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State and local government budget makers face challenges as the nationwide economic downturn that began in 2008 continues to cause budget problems. One of the greatest challenges that budget makers face is lower-than-expected revenues from taxes. In Fiscal year 2009, budget makers were overwhelmed by lower-than-expected revenues from taxes. As a report produced by the National Center of State Legislatures concluded,

Lawmakers in virtually every state scrambled to keep their FY 2009 budgets balanced while at the same time struggling to enact new ones for FY 2010. Hemorrhaging revenues drove the massive difficulties they faced. No matter how pessimistic revenue forecasts were, actual collections seemed to come in lower. This happened over and over and over again. Ultimately, states were not just faced with lower revenue growth rates, they confronted year-over-year declines in actual collections[1].

In total, states faced a budget shortfall of $113.2 billion in FY 2009 . As high as that shortfall is, it is far less than some projections for the shortfall for FY 2010. According to one projection, states could, in total, face a shortfall of $142.6 billion in FY 2010 [1]

It is worth noting that these shortfalls would be even higher if it were not for reception of federal funds. The reception of federal funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)was used by states to fund some of their expenditures, lowering the reported spending that comes out of the general state fund [1].


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[edit] Charts

Below, there are three charts. One is for the state budgets in FY 2009. The other is for state budgets in FY 2010. The third chart contains information about the allocation of funds under the ARRA.


[edit] Fiscal Year 2009

The following chart lists state budget information for the Fiscal Year 2009[1]. If information is in italics, it is based off April data. Otherwise, information for a state's budget is from June and July of 2009 surveys, which are the last months of the fiscal year.


State budget Spending Transparency Shortfall Percent of General Fund Budget
Alabama budget No $269 million [1] 13%[1]
Alaska budget Partial $1.52 billion [1] 21% [1]
Arizona budget No $2.43 billion [1] 24.2% [1]
Arkansas budget No no shortfall [1] n/a [1]
California budget No $19.64 billion [1] 18.8% [1]
Colorado budget No $1.19 billion [1] 15.1% [1]
Connecticut budget No $1.35 billion [1] 7.9% [1]
Delaware budget No $236 million [1] 6.8% [1]
District of Columbia budget No
Florida budget No $3.18 billion [1] 12.3% [1]
Georgia budget Yes $2.93 billion [1] 14.1% [1]
Hawaii budget No $639 million [1] 11.1% [1]
Idaho budget No $405 million [1] 14.8% [1]
Illinois budget Partial $4.32 billion [1] 13.7% [1]
Indiana budget No $973 million [1] 7% [1]
Iowa budget No $35 million [1] .50% [1]
Kansas budget Yes $186 million [1] 2.9% [1]
Kentucky budget Yes $456 million [1] 5.1% [1]
Louisiana budget Yes $341 million [1] 3.5% [1]
Maine budget No $270 million [1] 8.7% [1]
Maryland budget Partial $1.38 billion [1] 9.5% [1]
Massachusetts budget No $2.59 billion [1] 10.5% [1]
Michigan budget No $313 million [1] 3.2% [1]
Minnesota budget No $426 million [1] 1.2% [1]
Mississippi budget Partial $407 million [1] 8% [1]
Missouri budget Yes $779 million[1] 10.4%[1]
Montana budget no shortfall [1] n/a [1]
Nebraska budget Yes $5.3 million [1] .20% [1]
Nevada budget Yes $1.09 billion [1] 28.1% [1]
New Hampshire budget No $250 million [1] 10% [1]
New Jersey budget No $4.4 billion [1] 13.3% [1]
New Mexico budget No $454 million [1] 7.5% [1]
New York budget Partial $1.7 billion [1] 3.4% [1]
North Carolina budget No $2.2 billion[1] 10.3% [1]
North Dakota budget no shortfall [1] n/a
Ohio budget No $1.18 billion[1] 6.1% [1]
Oklahoma budget Yes $6.8 million [1] 0.10% [1]
Oregon budget No $755 million [1] 10.4% [1]
Pennsylvania budget No $2.6 billion [1] 9.2% [1]
Rhode Island budget Yes $449 million[1] 13.7%[1]
South Carolina budget Yes $1.18 billion [1] 17.6% [1]
South Dakota budget Yes $71.4 million [1] 6.2% [1]
Tennessee budget No $1.07 billion [1] 11.5% [1]
Texas budget Yes[1] no shortfall[1] n/a
Utah budget No $875 million [1] 15.6% [1]
Vermont budget Partial $75 million [1] 6.5% [1]
Virginia budget Partial $1.66 billion[1] 9.8% [1]
Washington budget Yes $1.37 billion [1] 8.0% [1]
West Virginia budget Partial no shortfall[1] n/a[1]
Wisconsin budget No $942 million [1] 6.8% [1]
Wyoming budget No no shortfall[1] n/a [1]

[edit] Fiscal Year 2010

The following chart lists up-to-date state budget projections for the Fiscal Year 2010. The budgets are recent as of October 9th, 2009[1] [2] .


State budget Spending Transparency Estimated Shortfall Estimated Percent of General Fund Budget
Alabama budget No no shortfall [2] n/a[1]
Alaska budget Partial $1.35 billion [1] 31% [1]
Arizona budget No $1.5 billion [2]
Arkansas budget No no shortfall [1] n/a [1]
California budget No $38.95 billion [1]
Colorado budget No $560.7 million [2]
Connecticut budget No $4.1 billion [1] 22.2%
Delaware budget No $452 million [1] 12.9% [1]
District of Columbia budget No
Florida budget No $6 billion [1] 27% [1]
Georgia budget Yes $900 million [2]
Hawaii budget No $1.41 billion [1] 25.4% [1]
Idaho budget No $151 million
Illinois budget Partial $7.29 billion [1]  %21.2 [1]
Indiana budget No $569 million [1]
Iowa budget No $779 million [1]
Kansas budget Yes $1.11 billion [1] 17% [1]
Kentucky budget Yes $1.08 billion [1]
Louisiana budget Yes $2.02 billion [1]  %19.8 [1]
Maine budget No $640 [1] 18.8% [1]
Maryland budget Partial $1.95 billion [2]
Massachusetts budget No $400-600 million[2]
Michigan budget No $1.2 billion [1] 12.3% [1]
Minnesota budget No $2.6 billion [1] 14.7% [1]
Mississippi budget Partial no shortfall[2] n/a[2]
Missouri budget Yes $388 million [1]  %5.3 [1]
Montana budget $67.1 million [1] 3.6% [1]
Nebraska state budget Yes no shortfall [2]
Nevada budget Yes $1.24 billion [1] 31.6% [1]
New Hampshire budget No $12.2 million [1] .8% [1]
New Jersey budget No $8.71 billion [1] 24.4% [1]
New Mexico budget No $440 million [2]
New York budget Partial $2.9 - 3.5 billion [2]
North Carolina budget No $4.6 billion [1]  %20.8 [1]
North Dakota budget no shortfall [1] n/a [1]
Ohio budget No $1.29 billion [1]  %.48 [1]
Oklahoma budget Yes no shortfall [2] n/a[2]
Oregon budget No $1.6 billion [1]  %18 [1]
Pennsylvania budget No $3.97 billion [1] 13.5% [1]
Rhode Island budget Yes $587 million [1] 19.6% [1]
South Carolina budget Yes $797 million [1]
South Dakota budget Yes
Tennessee budget No $1.04 billion [1]
Texas budget Yes $3.3 billion [1] 7.6% [1]
Utah budget No $685 million [1] 13.5% [1]
Vermont budget Partial $28 million [2]
Virginia budget Partial $1.35 billion [2]
Washington budget Yes no shortfall [2] n/a[2]
West Virginia budget Partial $200 million [1] 4.5%
Wisconsin budget No $3.1 billion [1] 20.1% [1]
Wyoming budget No no shortfall[1] N/A [1]

[edit] ARRA

The chart lists the amount of money States have been awarded, as well as received, from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The chart is recent as of October 21st, 2009[3].


State ARRA Funds Awarded ARRA Awarded Per Capita ARRA Funds Received
Alabama $178.58 million [3] $38[3] $14.82 million[3]
Alaska $260.03 million [3] $379 [3] $25.53 million [3]
Arizona $139.39 million [3] $21 [3] $29.60 million [3]
Arkansas $59.15 million[3] $21 [3] $6.68 million [3]
California $1.14 billion [3] $31 [3] $157.92 million [3]
Colorado $553.78 million [3] $112 [3] $48.33 million [3]
Connecticut $47.24 million[3] $13 [3] $1.04 million [3]
Delaware $30.29 million [3] $35 [3] $4.81 million [3]\
District of Columbia $562.32 million [3] $950 [3] $22.45 million [3]
Florida $334.59 million [3] $18 [3] $48.00 million [3]
Georgia $209.48 million [3] $22 [3] $19.20 million [3]
Hawaii $122.43 million [3] $95 [3] $12.54 million [3]
Idaho $477.89 million [3] $314 [3] $82.19 million [3]
Illinois $473.75 million [3] $37 [3] $21.65 million [3]
Indiana $146.37 million [3] $23 [3] $12.04 million [3]
Iowa $79.31 million [3] $26 [3] $3.13 million [3]
Kansas $118.09 million[3] $42 [3] $20.75 million [3]
Kentucky $225.46 million[3] $53 [3] $22.82 million [3]
Louisiana $115.02 million [3] $26 [3] $33.3 million [3]
Maine $22.62 million [3] $17[3] $16.28 million [3]
Maryland $590.51 million [3] $105[3] $48.24 million [3]
Massachusetts $335.24 million [3] $52[3] $47.62 million [3]
Michigan $315.02 million [3] $12[3] $149.57 million [3]
Minnesota $90.98 million[3] $17[3] $33.00 million [3]
Mississippi $138.94 million[3] $47[3] $10.03 million [3]
Missouri $144.14 million[3] $103[3] $11.45 million [3]
Montana $99.22 million[3] $103[3] $11.45 million [3]
Nebraska $48.44 million[3] $27[3] $1.55 million [3]
Nevada $70.84 million[3] $27[3] $15.51 million [3]
New Hampshire $16.32 million[3] $12[3] $4.27 hundred thousand[3]
New Jersey $208.11 million[3] $24[3] $29.73 million [3]


New Mexico $514.91 million[3] $259[3] $263.56 million [3]


New York $750.77 million[3] $39[3] $59.97 million [3]
North Carolina $121.27 million[3] $13[3] $11.91 million [3]
North Dakota $95.45 million[3] $149 [3] $16.91 million [3]
Ohio $259.27 million [3] $22 [3] $23.53 million [3]
Oklahoma $79.86 million [3] $22 [3] $10.21 million [3]
Oregon $105.69 million [3] $28[3] $48.57 million [3]
Pennsylvania $626.54 million [3] $50[3] $29.24 million [3]
Rhode Island $7.59 million [3] $7[3] $540,798 [3]


South Carolina $253.84 million[3] $57[3] $219.56 million [3]


South Dakota $33.79 million[3] $42[3] $4.64 million [3]


Tennessee $1.11 billion [3] $179[3] $75.58 million [3]


Texas $524.02 million[3] $22[3] $47.08 million [3]
Utah $194.36 million[3] $71[3] $17.37 million [3]
Vermont $12.58 million[3] $20[3] $4.95 hundred thousand[3]
Virginia $366.32 million[3] $47 [3] $80.01 million [3]
Washington $2.22 billion [3] $339[3] $228.82 million [3]
West Virginia $58.19 million[3] $32[3] $4.37 million [3]
Wisconsin $46.16 million [3] $8[3] $12.29 million [3]
Wyoming $18.38 million [3] $35[3] $5.85 hundred thousand [3]

[edit] External links

See also Tax Foundation

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.000 1.001 1.002 1.003 1.004 1.005 1.006 1.007 1.008 1.009 1.010 1.011 1.012 1.013 1.014 1.015 1.016 1.017 1.018 1.019 1.020 1.021 1.022 1.023 1.024 1.025 1.026 1.027 1.028 1.029 1.030 1.031 1.032 1.033 1.034 1.035 1.036 1.037 1.038 1.039 1.040 1.041 1.042 1.043 1.044 1.045 1.046 1.047 1.048 1.049 1.050 1.051 1.052 1.053 1.054 1.055 1.056 1.057 1.058 1.059 1.060 1.061 1.062 1.063 1.064 1.065 1.066 1.067 1.068 1.069 1.070 1.071 1.072 1.073 1.074 1.075 1.076 1.077 1.078 1.079 1.080 1.081 1.082 1.083 1.084 1.085 1.086 1.087 1.088 1.089 1.090 1.091 1.092 1.093 1.094 1.095 1.096 1.097 1.098 1.099 1.100 1.101 1.102 1.103 1.104 1.105 1.106 1.107 1.108 1.109 1.110 1.111 1.112 1.113 1.114 1.115 1.116 1.117 1.118 1.119 1.120 1.121 1.122 1.123 1.124 1.125 1.126 1.127 1.128 1.129 1.130 1.131 1.132 1.133 1.134 1.135 1.136 1.137 1.138 1.139 1.140 1.141 1.142 1.143 1.144 1.145 1.146 1.147 1.148 1.149 1.150 1.151 1.152 1.153 1.154 1.155 1.156 1.157 1.158 1.159 1.160 1.161 1.162 1.163 1.164 http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/StateBudgetUpdateJulyFinal.pdf National Conference of State Legislatures, State Budget Update July Final]
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 National Conference of State Legislatures, FY 2010 Post-Enactment Budget Gaps & Budget Cuts
  3. ↑ 3.000 3.001 3.002 3.003 3.004 3.005 3.006 3.007 3.008 3.009 3.010 3.011 3.012 3.013 3.014 3.015 3.016 3.017 3.018 3.019 3.020 3.021 3.022 3.023 3.024 3.025 3.026 3.027 3.028 3.029 3.030 3.031 3.032 3.033 3.034 3.035 3.036 3.037 3.038 3.039 3.040 3.041 3.042 3.043 3.044 3.045 3.046 3.047 3.048 3.049 3.050 3.051 3.052 3.053 3.054 3.055 3.056 3.057 3.058 3.059 3.060 3.061 3.062 3.063 3.064 3.065 3.066 3.067 3.068 3.069 3.070 3.071 3.072 3.073 3.074 3.075 3.076 3.077 3.078 3.079 3.080 3.081 3.082 3.083 3.084 3.085 3.086 3.087 3.088 3.089 3.090 3.091 3.092 3.093 3.094 3.095 3.096 3.097 3.098 3.099 3.100 3.101 3.102 3.103 3.104 3.105 3.106 3.107 3.108 3.109 3.110 3.111 3.112 3.113 3.114 3.115 3.116 3.117 3.118 3.119 3.120 3.121 3.122 3.123 3.124 3.125 3.126 3.127 3.128 3.129 3.130 3.131 3.132 3.133 3.134 3.135 3.136 3.137 3.138 3.139 3.140 3.141 3.142 3.143 3.144 3.145 3.146 3.147 3.148 3.149 3.150 3.151 3.152 3.153 http://www.recovery.gov/pages/textview.aspx?data=homeMapRecipient&datasource&datasource=recipient Recovery.org, State And Agency Data Reported by Federal Contract Recipients]
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