Where States Get Their Money

FY 2022

Data Visualization July 8, 2024 Read time:

Projects: State Fiscal Health

Pandemic relief aid continued to inflate the percentage of state government revenue made up of federal dollars in fiscal year 2022. The share decreased by less than a percentage point from the prior year, but at 36.4%, it remained high compared with pre-pandemic levels. Federal funds were the largest revenue source in just 16 states; the majority of states primarily relied on state tax revenue. Tax collections accounted for 48.3% of overall state revenue, up 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2021 as state tax revenue continued to climb after the pandemic-induced recession.

This infographic displays a breakdown of each state’s revenue by major categories.

Percentage of State Revenue by Source, FY 2022

Select revenue sources below to highlight them and resort the chart:

Taxes

Federal funds

Service charges

Miscellaneous

Local funds

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California Connecticut Minnesota Nevada New Jersey Massachusetts Illinois Hawaii Georgia Idaho Washington New York Tennessee Maryland Delaware Maine Indiana 50 statesNebraska Colorado North Dakota Wisconsin Virginia Kansas Vermont North Carolina Montana Pennsylvania Utah Florida Iowa Arkansas Michigan Mississippi West Virginia Oregon Rhode Island Arizona Texas Oklahoma Missouri Ohio Alabama Kentucky South Carolina New Hampshire Louisiana South Dakota New Mexico Wyoming Alaska

Note: This analysis uses “general revenue,” which accounts for all state revenue sources except state-owned liquor stores, utilities, and insurance trust funds. Illinois and New York collected more in miscellaneous revenue than in service charges, but for both states, the shares of these sources appear equal because of rounding.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 Annual Survey of State Government Finances

Data Visualization July 8, 2024

Projects: State Fiscal Health

Topics: Fiscal & Economic Policy & U.S. State Policy

Tags: State data

Experts: Melissa Maynard

Places: United States

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