Data / Rankings / Personal health care spending per person, by state of residence / US states

US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence

District of Columbia had the highest personal health care spending per person, by state of residence of 51 states in 2011, at $11,537. Utah had the lowest, at $5,280. The median was $7,265 and the figure for the United States was $7,236. Source: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest11,537District of Columbia
Lowest5,280Utah
Median7,26551 states
United States7,236History

Map of states, 2011

Alabama: 6,513 USDAlaska: 9,343 USDArizona: 6,075 USDArkansas: 6,541 USDCalifornia: 6,741 USDColorado: 6,061 USDConnecticut: 8,910 USDDelaware: 9,202 USDDistrict of Columbia: 11,537 USDFlorida: 7,375 USDGeorgia: 5,696 USDHawaii: 6,460 USDIdaho: 6,052 USDIllinois: 7,300 USDIndiana: 7,104 USDIowa: 7,310 USDKansas: 7,071 USDKentucky: 7,097 USDLouisiana: 7,124 USDMaine: 8,584 USDMaryland: 7,928 USDMassachusetts: 9,720 USDMichigan: 7,345 USDMinnesota: 8,013 USDMississippi: 6,735 USDMissouri: 7,265 USDMontana: 7,150 USDNebraska: 7,580 USDNevada: 5,973 USDNew Hampshire: 8,717 USDNew Jersey: 7,970 USDNew Mexico: 6,514 USDNew York: 8,991 USDNorth Carolina: 6,705 USDNorth Dakota: 8,324 USDOhio: 7,488 USDOklahoma: 6,937 USDOregon: 6,987 USDPennsylvania: 8,371 USDRhode Island: 8,665 USDSouth Carolina: 6,638 USDSouth Dakota: 8,154 USDTennessee: 6,738 USDTexas: 6,259 USDUtah: 5,280 USDVermont: 9,209 USDVirginia: 6,790 USDWashington: 7,022 USDWest Virginia: 8,210 USDWisconsin: 7,825 USDWyoming: 7,482 USD
  • Under 6,500
  • 6,500 to 6,900
  • 6,900 to 7,300
  • 7,300 to 7,900
  • 7,900 to 8,600
  • 8,600 and over
USD, 2011. Source: CMS, CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2011

District of Columbia: 11,537 USDDistrict of Columbia11,537Massachusetts: 9,720 USDMassachusetts9,720Alaska: 9,343 USDAlaska9,343Vermont: 9,209 USDVermont9,209Delaware: 9,202 USDDelaware9,202New York: 8,991 USDNew York8,991Connecticut: 8,910 USDConnecticut8,910New Hampshire: 8,717 USDNew Hampshire8,717Rhode Island: 8,665 USDRhode Island8,665Maine: 8,584 USDMaine8,584Pennsylvania: 8,371 USDPennsylvania8,371North Dakota: 8,324 USDNorth Dakota8,324West Virginia: 8,210 USDWest Virginia8,210South Dakota: 8,154 USDSouth Dakota8,154Minnesota: 8,013 USDMinnesota8,013New Jersey: 7,970 USDNew Jersey7,970Maryland: 7,928 USDMaryland7,928Wisconsin: 7,825 USDWisconsin7,825Nebraska: 7,580 USDNebraska7,580Ohio: 7,488 USDOhio7,488Wyoming: 7,482 USDWyoming7,482Florida: 7,375 USDFlorida7,375Michigan: 7,345 USDMichigan7,345Iowa: 7,310 USDIowa7,310Illinois: 7,300 USDIllinois7,300Missouri: 7,265 USDMissouri7,265Montana: 7,150 USDMontana7,150Louisiana: 7,124 USDLouisiana7,124Indiana: 7,104 USDIndiana7,104Kentucky: 7,097 USDKentucky7,097Kansas: 7,071 USDKansas7,071Washington: 7,022 USDWashington7,022Oregon: 6,987 USDOregon6,987Oklahoma: 6,937 USDOklahoma6,937Virginia: 6,790 USDVirginia6,790California: 6,741 USDCalifornia6,741Tennessee: 6,738 USDTennessee6,738Mississippi: 6,735 USDMississippi6,735North Carolina: 6,705 USDNorth Carolina6,705South Carolina: 6,638 USDSouth Carolina6,638Arkansas: 6,541 USDArkansas6,541New Mexico: 6,514 USDNew Mexico6,514Alabama: 6,513 USDAlabama6,513Hawaii: 6,460 USDHawaii6,460Texas: 6,259 USDTexas6,259Arizona: 6,075 USDArizona6,075Colorado: 6,061 USDColorado6,061Idaho: 6,052 USDIdaho6,052Nevada: 5,973 USDNevada5,973Georgia: 5,696 USDGeorgia5,696Utah: 5,280 USDUtah5,280District of Columbia: 11,537 USDDistrict of Columbia11,537Massachusetts: 9,720 USDMassachusetts9,720Alaska: 9,343 USDAlaska9,343Vermont: 9,209 USDVermont9,209Delaware: 9,202 USDDelaware9,202New York: 8,991 USDNew York8,991Connecticut: 8,910 USDConnecticut8,910New Hampshire: 8,717 USDNew Hampshire8,717Rhode Island: 8,665 USDRhode Island8,665Maine: 8,584 USDMaine8,584Pennsylvania: 8,371 USDPennsylvania8,371North Dakota: 8,324 USDNorth Dakota8,324West Virginia: 8,210 USDWest Virginia8,210South Dakota: 8,154 USDSouth Dakota8,154Minnesota: 8,013 USDMinnesota8,013New Jersey: 7,970 USDNew Jersey7,970Maryland: 7,928 USDMaryland7,928Wisconsin: 7,825 USDWisconsin7,825Nebraska: 7,580 USDNebraska7,580Ohio: 7,488 USDOhio7,488Wyoming: 7,482 USDWyoming7,482Florida: 7,375 USDFlorida7,375Michigan: 7,345 USDMichigan7,345Iowa: 7,310 USDIowa7,310Illinois: 7,300 USDIllinois7,300Missouri: 7,265 USDMissouri7,265Montana: 7,150 USDMontana7,150Louisiana: 7,124 USDLouisiana7,124Indiana: 7,104 USDIndiana7,104Kentucky: 7,097 USDKentucky7,097Kansas: 7,071 USDKansas7,071Washington: 7,022 USDWashington7,022Oregon: 6,987 USDOregon6,987Oklahoma: 6,937 USDOklahoma6,937Virginia: 6,790 USDVirginia6,790California: 6,741 USDCalifornia6,741Tennessee: 6,738 USDTennessee6,738Mississippi: 6,735 USDMississippi6,735North Carolina: 6,705 USDNorth Carolina6,705South Carolina: 6,638 USDSouth Carolina6,638Arkansas: 6,541 USDArkansas6,541New Mexico: 6,514 USDNew Mexico6,514Alabama: 6,513 USDAlabama6,513Hawaii: 6,460 USDHawaii6,460Texas: 6,259 USDTexas6,259Arizona: 6,075 USDArizona6,075Colorado: 6,061 USDColorado6,061Idaho: 6,052 USDIdaho6,052Nevada: 5,973 USDNevada5,973Georgia: 5,696 USDGeorgia5,696Utah: 5,280 USDUtah5,280
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.

Full ranking

RankStates2011
USD		Change on 2010
1District of Columbia11,537+3.8%
2Massachusetts9,720+2%
3Alaska9,343+4.7%
4Vermont9,209+4.1%
5Delaware9,202+4.5%
6New York8,991+2.6%
7Connecticut8,910+0.9%
8New Hampshire8,717+3.2%
9Rhode Island8,665+2.4%
10Maine8,584+2.9%
11Pennsylvania8,371+3.7%
12North Dakota8,324+3.9%
13West Virginia8,210+3.7%
14South Dakota8,154+5%
15Minnesota8,013+2.7%
16New Jersey7,970+2%
17Maryland7,928+2.4%
18Wisconsin7,825+2.9%
19Nebraska7,580+2.3%
20Ohio7,488+1.2%
21Wyoming7,482+3.3%
22Florida7,375+1.5%
23Michigan7,345+3.6%
24Iowa7,310+3%
25Illinois7,300+2%
26Missouri7,265+3.9%
27Montana7,150+3.3%
28Louisiana7,124-0.9%
29Indiana7,104+3.6%
30Kentucky7,097+3.4%
31Kansas7,071+3.9%
32Washington7,022+1.6%
33Oregon6,987+3.5%
34Oklahoma6,937+4.1%
35Virginia6,790+3.7%
36California6,741+4%
37Tennessee6,738+1.6%
38Mississippi6,735+2.8%
39North Carolina6,705+2.9%
40South Carolina6,638+2%
41Arkansas6,541+2.6%
42New Mexico6,514+1.3%
43Alabama6,513+1.7%
44Hawaii6,460+0.3%
45Texas6,259+2.4%
46Arizona6,075+0.9%
47Colorado6,061+2.2%
48Idaho6,052+2.4%
49Nevada5,973+3.2%
50Georgia5,696+2.6%
51Utah5,280+2.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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) (US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2011) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence

MLA 9

CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20), US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2011. 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/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2011. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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). US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2011. 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/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2011.

Harvard

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), US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2011 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2011 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{centers_us_states_by_personal_2011,
  author = {{Centers for Medicare \& Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary}},
  title = {{CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US\_PER\_CAPITA20): US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2011}},
  year = {2022},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2011. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary
TI  - CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20): US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2011
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/09/20
PB  - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2011
Y2  - 2026/10/18
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2011.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"personal_health_care_per_capita_usd","level":"region","within":"United States","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=personal_health_care_per_capita_usd&level=region&within=United%20States&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which state has the highest personal health care spending per person, by state of residence?

District of Columbia, with $11,537 in 2011, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

Which state has the lowest personal health care spending per person, by state of residence?

Utah, with $5,280 in 2011.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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 2026-10-18.

US states: more rankings