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The tables below detailstate spending by function as a percentage of total expenditures in fiscal year 2014. This information was compiled by theNational Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

2015

State spending by function as a percent of total expenditures, FY 2015
State	K-12 education	Higher ed.	Public assist.	Medicaid	Corrections	Transp.	Other
Alabama	20.8%	20.8%	0.1%	24.1%	2.4%	6.8%	25.1%
Alaska	12.3%	8.1%	0.9%	11.6%	2.8%	12.8%	51.5%
Arizona	14.3%	12.7%	0.6%	30.3%	2.9%	4.2%	35.1%
Arkansas	14.6%	15.0%	2.3%	25.5%	2.1%	5.9%	34.6%
California	21.1%	7.2%	4.0%	33.5%	4.9%	5.4%	23.9%
Colorado	25.0%	14.5%	0.0%	22.5%	2.4%	5.6%	29.9%
Connecticut	14.5%	10.0%	1.3%	23.6%	2.5%	9.5%	38.5%
Delaware	23.9%	4.3%	0.3%	19.2%	3.0%	7.7%	41.7%
Florida	18.8%	7.2%	0.3%	31.7%	3.8%	11.9%	26.3%
Georgia	24.6%	18.7%	0.1%	21.9%	3.7%	5.5%	25.5%
Hawaii	14.7%	8.7%	0.6%	15.1%	1.9%	10.6%	48.3%
Idaho	24.7%	8.3%	0.2%	27.8%	3.9%	9.1%	26.0%
Illinois	14.0%	3.4%	0.3%	27.1%	2.4%	9.0%	43.7%
Indiana	30.0%	6.6%	1.4%	31.2%	2.6%	5.3%	22.7%
Iowa	16.1%	25.5%	0.5%	22.7%	2.1%	8.6%	24.7%
Kansas	30.2%	17.7%	0.1%	21.7%	2.4%	7.7%	20.1%
Kentucky	17.0%	20.5%	0.6%	30.9%	2.0%	9.6%	19.4%
Louisiana	18.8%	9.9%	0.5%	27.6%	3.0%	5.6%	34.7%
Maine	17.6%	3.8%	2.1%	32.8%	2.2%	8.5%	33.0%
Maryland	18.3%	14.2%	3.4%	24.2%	3.9%	10.8%	25.2%
Massachusetts	11.6%	10.1%	2.1%	23.8%	2.4%	9.1%	41.0%
Michigan	25.2%	4.3%	0.4%	30.2%	4.2%	6.9%	28.8%
Minnesota	25.1%	4.9%	1.4%	29.9%	1.5%	10.8%	26.4%
Mississippi	16.2%	18.4%	5.1%	24.8%	1.8%	6.2%	27.4%
Missouri	22.9%	4.8%	0.6%	36.1%	2.8%	8.2%	24.5%
Montana	15.8%	10.4%	0.5%	17.4%	3.3%	11.7%	41.0%
Nebraska	14.5%	23.6%	0.4%	16.9%	3.0%	7.7%	34.0%
Nevada	16.1%	6.8%	0.4%	25.6%	2.5%	5.4%	43.2%
New Hampshire	20.7%	2.4%	1.3%	29.7%	2.1%	9.4%	34.4%
New Jersey	22.9%	8.0%	0.7%	24.2%	2.8%	8.9%	32.5%
New Mexico	18.2%	17.5%	0.6%	30.3%	1.8%	5.0%	26.5%
New York	19.0%	7.4%	2.6%	31.7%	2.2%	6.6%	30.5%
North Carolina	23.4%	13.3%	0.4%	31.5%	4.8%	10.4%	16.3%
North Dakota	13.8%	16.5%	0.1%	14.0%	1.4%	21.1%	33.2%
Ohio	16.8%	4.1%	1.3%	37.4%	2.9%	5.1%	32.4%
Oklahoma	16.1%	23.8%	1.0%	24.0%	2.2%	6.8%	26.2%
Oregon	12.0%	1.1%	0.4%	23.4%	2.5%	7.5%	53.1%
Pennsylvania	18.5%	2.4%	1.6%	37.0%	3.4%	10.4%	26.6%
Rhode Island	12.6%	11.0%	1.1%	25.1%	2.2%	5.9%	42.1%
South Carolina	18.7%	19.0%	0.5%	27.5%	2.7%	6.1%	25.5%
South Dakota	14.8%	17.8%	0.5%	21.4%	2.7%	14.2%	28.6%
Tennessee	18.1%	13.8%	0.3%	32.6%	2.9%	5.5%	26.8%
Texas	24.2%	13.3%	0.1%	30.6%	2.9%	8.7%	20.3%
Utah	25.3%	12.7%	0.6%	19.0%	2.8%	8.9%	30.7%
Vermont	31.8%	1.7%	2.0%	28.5%	2.9%	10.9%	22.2%
Virginia	15.5%	15.4%	0.3%	17.5%	2.8%	12.3%	36.2%
Washington	22.7%	13.7%	0.5%	19.4%	2.4%	7.7%	33.6%
West Virginia	15.8%	13.3%	0.7%	22.1%	1.4%	6.4%	40.2%
Wisconsin	16.0%	14.5%	0.3%	19.3%	2.7%	6.3%	40.8%
Wyoming	9.4%	3.8%	0.0%	7.1%	1.5%	6.4%	71.7%
United States	19.5%	10.1%	1.4%	28.2%	3.1%	7.7%	30.0%
Source:National Association of State Budget Officers, "State Expenditure Report (Fiscal 2014-2016)," accessed June 26, 2017

2014

State spending by function as a percent of total expenditures, FY 2014
State	K-12 education	Higher ed.	Public assist.	Medicaid	Corrections	Transp.	Other
Alabama	20.5%	20.6%	0.2%	23.3%	2.4%	6.4%	26.6%
Alaska	14.1%	8.0%	1.1%	11.1%	3.3%	13.1%	49.3%
Arizona	18.3%	16.9%	0.1%	31.0%	3.8%	5.5%	24.4%
Arkansas	15.1%	15.6%	2.3%	22.1%	2.1%	6.1%	36.8%
California	21.3%	7.5%	3.6%	24.3%	5.3%	6.1%	31.9%
Colorado	25.4%	8.0%	0.0%	23.0%	2.9%	5.5%	35.2%
Connecticut	14.2%	10.6%	1.3%	23.2%	2.6%	9.5%	38.6%
Delaware	24.1%	4.5%	0.2%	17.3%	2.9%	7.7%	43.1%
Florida	19.2%	7.0%	0.3%	32.0%	3.8%	12.1%	25.6%
Georgia	24.3%	18.8%	0.1%	21.6%	3.6%	5.9%	25.7%
Hawaii	15.0%	9.8%	0.7%	15.5%	1.8%	9.5%	47.8%
Idaho	24.0%	8.1%	0.2%	28.0%	3.8%	9.4%	26.6%
Illinois	14.6%	4.1%	0.3%	26.1%	2.4%	9.3%	43.1%
Indiana	32.0%	6.6%	1.5%	32.0%	2.8%	5.9%	19.2%
Iowa	16.6%	26.7%	0.5%	20.9%	2.3%	7.2%	25.8%
Kansas	25.9%	17.6%	0.2%	22.4%	2.6%	11.4%	19.9%
Kentucky	17.4%	23.9%	0.7%	24.0%	2.1%	9.5%	22.4%
Louisiana	18.9%	10.4%	0.5%	26.8%	3.0%	5.5%	34.9%
Maine	17.0%	3.5%	2.1%	34.4%	2.0%	7.8%	33.2%
Maryland	18.8%	14.4%	3.6%	22.5%	3.9%	10.5%	26.3%
Massachusetts	12.0%	10.4%	2.2%	21.4%	2.4%	7.7%	44.0%
Michigan	26.9%	4.3%	0.5%	27.6%	4.4%	7.5%	28.7%
Minnesota	28.2%	4.4%	1.5%	29.8%	1.5%	9.5%	25.1%
Mississippi	16.3%	18.9%	5.5%	24.6%	2.0%	7.1%	25.5%
Missouri	22.8%	4.8%	0.8%	35.8%	2.8%	8.5%	24.5%
Montana	15.7%	10.4%	0.5%	17.0%	3.2%	11.4%	41.9%
Nebraska	14.4%	23.5%	0.5%	17.6%	2.5%	7.6%	33.9%
Nevada	19.6%	8.1%	0.5%	21.5%	3.0%	5.6%	41.5%
New Hampshire	22.2%	2.5%	1.5%	26.8%	2.0%	9.8%	35.2%
New Jersey	23.6%	7.7%	0.8%	22.5%	3.1%	9.9%	32.5%
New Mexico	18.3%	18.0%	0.6%	25.8%	1.8%	5.3%	30.1%
New York	19.3%	7.6%	3.2%	29.1%	2.3%	6.5%	32.0%
North Carolina	22.4%	14.6%	0.5%	30.4%	4.5%	10.7%	16.8%
North Dakota	15.8%	17.3%	0.1%	12.9%	1.6%	19.0%	33.4%
Ohio	16.8%	4.2%	1.3%	35.8%	3.0%	6.3%	32.5%
Oklahoma	15.6%	23.3%	0.9%	23.2%	2.6%	6.0%	28.4%
Oregon	17.9%	1.3%	0.5%	20.9%	2.9%	5.8%	50.7%
Pennsylvania	18.7%	2.6%	5.5%	33.3%	3.4%	9.6%	26.8%
Rhode Island	13.4%	12.0%	1.2%	24.8%	2.3%	6.3%	39.9%
South Carolina	18.4%	23.6%	0.4%	24.6%	2.8%	6.5%	23.7%
South Dakota	14.0%	21.6%	0.7%	20.3%	2.7%	14.5%	26.3%
Tennessee	18.3%	14.2%	0.3%	30.6%	3.1%	5.7%	27.8%
Texas	25.0%	14.0%	0.1%	30.1%	3.1%	9.0%	18.7%
Utah	25.7%	12.7%	0.5%	19.5%	2.1%	7.7%	31.7%
Vermont	31.7%	1.8%	2.2%	26.8%	2.8%	10.4%	24.4%
Virginia	15.1%	15.2%	0.3%	17.2%	2.7%	12.0%	37.4%
Washington	23.4%	13.7%	0.6%	16.5%	2.6%	7.9%	35.3%
West Virginia	9.8%	12.1%	0.5%	14.8%	1.0%	5.4%	56.4%
Wisconsin	16.1%	14.2%	0.4%	18.4%	2.8%	6.6%	41.5%
Wyoming	10.0%	3.9%	0.0%	8.0%	1.8%	10.5%	65.8%
United States	19.8%	10.5%	1.5%	25.6%	3.2%	7.9%	31.4%
Source:National Association of State Budget Officers, "State Expenditure Report: 2013-2015," accessed March 21, 2016

2013

State spending by function as a percent of total expenditures, FY 2013
State	K-12 education	Higher ed.	Public assist.	Medicaid	Corrections	Transp.	Other
Alabama	20.4%	19.9%	0.2%	22.8%	2.4%	6.5%	27.7%
Alaska	13.7%	9.2%	1.1%	12.2%	3.3%	19.5%	41%
Arizona	18.6%	14.3%	1.2%	29.8%	3.5%	5.6%	27%
Arkansas	15.6%	15.4%	2%	21%	2.1%	5.8%	38%
California	21.4%	6.6%	3.9%	25.1%	5%	6%	31.9%
Colorado	26%	8.3%	0%	22%	2.6%	8.5%	32.6%
Connecticut	14.1%	10.6%	1.4%	21.8%	2.3%	9.7%	40.2%
Delaware	24.3%	4.6%	0.3%	17.2%	3%	8.7%	42%
Florida	19.3%	8.5%	0.3%	31.8%	3.9%	10.9%	25.4%
Georgia	24.1%	19%	0.1%	21.3%	3.7%	5.7%	26.2%
Hawaii	15.5%	10.9%	0.8%	14.4%	2%	9.9%	46.5%
Idaho	24.2%	8.1%	0.2%	28%	3.8%	9.6%	25.9%
Illinois	13.3%	3.7%	0.3%	23.8%	2.1%	8.4%	48.4%
Indiana	30.8%	6.1%	1.4%	31.2%	2.7%	8.3%	19.6%
Iowa	16.4%	26%	0.5%	19.8%	2.1%	6.8%	28.3%
Kansas	26.8%	18.2%	0.2%	18.5%	2.7%	7.2%	26.4%
Kentucky	19.6%	26.7%	0.9%	21.9%	2.4%	9.8%	18.8%
Louisiana	19.3%	10.3%	0.5%	25.1%	3%	6.2%	35.7%
Maine	16.9%	3.6%	2.3%	32.7%	1.8%	8.2%	34.6%
Maryland	19.2%	14.5%	3.8%	21%	4%	10%	27.5%
Massachusetts	11.2%	10.1%	2.7%	18.7%	2.3%	6.6%	48.5%
Michigan	27.2%	4.2%	0.7%	26.4%	4.6%	7.8%	29%
Minnesota	29.2%	4.7%	1.4%	24.3%	1.5%	10.7%	28.2%
Mississippi	16.4%	16.1%	5.9%	26.1%	2%	6.7%	26.7%
Missouri	22.8%	4.8%	0.7%	35.8%	2.7%	9.4%	23.8%
Montana	15.5%	10.1%	0.5%	17.9%	3.2%	11%	41.8%
Nebraska	14.6%	23.3%	0.5%	17.9%	2.2%	7.8%	33.6%
Nevada	22.3%	8.5%	0.6%	22.7%	3.2%	7.4%	35.3%
New Hampshire	23.4%	2.2%	1.7%	25.6%	2%	10%	35%
New Jersey	24.9%	7.9%	0.9%	20.4%	3.1%	10%	32.8%
New Mexico	19.5%	19.3%	1%	25%	2%	5.7%	27.4%
New York	19.3%	7.6%	3%	29.1%	2.5%	6.4%	32.1%
North Carolina	24.8%	12.4%	0.5%	30%	4.6%	10.7%	17%
North Dakota	15%	19%	0.1%	13.7%	1.9%	16.1%	34.2%
Ohio	17%	4.3%	1.5%	29.2%	3.2%	5.1%	39.8%
Oklahoma	16.2%	22.7%	0.9%	23%	2.6%	7.1%	27.5%
Oregon	14.3%	1.1%	0.7%	21.4%	3.9%	6.1%	52.6%
Pennsylvania	14.9%	2.1%	1.5%	26.9%	2.6%	7.5%	44.6%
Rhode Island	14.9%	13%	1.4%	24.8%	2.6%	6.3%	37%
South Carolina	17.6%	19.5%	0.4%	22%	2.7%	5.4%	32.4%
South Dakota	14.1%	22.3%	0.7%	19.9%	2.5%	15%	25.5%
Tennessee	17.8%	13.9%	0.4%	30.8%	2.8%	6.1%	28.2%
Texas	27.4%	15.7%	0.1%	31.7%	3.6%	8.9%	12.6%
Utah	23.6%	11.5%	0.6%	17.2%	2.1%	10.4%	34.6%
Vermont	32%	1.8%	2.3%	28.3%	2.9%	10.9%	21.7%
Virginia	15.1%	15.3%	0.4%	16.7%	2.8%	11%	38.7%
Washington	23.4%	14.3%	0.9%	11.9%	2.7%	8.9%	38%
West Virginia	10.5%	13.7%	0.5%	13.5%	1.1%	5.2%	55.6%
Wisconsin	16.2%	14.3%	0.3%	17.2%	2.9%	6.9%	42.1%
Wyoming	10.9%	4.8%	0%	6.6%	1.4%	6.4%	70%
Source:National Association of State Budget Officers, "State Expenditure Report: 2012-2014," accessed February 18, 2015

2012

State spending by function as a percent of total expenditures, FY 2012
State	K-12 education	Higher ed.	Public assist.	Medicaid	Corrections	Transp.	Other
Alabama	20.9%	20.1%	0.2%	23.3%	2.5%	6.1%	27%
Alaska	13.4%	9.3%	1.1%	11.6%	3%	16.8%	44.8%
Arizona	20%	10.5%	1.5%	23.7%	3.2%	7.8%	33.3%
Arkansas	19%	13.5%	1%	32%	3.6%	6.4%	24.6%
California	16.3%	16.2%	2.1%	21.4%	2.2%	5.8%	36%
Colorado	19.9%	7%	3.8%	21.6%	5.4%	6.3%	36%
Connecticut	25.3%	9%	0%	20.7%	2.7%	5.4%	36.9%
Delaware	13.9%	10.3%	1.4%	21.4%	2.5%	10%	40.6%
District of Columbia	24.6%	4.5%	0.3%	15.9%	3%	8.9%	42.9%
Florida	18.8%	7.1%	0.3%	30.6%	4.2%	11%	28.1%
Georgia	24%	18.7%	0.1%	21.5%	3.7%	5.2%	26.8%
Hawaii	15.6%	11.3%	0.9%	12.3%	2%	10%	48%
Idaho	25.7%	8.1%	0.3%	27.2%	3.7%	10.9%	24.2%
Illinois	15.8%	5.5%	0.1%	19.7%	2.2%	8.5%	48.1%
Indiana	32.9%	6.5%	1.5%	27.3%	2.9%	9.3%	19.7%
Iowa	16.8%	25%	0.6%	19.6%	2.7%	7.5%	27.8%
Kansas	25.8%	16.9%	0.3%	18.6%	2.5%	8.8%	27.1%
Kentucky	19.8%	25.7%	0.9%	22.5%	2.4%	8.9%	19.8%
Louisiana	18.4%	9.9%	0.6%	26.7%	2.9%	7.1%	34.4%
Maine	13.1%	3.4%	2.6%	28.8%	1.7%	8.6%	41.8%
Maryland	19.5%	14.5%	3.7%	21.5%	4.3%	9.9%	26.5%
Massachusetts	10.7%	9.3%	2.5%	20.7%	2.1%	6.2%	48.6%
Michigan	27.2%	4.1%	0.9%	26.1%	4.7%	6.9%	30.2%
Minnesota	23.8%	9.7%	1.4%	27.6%	1.5%	8.3%	27.7%
Mississippi	16.9%	16.8%	5.8%	23.4%	1.8%	7.5%	27.7%
Missouri	22.6%	4.7%	0.7%	35%	2.6%	10.4%	23.9%
Montana	15.5%	9.8%	0.5%	16.8%	3.1%	12.7%	41.5%
Nebraska	15.3%	23.5%	0.5%	16.7%	2.3%	7.5%	34.3%
Nevada	23.6%	9.7%	3.2%	25.4%	3.8%	9.5%	24.9%
New Hampshire	23.5%	2.7%	1.9%	23.9%	2.1%	10.1%	35.9%
New Jersey	24.7%	7.8%	0.9%	21.6%	3.2%	9.3%	32.4%
New Mexico	19.7%	19.3%	0.5%	24.7%	2%	5.9%	27.9%
New York	19.8%	7.6%	2.8%	29.4%	2.3%	6.2%	31.8%
North Carolina	23.2%	9%	0.5%	24.7%	4.2%	9.9%	28.4%
North Dakota	13.8%	17.7%	0.1%	12.1%	1.9%	16.4%	38%
Ohio	20.6%	4.2%	1.5%	24.4%	3.1%	5.1%	41.2%
Oklahoma	16.5%	23.1%	1%	23.9%	2.5%	7.2%	25.8%
Oregon	14%	2.5%	0.7%	18.2%	3.9%	6.7%	54.1%
Pennsylvania	18.4%	2.8%	1.9%	33.2%	3.5%	9.3%	30.8%
Rhode Island	14.2%	13.2%	1.4%	25%	2.4%	6.5%	37.4%
South Carolina	15.9%	21%	0.4%	21.7%	2.7%	6.6%	31.7%
South Dakota	14.3%	17.7%	0.8%	20.9%	2.7%	15.9%	27.7%
Tennessee	17.7%	12.8%	0.4%	30.7%	2.7%	6.4%	29.3%
Texas	28.7%	15.8%	0.1%	30.1%	3.5%	8.1%	13.8%
Utah	24.7%	11.9%	0.9%	17.5%	2%	9.2%	33.9%
Vermont	31.1%	1.8%	2.1%	25.3%	2.8%	12.8%	24.2%
Virginia	16%	13.1%	0.4%	16.2%	2.9%	11.3%	40.1%
Washington	22.9%	17.8%	1%	12.1%	2.7%	8.4%	35.1%
West Virginia	10.8%	14.1%	0.7%	12.7%	1%	5.8%	54.9%
Wisconsin	16.7%	14.1%	0.4%	16.5%	2.9%	6.9%	42.5%
Wyoming	3.9%	5.5%	0%	9.5%	4.6%	9.5%	66.9%
Source:National Association of State Budget Officers, "State Expenditure Report: 2011-2013," accessed September 12, 2014

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