Function categories of federal funds
| State | Safety net* | Education | Transportation and water infrastructure | Health programs** | Other*** | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 57% | 22% | 9% | 3% | 9% | 100% |
| Alaska | 36% | 12% | 25% | 3% | 24% | 100% |
| Arizona | 71% | 16% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 100% |
| Arkansas | 59% | 15% | 9% | 2% | 15% | 100% |
| California | 57% | 22% | 6% | 3% | 12% | 100% |
| Colorado | 46% | 23% | 10% | 17% | 5% | 100% |
| Connecticut | 71% | 8% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 100% |
| Delaware | 59% | 11% | 13% | 6% | 10% | 100% |
| Florida | 58% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 100% |
| Georgia | 52% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 100% |
| Hawaii | 52% | 22% | 11% | 5% | 10% | 100% |
| Idaho | 54% | 17% | 12% | 9% | 8% | 100% |
| Illinois | 58% | 25% | 8% | 4% | 6% | 100% |
| Indiana | 57% | 22% | 11% | 3% | 7% | 100% |
| Iowa | 56% | 18% | 10% | 3% | 12% | 100% |
| Kansas | 53% | 18% | 12% | 3% | 13% | 100% |
| Kentucky | 65% | 16% | 8% | 3% | 8% | 100% |
| Louisiana | 46% | 12% | 8% | 3% | 32% | 100% |
| Maine | 70% | 10% | 7% | 3% | 10% | 100% |
| Maryland | 55% | 18% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 100% |
| Massachusetts | 67% | 13% | 10% | 3% | 8% | 100% |
| Michigan | 57% | 21% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 100% |
| Minnesota | 68% | 15% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 100% |
| Mississippi | 58% | 13% | 7% | 3% | 19% | 100% |
| Missouri | 59% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 100% |
| Montana | 43% | 15% | 22% | 5% | 16% | 100% |
| Nebraska | 74% | 7% | 11% | 3% | 7% | 100% |
| Nevada | 52% | 18% | 14% | 4% | 11% | 100% |
| New Hampshire | 53% | 12% | 11% | 1% | 23% | 100% |
| New Jersey | 63% | 13% | 10% | 4% | 11% | 100% |
| New Mexico | 68% | 14% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 100% |
| New York | 72% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 100% |
| North Carolina | 61% | 15% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 100% |
| North Dakota | 43% | 19% | 19% | 4% | 15% | 100% |
| Ohio | 71% | 12% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 100% |
| Oklahoma | 50% | 17% | 13% | 16% | 4% | 100% |
| Oregon | 55% | 23% | 7% | 3% | 12% | 100% |
| Pennsylvania | 67% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 100% |
| Rhode Island | 54% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 100% |
| South Carolina | 68% | 17% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 100% |
| South Dakota | 43% | 19% | 19% | 7% | 12% | 100% |
| Tennessee | 64% | 16% | 10% | 4% | 6% | 100% |
| Texas | 57% | 20% | 9% | 4% | 10% | 100% |
| Utah | 51% | 24% | 12% | 4% | 9% | 100% |
| Vermont | 60% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 8% | 100% |
| Virginia | 56% | 22% | 12% | 5% | 6% | 100% |
| Washington | 51% | 24% | 8% | 12% | 5% | 100% |
| West Virginia | 61% | 14% | 13% | 4% | 8% | 100% |
| Wisconsin | 58% | 23% | 11% | 2% | 7% | 100% |
| Wyoming | 18% | 7% | 11% | 4% | 59% | 100% |
Notes: *Safety net includes Medicaid, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), food assistance (SNAP), child welfare services, low-income heating assistance (LIHEAP), social and community service block grants, etc.
**Health programs include federal aid for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health; communicable disease control; maternal and child health; special supplemental food program (WIC); environmental health; and care of veterans in state hospitals, including construction of facilities.
***Other includes housing and community development, natural resources and agriculture, and other miscellanous programs.
For more information on programs included in categories, see the U.S. Census Classification Manual.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 Annual Survey of State Government Finances
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