Just the Facts 1999-2000

Table 29
State and Local Government Spending on Health and Hospitals, 1996
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	Wyoming	$735	27	Arkansas	$341
2	South Carolina	692	28	Rhode Island	336
3	Alabama	666	29	Indiana	335
4	NEW YORK	$650	30	Idaho	330
5	Louisiana	585	31	Ohio	330
6	Mississippi	563	32	Missouri	316
7	North Carolina	549	33	Illinois	302
8	Georgia	498	34	Delaware	285
9	Minnesota	474	35	Virginia	279
10	Tennessee	469	36	Utah	276
11	California	463	37	Wisconsin	275
12	Massachusetts	457	38	Colorado	275
13	Iowa	446	39	Pennsylvania	260
14	New Mexico	435	40	Montana	249
15	Washington	431	41	New Jersey	247
16	Michigan	410	42	Kentucky	239
17	Hawaii	408	43	West Virginia	237
18	Connecticut	404	44	Maine	234
19	Florida	403	45	Maryland	203
20	Alaska	401	46	South Dakota	189
21	Texas	399	47	Arizona	188
22	Kansas	375	48	North Dakota	123
23	Oregon	371	49	Vermont	110
24	Nebraska	364	50	New Hampshire	110
25	Nevada	364	U.S. average		$404
26	Oklahoma	361	N.Y.S. % above avg.		60.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau data; calculations by The Public Policy Institute
One reason for the high spending in New York is the number of physicians: 407 for every 100,000 residents, 44% above the U.S. average.