,696Oregon: 4,423Utah: 1,448Wyoming: 1,341Nevada: 2,190Colorado: 2,707South Dakota: 1,962Nebraska: 2,500Kansas: 2,228Oklahoma: 2,708Iowa: 2,514Missouri: 2,754Wisconsin: 2,228Illinois: 2,907Kentucky: 4,618Arkansas: 2,758Tennessee: 2,472West Virginia: 3,580Indiana: 2,773Alaska: 4,380Hawaii: 2,183

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 6,407 $
  • RI 3,900 $
  • DE 3,124 $
  • CT 3,068 $
  • NJ 2,629 $
  • MD 3,064 $
  • MA 3,696 $
  • VT 3,524 $
  • NH 2,174 $
  • Lowest: 1,341 to 2,174 $
  • Group 2: 2,174 to 2,629 $
  • Group 3: 2,629 to 3,029 $
  • Group 4: 3,029 to 3,696 $
  • Highest: 3,696 to 6,407 $
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.

1District of Columbia6,407
2New York5,035
3New Mexico5,009
4Kentucky4,618
5Oregon4,423
6Alaska4,380
7California4,314
8Louisiana4,008
9Rhode Island3,900
10Pennsylvania3,854
11Massachusetts3,696
12Minnesota3,632
13Maine3,581
14West Virginia3,580
15Vermont3,524
16North Carolina3,182
17Delaware3,124
18Ohio3,118
19Connecticut3,068
20Maryland3,064
21Washington3,029
22Arizona2,933
23Illinois2,907
24Indiana2,773
25Arkansas2,758
25Michigan2,758
27Missouri2,754
28Oklahoma2,708
29Colorado2,707
30Virginia2,675
31New Jersey2,629
32Mississippi2,606
33Iowa2,514
34Nebraska2,500
35Tennessee2,472
36Montana2,265
37Kansas2,228
37Wisconsin2,228
39Nevada2,190
40Hawaii2,183
41New Hampshire2,174
42North Dakota2,109
43Idaho1,987
44South Dakota1,962
45South Carolina1,898
46Texas1,801
47Florida1,660
48Alabama1,614
49Georgia1,553
50Utah1,448
51Wyoming1,341

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 Medicaid spending 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-medicaid-spending-per-person/

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