Compare State Federal Spending
Select two states to compare total federal spending, per capita amounts, spending categories, and top agency breakdown using USASpending.gov FY2025 data. Figures come from USAspending.gov, with data from the U.S. Treasury and OMB covering federal spending across all 50 states; see our methodology.
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Compare any two states by total federal spending, per capita amounts, top agencies, and spending category breakdown.
Every figure on PlainSpending is computed directly from USASpending.gov award-transaction data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live total, per-capita, and agency-level spending figures for the two selected states from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.