Welcome to StateFinance.org
At StateFinance.org, we believe it is not only helpful but essential for the public to have access to clear, trustworthy, and easy-to-understand data on how our states and cities function. Our mission is to make complex government data accessible and meaningful—turning raw statistics into insights anyone can use.
We aim to provide citizens, researchers, journalists, and policymakers with transparent data on state budgets, social indicators, and crime statistics—empowering better understanding, informed discussion, and evidence-based decision-making. Our State Budget Heat Maps visualize how each state allocates its resources — from education and healthcare to transportation and public safety. Sourced directly from the U.S. Census Bureau’s State Government Finance data, these visuals make it easy to see where public dollars are spent and how priorities vary across the nation.
Our Social Indicators section combines key measures such as poverty rates, unemployment, education, housing costs, and income levels to reveal how residents are living and thriving across all 50 states. Using data from HUD and the American Community Survey, StateFinance.org helps uncover the real social picture behind the numbers.
Our Crime Statistics provide a transparent look at state-level trends in violent and property crime, sourced from the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer. Interactive charts make it simple to compare states, spot trends, and identify long-term shifts in public safety across the United States.
Our City Social Stats highlight life at the local level — from population and poverty to education, income, and housing affordability — across every U.S. city with 65,000 or more residents. Drawing from the latest American Community Survey and HUD datasets, these interactive visuals allow you to explore how living conditions compare city to city, giving a clear view of economic and social well-being within America’s communities.
Explore the 2023 State Budget Shares Map Below
The 2023 State Budget Shares Map provides an interactive overview of how each U.S. state allocates its annual expenditures across major government functions. Using official U.S. Census Bureau State Government Finance data, this map reveals the relative weight of spending on education, public welfare, health, transportation, public safety, and more — all expressed as shares of each state’s total budget. By presenting these proportions visually, the map makes it easy to compare fiscal priorities between states and identify broader regional or national trends. Whether you’re a researcher, policymaker, journalist, or simply a curious citizen, the 2023 Budget Shares Map helps you understand not just how much governments spend, but what they choose to spend it on — providing valuable context for today’s debates on efficiency, equity, and public investment.
2023 State Budget Shares Map
2023 National Averages
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Public Welfare: 36.1%
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Education: 31.5%
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Health & Hospitals: 7.9%
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Highways: 6.1%
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Financial Administration: 3.6%
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Corrections: 2.2%
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Natural Resources: 1.3%
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Interest on Debt: 1.2%
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Police Protection: 0.8%
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Parks & Recreation: 0.3%
Last Updated: 9/18/2025
Note on Shares: Functional budget shares are rounded to one decimal place. As a result, totals may not equal exactly 100%. This rounding convention follows common statistical reporting standards. Nominal dollars: Dollar amounts are reported in nominal terms (not inflation-adjusted).
2012-2023 State by State Budget Chart
The 2012–2023 State Budget Chart tracks how each state’s spending priorities have evolved over the past decade. By selecting a state, you can explore long-term trends in public welfare, education, health, transportation, and public safety as shares of the total budget. This dynamic visualization makes it easy to see how policy choices respond to changing economic conditions, demographics, and public needs. Data are sourced directly from the U.S. Census Bureau’s State Government Finance series, ensuring consistent, comparable insights across all 50 states from 2012 through 2023. Use the purple box at the top left of the chart to select a state.
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Last Updated: 9/18/2025
Note on Shares: Functional budget shares are rounded to one decimal place. As a result, totals may not equal exactly 100%. This rounding convention follows common statistical reporting standards.
Nominal dollars: Dollar amounts are reported in nominal terms (not inflation-adjusted).
2010-2024 State by State Social Chart
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The 2010–2024 State Social Chart visualizes key indicators of social and economic well-being across all 50 states. Drawing from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and related federal datasets, this interactive chart tracks more than a decade of trends in poverty, unemployment, education enrollment and attainment, and rent burden. Users can select any state to see how social outcomes have changed over time and how different regions compare. Together, these measures offer a snapshot of progress and challenge across the country — revealing the real-world effects of policy, growth, and inequality at the state level. Use the purple box at the top left of the chart to select a state.
Last Updated: 9/18/2025
*2020 data coverage gap due to disruption of ACS data collection.
Rent Burden measures percent of renters with rent ≥35% income.
1979-2024 State by State Total Crime Offenses Chart
The 1979–2024 State Crime Chart presents more than four decades of state-level crime data, offering a long-term view of total reported offenses across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Compiled from official FBI and Bureau of Justice Statistics sources, this visualization tracks major offense totals over time — allowing users to see how crime levels have shifted through economic cycles, policy changes, and demographic shifts. By focusing on absolute totals rather than per-capita rates, the chart highlights broader changes in volume and scale, providing valuable insight into how criminal activity and law enforcement reporting have evolved nationwide. Use the purple box at the top left of the chart to select a state.
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Last Updated: 9/18/2025
Chart shows TOTAL OFFENSES per state. Important notes & limitations: SRS → NIBRS transition (circa 2021): agency participation and imputation vary; some states show measurement breaks or increased volatility.
Research & Proposals
Turning Data Into Better Policy
At StateFinance.org, numbers tell the story — but policy gives it purpose. Our research and proposals transform state and city data into clear, practical blueprints for transparency, accountability, and better public decision-making. We believe open data should not just inform — it should empower reform.
View summaries and download the full frameworks here:
Each proposal is freely available for reference and public use.
Data Services Skip the PDF wrangling — download clean, analysis-ready state budget data reports in seconds!
StateFinance.org delivers streamlined, analysis-ready data packages designed to make public finance and social data accessible to everyone. Our platform brings together long-term series on state budgets, social & living indicators, and crime trends, as well as city-level data for over 650 U.S. cities covering education, employment, rent burden, and poverty.
All datasets are cleaned, harmonized, and standardized for instant use — no more spreadsheets to merge or PDF tables to decode. Whether you’re a journalist on deadline, a researcher or policymaker seeking reliable evidence, or a data enthusiast exploring local and national trends, StateFinance.org provides the clarity you need in one place.
Our downloadable reports and interactive charts let you analyze spending priorities, track long-term social shifts, and compare patterns across states and major cities with ease. Each package is built from official sources like the U.S. Census Bureau, HUD, and the FBI, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and transparency.
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