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State budgets and spending, with the sources attached

Open a state to check current-year spending, then the prior year. If neither is available, the page shows the source gap and offers older Census records as an explicit archive choice. Each measure retains its actual fiscal period and accounting basis.

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California state sealCaliforniaCACurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.California State BudgetTexas state sealTexasTXCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Texas State BudgetNew York state sealNew YorkNYCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.New York State BudgetFlorida state sealFloridaFLCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Florida State BudgetMinnesota state sealMinnesotaMNCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Minnesota State BudgetRhode Island state sealRhode IslandRICurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Rhode Island State BudgetAlabama state sealAlabamaALCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Alabama State BudgetAlaska state sealAlaskaAKCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Alaska State BudgetArizona state sealArizonaAZCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Arizona State BudgetArkansas state sealArkansasARCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Arkansas State BudgetColorado state sealColoradoCOCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Colorado State BudgetConnecticut state sealConnecticutCTCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Connecticut State BudgetDelaware state sealDelawareDECurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Delaware State BudgetGeorgia state sealGeorgiaGACurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Georgia State BudgetHawaii state sealHawaiiHICurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Hawaii State BudgetIdaho state sealIdahoIDCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Idaho State BudgetIllinois state sealIllinoisILCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Illinois State BudgetIndiana state sealIndianaINCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Indiana State BudgetIowa state sealIowaIACurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Iowa State BudgetKansas state sealKansasKSCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Kansas State BudgetKentucky state sealKentuckyKYCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Kentucky State BudgetLouisiana state sealLouisianaLACurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Louisiana State BudgetMaine state sealMaineMECurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Maine State BudgetMaryland state sealMarylandMDCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Maryland State BudgetMassachusetts state sealMassachusettsMACurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Massachusetts State BudgetMichigan state sealMichiganMICurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Michigan State BudgetMississippi state sealMississippiMSCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Mississippi State BudgetMissouri state sealMissouriMOCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Missouri State BudgetMontana state sealMontanaMTCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Montana State BudgetNebraska state sealNebraskaNECurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Nebraska State BudgetNevada state sealNevadaNVCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Nevada State BudgetNew Hampshire state sealNew HampshireNHCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.New Hampshire State BudgetNew Jersey state sealNew JerseyNJCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.New Jersey State BudgetNew Mexico state sealNew MexicoNMCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.New Mexico State BudgetNorth Carolina state sealNorth CarolinaNCCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.North Carolina State BudgetNorth Dakota state sealNorth DakotaNDCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.North Dakota State BudgetOhio state sealOhioOHCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Ohio State BudgetOklahoma state sealOklahomaOKCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Oklahoma State BudgetOregon state sealOregonORCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Oregon State BudgetPennsylvania state sealPennsylvaniaPACurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Pennsylvania State BudgetSouth Carolina state sealSouth CarolinaSCCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.South Carolina State BudgetSouth Dakota state sealSouth DakotaSDCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.South Dakota State BudgetTennessee state sealTennesseeTNCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Tennessee State BudgetUtah state sealUtahUTCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Utah State BudgetVermont state sealVermontVTCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Vermont State BudgetVirginia state sealVirginiaVACurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Virginia State BudgetWashington state sealWashingtonWACurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Washington State BudgetWest Virginia state sealWest VirginiaWVCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.West Virginia State BudgetWisconsin state sealWisconsinWICurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Wisconsin State BudgetWyoming state sealWyomingWYCurrent and prior-year source availability, with older Census expenditure records available as explicit archives.Wyoming State Budget

A state budget is not one number. The figure a legislature enacts is permission to spend, which differs from what the state actually spends, and differs again from the totals the Census Bureau publishes a year or two later once the books are closed. ImpactLine shows these side by side rather than collapsing them into a single headline, because the gap between them is usually the interesting part.

Federal money complicates it further. A large share of what a state spends on health, transport and education originates in federal grants and awards, which appear in the state budget as revenue and in USAspending as outlays. Selected dashboards carry federal awards alongside state spending. These separate totals do not establish a payment-level link between an award and a recipient.

The archived comparison uses the same Census general-expenditure definition across all 50 states for FY2024 and FY2023. Open the archive explicitly to sort and explore those historical records. Enacted appropriations remain a separate measure and have separate sources.

From tracking spending to demanding receipts

Public money should leave a public receipt.

Today’s reporting can show spending without a complete trail to the final recipient or proof of delivery. Help close those gaps, strengthen checks before payment, and reduce opportunities for fraud and abuse.

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