Over a third of the United States federal government's revenue comes from the country's four most-populous states, but they often get back less than they contribute. Known as "donor states," 19 states ...

While this year debt was reported as the second greatest government expense, in 2023 it amounted to 11 percent of the government's expenditure, per the outlet.

The average taxpayer’s piece of the $37-trillion federal debt is about $240,000, or six years of the median income.

House Republicans seeking to thread the needle in Medicaid spending cuts are eyeing “per capita caps,” which would throttle federal funding without technically changing benefits.

The nation’s poorest state — Mississippi — has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other commonwealth. We’ve lived off the federal spending spigot ...

WASHINGTON - Wyoming ranks seventh in the amount of money the federal government spends per resident, with a new report showing that the U.S. government spent $8,673 per capita there in fiscal ...

By the numbers: Massachusetts (-$4,846), New Jersey (-$4,344) and Washington (-$3,494) had the lowest balance of federal spending per capita as of 2022, discounting COVID-19 relief dollars ...

The difference in federal expenditures distributed to states and money paid to the federal government by individuals and businesses in the form of taxes is called the balance of payments.

Medicaid remains in the crosshairs as House Republicans consider a proposal to impose per capita caps on funding for the program.

Looking at per capita expenditures from the federal government and receipts paid to the federal government in West Virginia in 2022, the federal government paid out $21,478 per person in direct ...

Nevada ranked dead last, with just $5,469 in federal spending per person. Five of the seven states with the lowest per-capita federal spending were in the Midwest: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan ...