BillShrink has an interesting chart showing government spending by state. The chart shows how much the government spends in each state, the percentage of the government spending as part of the gross state product, and a bar graph showing the total gross state product. Instead of going from left to right, the bar graph is reversed to go from right to left. That makes things a little confusing if you are not careful.
The middle section of the chart shows who received the most money from the stimulus bill when compared to the population. This is the least useful section, as the difference is just $31 per person between Utah, which received the most per capita, and Florida, which received the least per capita.
The lower chart shows the total state spending in billions of dollars on the positive y-axis, and the population of the state on the negative y-axis.
The best part of the chart is that it gives you a source for the data. If you do not like the chart, and I do think that it can be improved, then you can go to State Government Spendingin the United States Fiscal Year 2009
via BillShrink: Government Spending: State by State
