Federal outlays are revenue that state governments receive directly from the federal government.
Between fiscal years 2014 and 2017, annual per capita federal outlays to states ranged from $1,141 (Virginia) to $4,849 (Wyoming).
The average annual per capita outlays across all states is $2,055, which is close to Michigan’s average ($2,009) and California’s ($2,053) over those four years.
Eight states experienced per capita declines in their federal outlays between 2014 and 2017 in the following amounts:
- Wyoming ($818)
- South Dakota ($79)
- Oklahoma ($65)
- Idaho ($58)
- Maine ($45)
- Florida ($36)
- North Carolina ($10)
- Hawaii ($7).
Forty-two states experienced per capita increases in their federal outlays between 2014 and 2017. The top five per capita increases in those years were:
- New Mexico ($776)
- California ($695)
- Nevada ($661)
- Alaska ($625)
- Pennsylvania ($593)
