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Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence in California

Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence in California was $10,299 in 2020, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. That is up 7% from 2019. That is the 23rd highest of 51 states in 2020.

2020, USD10,299
Change on 2019+7%
Rank23rd of 51US states ranked
Series high10,2992020
Series low2,6591991
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Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence in California, 1991 to 2020

2,0004,0006,0008,00010K12K19911996200120062011201620201991: 2,659 USD1992: 2,827 USD1993: 2,931 USD1994: 2,984 USD1995: 3,049 USD1996: 3,127 USD1997: 3,181 USD1998: 3,352 USD1999: 3,436 USD2000: 3,567 USD2001: 3,831 USD2002: 4,129 USD2003: 4,493 USD2004: 4,766 USD2005: 5,097 USD2006: 5,394 USD2007: 5,775 USD2008: 6,035 USD2009: 6,207 USD2010: 6,480 USD2011: 6,741 USD2012: 7,038 USD2013: 7,241 USD2014: 7,472 USD2015: 7,998 USD2016: 8,325 USD2017: 8,594 USD2018: 9,069 USD2019: 9,628 USD2020: 10,299 USD2,0004,0006,0008,00010K12K19912001201120201991: 2,659 USD1992: 2,827 USD1993: 2,931 USD1994: 2,984 USD1995: 3,049 USD1996: 3,127 USD1997: 3,181 USD1998: 3,352 USD1999: 3,436 USD2000: 3,567 USD2001: 3,831 USD2002: 4,129 USD2003: 4,493 USD2004: 4,766 USD2005: 5,097 USD2006: 5,394 USD2007: 5,775 USD2008: 6,035 USD2009: 6,207 USD2010: 6,480 USD2011: 6,741 USD2012: 7,038 USD2013: 7,241 USD2014: 7,472 USD2015: 7,998 USD2016: 8,325 USD2017: 8,594 USD2018: 9,069 USD2019: 9,628 USD2020: 10,299 USD
USD. Source: CMS, CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2022-09-20.
All 30 values
PeriodUSD
202010,299
20199,628
20189,069
20178,594
20168,325
20157,998
20147,472
20137,241
20127,038
20116,741
20106,480
20096,207
20086,035
20075,775
20065,394
20055,097
20044,766
20034,493
20024,129
20013,831
20003,567
19993,436
19983,352
19973,181
19963,127
19953,049
19942,984
19932,931
19922,827
19912,659

Compared with United States

Place2020
California10,299
United States10,191

California compared with nearby places

Alabama: 9,280 USDAlaska: 13,642 USDArizona: 8,756 USDArkansas: 9,338 USDCalifornia: 10,299 USDColorado: 8,583 USDConnecticut: 12,489 USDDelaware: 12,899 USDDistrict of Columbia: 14,381 USDFlorida: 9,865 USDGeorgia: 8,758 USDHawaii: 10,291 USDIdaho: 8,148 USDIllinois: 10,190 USDIndiana: 10,517 USDIowa: 9,789 USDKansas: 9,408 USDKentucky: 10,257 USDLouisiana: 10,515 USDMaine: 12,077 USDMaryland: 10,839 USDMassachusetts: 13,319 USDMichigan: 9,897 USDMinnesota: 10,846 USDMississippi: 9,394 USDMissouri: 9,921 USDMontana: 10,212 USDNebraska: 10,514 USDNevada: 8,348 USDNew Hampshire: 11,793 USDNew Jersey: 11,868 USDNew Mexico: 8,902 USDNew York: 14,007 USDNorth Carolina: 8,917 USDNorth Dakota: 11,301 USDOhio: 10,478 USDOklahoma: 9,444 USDOregon: 10,071 USDPennsylvania: 11,603 USDRhode Island: 11,694 USDSouth Carolina: 8,766 USDSouth Dakota: 12,495 USDTennessee: 9,336 USDTexas: 8,406 USDUtah: 7,522 USDVermont: 12,756 USDVirginia: 9,195 USDWashington: 9,265 USDWest Virginia: 12,769 USDWisconsin: 9,982 USDWyoming: 10,989 USD
  • Under 8,900
  • 8,900 to 9,400
  • 9,400 to 10K
  • 10K to 11K
  • 11K to 12K
  • 12K and over
Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2020, USD. California is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Spending on personal health care (hospital, physician and clinical, dental and other professional services, home health and nursing care, prescription drugs, other medical products and other personal care) for residents of each state, wherever the care was received, divided by the state's resident population, in US dollars per person.

CMS state estimates by state of residence, 1991 to 2020 (released in 2022); CMS has not published later years. Excludes administration, the net cost of insurance, public health and investment, so values are lower than national health expenditure per person.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group. CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. (2022). CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20) (Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, California, 1991 to 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence

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CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20), Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, California, 1991 to 2020. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, 20 Sept. 2022, https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/california. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. 2022. CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, California, 1991 to 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/california.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary (2022) CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20), Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, California, 1991 to 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/california (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence in California was $10,299 in 2020, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. That is up 7% from 2019. That is the 23rd highest of 51 states in 2020.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

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$10,299 in 2020, the highest value since 1991 in this series.

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