State and local debt per capita, FY 2005-2006
|
Rank
|
State
|
Debt
per capita |
Rank
|
State
|
Debt
per capita |
|
| 1 | Alaska | $14,102 | 26 | Montana | $ 6,126 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts | $13,506 | 27 | Virginia | $ 6,069 | |
| 3 | NEW YORK | $12,504 | 28 | Utah | $ 6,010 | |
| 4 | Connecticut | $ 9,195 | 29 | South Dakota | $ 5,832 | |
| 5 | New Jersey | $ 9,087 | 30 | Missouri | $ 5,812 | |
| 6 | Washington | $ 8,858 | 31 | Louisiana | $ 5,768 | |
| 7 | Illinois | $ 8,634 | 32 | Maine | $ 5,655 | |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | $ 8,524 | 33 | Arizona | $ 5,620 | |
| 9 | Colorado | $ 8,401 | 34 | Ohio | $ 5,546 | |
| 10 | Rhode Island | $ 8,378 | 35 | North Dakota | $ 5,483 | |
| 11 | Nevada | $ 8,247 | 36 | New Mexico | $ 5,478 | |
| 12 | California | $ 8,216 | 37 | Maryland | $ 5,462 | |
| 13 | Kentucky | $ 7,722 | 38 | Indiana | $ 5,440 | |
| 14 | New Hampshire | $ 7,569 | 39 | Nebraska | $ 5,279 | |
| 15 | South Carolina | $ 7,442 | 40 | North Carolina | $ 4,961 | |
| 16 | Hawaii | $ 7,393 | 41 | West Virginia | $ 4,915 | |
| 17 | Oregon | $ 7,274 | 42 | Alabama | $ 4,851 | |
| 18 | Kansas | $ 7,202 | 43 | Iowa | $ 4,630 | |
| 19 | Delaware | $ 7,133 | 44 | Tennessee | $ 4,625 | |
| 20 | Minnesota | $ 7,087 | 45 | Georgia | $ 4,495 | |
| 21 | Texas | $ 7,043 | 46 | Oklahoma | $ 4,259 | |
| 22 | Michigan | $ 7,015 | 47 | Arkansas | $ 4,203 | |
| 23 | Wisconsin | $ 6,989 | 48 | Mississippi | $ 3,835 | |
| 24 | Florida | $ 6,616 | 49 | Wyoming | $ 3,781 | |
| 25 | Vermont | $ 6,177 | 50 | Idaho | $ 3,029 | |
| United States Total | $ 7,351 | |||||
| NYS +/- U.S. | 70% | |||||
| Source: Public Policy Institute Analysis of Census Bureau State and Local Government Finances: 2005-06 | ||||||