ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 30, 1990                   TAG: 9003310707
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Medium

ALASKANS GET MOST FROM UNCLE SAM

Alaskans led the nation in receiving federal money last year, while the U.S. government's lowest per-person expenses were in Michigan.

Uncle Sam spent $5,680.26 per resident in Alaska in fiscal 1989, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. At the low end of the scale was Michigan, where the government spent $2,800.92 per person.

Virginia ranked third, with $5,257.90.

The District of Columbia received more than any state, $25,189.53 per resident, because thousands of people work there for the federal government.

Nationally, the government spent an average of $3,700.59 per person last year. Spending was above that level in 18 states and below it in 32.

The analysis covers such spending as grants to state and local governments, salaries and wages paid by federal agencies, direct payments to individuals - such as Social Security - and purchasing of goods and services.

\ A state-by-state rundown of per capita federal spending in fiscal 1989:

Alaska, $5,680.26; New Mexico, $5,298.41; Virginia, $5,257.90; Maryland, $5,193.82; Connecticut, $4,875.01; Hawaii, $4,865.63; Massachusetts, $4,829.66; North Dakota, $4,595.27; Missouri, $4,523.15; Colorado, $4,215.61;

Montana, $4,047.16; South Dakota, $4,041.87; Washington, $4,037.97; Maine, $3,895.53; Rhode Island, $3,818.16; Arizona, $3,762.89; Mississippi, $3,740.00; California, $3,737.10;

U.S. average, $3,700.59; Florida, $3,684.03; Alabama, $3,656.05; Idaho, $3,637.40; Utah, $3,626.68; Kansas, $3,611.80; New York, $3,593.07; Nebraska, $3,581.54; Pennsylvania, $3,521.34; Wyoming, $3,507.67; Nevada, $3,505.14; Iowa, $3,453.83;

Oklahoma, $3,449.21; South Carolina, $3,411.83; Tennessee, $3,372.54; New Jersey, $3,346.91; Kentucky, $3,316.17; Minnesota, $3,315.74; Ohio, $3,308.99; Louisiana, $3,291.34; West Virginia, $3,290.71; Arkansas, $3,253.29; Texas, $3,222.23;

Georgia, $3,161.45; Delaware, $3,128.25; New Hampshire, $3,083.72; Vermont, $3,047.71; Oregon, $3,036.40; Illinois, $2,977.95; Wisconsin, $2,974.29; North Carolina, $2,869.46; Indiana, $2,844.68; Michigan, $2,800.92 


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