1981 $6,504 $7,014 $2,333 33 $2,516 18 $1.14 15 1982 $6,631 $7,728 $2,311 34 $2,693 15 $1.19 14 1983 $6,551 $8,171 $2,221 34 $2,771 22 $1.14 19 1984 $7,544 $9,175 $2,479 28 $3,016 17 $1.18 17 1985 $8,653 $10,039 $2,743 26 $3,183 20 $1.13 19 1986 $9,376 $11,403 $2,861 26 $3,480 16 $1.18 19 1987 $10,508 $12,561 $3,086 29 $3,689 13 $1.25 13 1988 $11,175 $12,248 $3,183 30 $3,489 22 $1.18 21 1989 $12,047 $13,510 $3,346 35 $3,752 18 $1.22 17 1990 $12,410 $15,154 $3,383 34 $4,131 14 $1.29 13 1991 $12,892 $15,618 $3,426 35 $4,151 29 $1.20 19 1992 $13,425 $16,767 $3,457 35 $4,317 32 $1.17 19 1993 $14,730 $18,618 $3,657 36 $4,622 29 $1.20 19 1994 $16,802 $18,809 $4,000 35 $4,478 35 $1.11 20 1995 $18,666 $20,906 $4,256 35 $4,767 30 $1.13 21 1996 $20,793 $21,951 $4,571 35 $4,826 29 $1.11 21 1997 $23,054 $22,282 $4,906 35 $4,741 32 $1.08 22 1998 $25,491 $24,120 $5,259 35 $4,977 31 $1.10 23 1999 $27,402 $27,075 $5,493 33 $5,427 27 $1.16 21 2000 $30,259 $29,282 $5,897 33 $5,707 26 $1.17 21 2001 $29,838 $30,416 $5,665 34 $5,775 32 $1.14 24 2002 $28,315 $34,761 $5,235 37 $6,426 29 $1.20 23 2003 $27,781 $37,801 $5,007 38 $6,813 26 $1.22 21 2004 $30,521 $41,979 $5,350 35 $7,359 24 $1.23 20 2005 $35,988 $44,639 $6,099 31 $7,564 25 $1.19 21
* During fiscal years in which the federal government runs deficits some spending is financed through borrowing. This creates implicit tax liabilities for states that must be repaid eventually. To incorporate these implicit tax liabilities into the analysis, the following adjustment was made to state tax burdens: First, the total federal tax burden is increased by the size of the federal deficit. Next, this total burden is allocated among states based on each state's proportion of the actual federal tax burden. Finally, adjusted spending-per-dollar-of-tax ratios are calculated by dividing actual expenditures by the adjusted tax figure, effectively making figures deficit neutral. Source: Tax Foundation Special Report No. 158, "Federal Tax Burdens and Spending by State," and U.S. Census Bureau's Consolidated Federal Funds Report for 2005.
Federal Spending Received Per Dollar of Tax Paid State Rank (1 is highest)
Federal Taxes Paid to Washington, D.C. Federal Spending Received Federal Taxes Paid to Washington, D.C. State Rank (1 is highest) Federal Spending Received
Arizona Federal Taxes Paid vs. Federal Spending Received*
1981-Present
State Rank (1 is highest) Year
Total Dollars ($millions) Dollars Per Capita